A Bookseller in Madrid is the compelling and suspenseful story of a bookseller in the 1930s.

“How do you catch a killer who leaves no trace? A victim killed with a single, precise stab to the heart appears at first glance to be a robbery gone wrong. A caring, upstanding social worker…

Jenni Keer Publication Date: 27/4/25 Publisher: Boldwood Books SYNOPSIS On 15th April 1912, RMS Titanic sank and 1500 people lost their lives. But what if it had stayed afloat? When the ill-fa…

Julie Anderson Publication date: 29/4/25 Publisher: Hobeck SYNOPSIS Summer 1948 London swelters amid post-war reconstruction, while continued rationing and the black-market fuel the rising crime wa…

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have…

The blurb sounds great doesn’t it? If only the book measured up to it… I was profoundly disappointed with this novel and couldn’t really engage with any of the characters (except …

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Kitty Johnson Publication date: 6th May 2025 Publisher: Lake Union SYNOPSIS Breaking free from the past is one woman’s greatest challenge in an emotional novel about love, friendship, and the coura…

Mary Watson Publication Date: 16/1/25 Publisher: Transworld SYNOPSIS It’s not dust she’s looking for.It’s dirt. Esmie is meant to be invisible. Just a cleaner with a foreign accen…

A snowstorm. A country house. Old friends reunited. It’s going to be murder… Torben Helle – art historian, Danish expat and owner of several excellent Scandinavian jumpers – has been dr…

Thanks for stopping by! I’m thrilled to be sharing a Q&A with Elora Canne. It is also publication day for her book Love & Laughter: (and other disasters) today. Before we get to the Q&A…

Lovely Apple Gidley always seems to have a new book out just when I’m in the middle of some personal crisis and can’t manage to fit in reading and reviewing for her. So it is with Finding Serenissm…

I’m thrilled to welcome you today to my stop on the blog tour for excellent novel The Weekenders (The Raskine House Trilogy Book 1) by David F. Ross. Thank you to Danielle Price and Orenda Books for giving me the opportunity to read and review this wonderful book. About the book: The deaths of a series of young Eastern European women in Glasgow leads to a stately home in the Scottish countryside, and back to the Second World War, where a group of young soldiers made their own, shocking rules… Saltire Prize shortlisted author David F.

I’m delighted to welcome you today to my stop on the blog tour for chilling gothic thriller Small Fires by Ronnie Turner. Thank you to Danielle Price and Orenda Books for giving me the opportunity …

Description A woman’s confession about her husband sparks a dangerous cat-and-mouse game in this riveting domestic thriller Gabby and Fred have just begun to adapt to their new life as empty nester…

Unclaimed Baggage by Katie O’Rourke publishes April 8th & is described as 'a reflection on family, grief, and what it truly takes to love.'

From the bestselling M. R. Carey comes an enthrallingly dark medieval tale – a story of twisted folklore, macabre magic and the strangest of found families. This is the tale of Once-Was-Willem.Eleven hundred and some years after the death of Christ, in the kingdom that had but recently begun to call itself England, I, Once […]

Hello and a very warm welcome to damppebbles. It’s Tuesday which means it’s time for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday post. I’ve decided to take part in That Artsy Reader Girl&#8…

The House of Light and Shadows I’m delighted to welcome you today to my stop on the blog tour for historical gothic mystery The House of Light and Shadows by Lauren Westwood. Thanks to Rachel Gilbey and Boldwood Books for giving me the opportunity to read and review this fantastic book. About the book: An atmospheric and captivating old-house mystery, layered with romance and secrets.

The House of Light and Shadows I’m delighted to welcome you today to my stop on the blog tour for historical gothic mystery The House of Light and Shadows by Lauren Westwood. Thanks to Rachel Gilbe…