Review: Vanda by Marion Brunet, trans. Katherine Gregor

Synopsis Set in Marseilles, this is the story of Vanda, a beautiful woman in her thirties, arms covered in tats, skin so dark that some take her for a North African. Devoted to her six-year-old son Noé, they live in a derelict shed by the beach. She had wanted to be an artist; she is …

26 April: Top 5 books about a death

Top 5 Tuesday was created by Shanah at Bionic Book Worm, but now it is hosted by Meeghan at Meeghan Reads. I have a bit of a reputation in my house for being a lover of some rather morbid books! I do think that death is actually a really important topic to discuss, despite it being quite …

Book Review: A Life for a Life by Carol Wyer

Back in March, I took part in the blog tour for A Life for a Life but I was unable to write a full review due to bereavement. I've now finished the book and WOW it's an absolute corker! Check out my first impressions and then my review! Synopsis Nobody can get into the mind …

Blog Tour: A Life for a Life by Carol Wyer

I'm so excited to be telling you about this brilliant book. The third instalment in the DI Kate Young series, it has found a place in one of my top crime series. Today I will be bringing you my first impressions, with a full review to follow in due course... Synopsis Nobody can get into …

Bookish Boxes and Buzzwords Tag

Hello and welcome (back) to my little reading blog. I've been tagged by the super jenjenreviews to do this tag today and I hope it will give you an insight into my reading habits and preferences. If you haven't checked out her blog yet, definitely do so. And, while you're at it, take a look …

15 February: Top 5 Series I Haven’t Finished

Top 5 Tuesday was created by Shanah at Bionic Book Worm, but now it is hosted by Meeghan at Meeghan Reads. This is an interesting one for me. The series I read tend to be crime fiction so expect a list full of those! I don't know how I feel about series. I'm obsessed with starting them …

January 2022 Wrap Up

Yay! We've made it to the end of the longest month that ever existed. Can't say I've particularly enjoyed you, January... You've brought me covid, a challenging job-related decision and today a black eye from an overenthusiastic 20kg labrador puppy... But hey, I did read a few fabulous books! Here is my reading progress this …

Blog Tour: Death Rains Down by Kevin McManus

Synopsis Introducing Detective Ray Logue. A renegade, hard living & damaged cop. Full of Irish charm & the best detective in Port Ard.Detective Ray Logue has become something of a maverick in Jim Mulcahy’s police department, having never quite got over the death of his wife 12 years earlier.Now a hard-drinking loner and occasional loose …

Blog Tour: Paid In Blood by Susan Handley

Synopsis A dead celebrity loved by the nation.A blind detective with something to prove.When a well-loved celebrity is found murdered at a glitzy art event, DI Matt Fisher is faced with his first big case since being blinded in an acid-attack. Despite most people thinking his return to his old job is an impossible task, …

Blog Tour: A Cut For A Cut by Carol Wyer

Synopsis DI Kate Young can’t trust anybody. Not even herself. In the bleak countryside around Blithfield Reservoir, a serial murderer and rapist is leaving a trail of bloodshed. His savage calling card: the word ‘MINE’ carved into each of his victims. DI Kate Young struggles to get the case moving—even when one of the team’s …