2020 Reviews · Britain · contemporary fiction · dual time frame · historical fiction · new release

New Release Book Review: The Sea Gate by Jane Johnson

Title: The Sea Gate Author: Jane Johnson Published: September 2nd 2020 Publisher: Head of Zeus – GB Pages: 448 Genres:  Fiction, General RRP: $32.99 Rating: 5 stars One house, two women, a lifetime of secrets… Following the death of her mother, Becky begins the sad task of sorting through her empty flat. Starting with the letters piling up on the doormat, she finds… Continue reading New Release Book Review: The Sea Gate by Jane Johnson

2020 Reviews · Britain · contemporary fiction · new release · romance · thriller

New Release Book Review: Liar by Lesley Pearse

Title: Liar Author: Lesley Pearse Published: July 2nd 2020 Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Pages: 384 Genres: Fiction, Historical, Crime, Thriller, Romance RRP: $32.99 Rating: 4 stars The thrilling new novel from the 10-million-copy, No. 1 bestselling author Amelia White dreams of being a reporter. The closest she’s come is selling advertising in the local paper – until the fateful day she… Continue reading New Release Book Review: Liar by Lesley Pearse

2020 Reviews · Britain · contemporary fiction · crime · Guest Review · mystery · new release · suspense · thriller

New Release Book Review: Find Them Dead by Peter James

Title: Find Them Dead Author: Peter James Published: May 12th 2020 Publisher: Pan Macmillan Pages: 320 Genres:  Fiction, Crime, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller RRP: $32.99 Rating: 5 stars Roy Grace, creation of the award-winning author Peter James, unearths a powerful criminal network in Find Them Dead. A Brighton gangster is on trial for conspiracy to murder, following the death of a rival crime family… Continue reading New Release Book Review: Find Them Dead by Peter James

2020 Reviews · Britain · contemporary fiction · new release · suspense · thriller

New Release Book Review: Just My Luck by Adele Parks

Title: Just My Luck Author: Adele Parks Published: May 5th 2020 Publisher: HQ Fiction – GB Pages: 384 Genres:  Fiction, Contemporary, Suspense, Thriller RRP: $32.99 Rating: 4 stars It’s the stuff dreams are made of – a lottery win so big, it changes everything. For fifteen years, Lexi and Jake have played the same six numbers with their friends,… Continue reading New Release Book Review: Just My Luck by Adele Parks

2019 Reviews · Beauty and Lace review · Britain · contemporary fiction · horror · new release · supernatural · suspense · thriller

Beauty & Lace Book Review: The Secret of Cold Hill by Peter James

Title: The Secret of Cold Hill Author: Peter James Published: September 24th 2019 Publisher: Pan Macmillan Pages: 336 Genres:  Fiction, Contemporary, Suspense, Thriller RRP: $29.99 Rating:  4 stars The Secret of Cold Hill by Peter James is the spine-chilling follow-up to The House on Cold Hill. Now a smash-hit stage play. Cold Hill House has been razed to the ground by fire, replaced with… Continue reading Beauty & Lace Book Review: The Secret of Cold Hill by Peter James

2019 Reviews · Britain · historical fiction · new release

New Release Book Review: The Lost Ones by Anita Frank

Title: The Lost Ones Author: Anita Frank Published: October 21st 2019 Publisher: HQ Fiction – GB Pages: 434 Genres:  Fiction, Historical RRP: $32.99 Rating: 5 stars England, 1917 Reeling from the death of her fiancé, Stella Marcham welcomes the opportunity to stay with her pregnant sister, Madeleine, at her imposing country mansion, Greyswick – but she arrives to discover a house of unease… Continue reading New Release Book Review: The Lost Ones by Anita Frank

2019 Reviews · Britain · chick lit · contemporary fiction · new release · romance

New Release Book Review: What Happens Now? by Sophia Money-Coutts

Title: What Happens Now? Author: Sophia Money-Coutts Published: August 8th 2019 Publisher: HQ Fiction – GB Pages: 384 Genres:  Fiction, Contemporary, Romance RRP: $29.99 Rating: 3 stars After eight years together, Lil Bailey thought she’d already found ‘the one’ – that is, until he dumped her for a blonde twenty-something colleague. So she does what any self-respecting singleton would do: swipes right, puts… Continue reading New Release Book Review: What Happens Now? by Sophia Money-Coutts

2019 Reviews · book bingo · Britain · historical fiction

#Book Bingo 2019 Round 16: ‘Written by an author over age of 65’- The Victory Garden by Rhys Bowen

Book Bingo 2019 is a collaboration challenge I am completing with my favourite bloggers, Theresa Smith Writes and The Book Muse. Each Saturday, on a fortnightly basis, beginning on Saturday 5th January 2019, Ashleigh, Theresa and I will complete a book review post, outlining our respective bingo card entries. The Book Bingo 2019 card contains a total of 30… Continue reading #Book Bingo 2019 Round 16: ‘Written by an author over age of 65’- The Victory Garden by Rhys Bowen

2019 Reviews · Britain · historical fiction · romance

Book Review: The Runaway Daughter by Joanna Rees

Title: The Runaway Daughter Author: Joanna Rees Published: February 26th 2019 Publisher: Pan Macmillan Pages: 400 Genres:  Fiction, Historical, Romance RRP: $29.99 Rating: 3.5 stars It’s 1926 and Anna Darton is on the run from a terrible crime she was forced into committing. Alone and scared in London, salvation comes in the form of Nancy, a sassy American dancer at the notorious nightclub, The… Continue reading Book Review: The Runaway Daughter by Joanna Rees

2019 Reviews · Britain · historical fiction · new release · World War I

New Release Book Review: You’ll Never See Me Again by Lesley Pearse

Title: You’ll Never See Me Again Author: Lesley Pearse Published: July 2nd 2019 Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Pages: 400 Genres: Fiction, Historical RRP: $32.99 Rating: 5 stars You have to keep running if you want to survive . . .  When her husband returns shell-shocked and broken from the Great War and his mother makes her life a misery, Betty Wellow discovers how bitter… Continue reading New Release Book Review: You’ll Never See Me Again by Lesley Pearse