Reviews

I have always enjoyed short stories and this collection is no exception. There is something about being able to read a whole tale in that space of time before sleep claims you that is calming, it gives a sense of completion, if you like. So, firstly the good – it’s tricky to know where to […]

I picked Kobra up at a local writer’s event in the summer and added it to the piles of paperbacks I am still yet to get to. However one day I took a quick peek at the prologue and was hooked. Here is a snippet… ‘Cresting the hill, the two boys stood panting. Beads of perspiration […]

A Gangster’s Grip is the second novel by Heather Burnside, the first, Slur, is reviewed here and her book of short stories, Crime, Conflict and Consequences, here. A Gangster’s Grip is a sequel to Slur though four years have passed and Rita (one of my favourite characters from Slur) has settled down with Yansis and […]

Destiny of Angels is the first book in the Lilith Trilogy and starts with the most wonderful quote which I have to admit I skipped over initially but fully appreciated once I’d finished the read. The story starts with Angel Parsons revisiting her old school for a reunion. She had suffered at the hands of […]

I am very fortunate, and proud, to be a member of Rosie’s Book Review Team and it was through this, and with the encouragement of Terry Tyler to try something different (thank you!), that I originally picked up The Turning of the World by John Privilege. At the end of my review for that, which you […]

American Goddesses is a fun idea that had for me the feel of a comic or graphic novel because of its storyline. Megan Harris, a married editor, and Patricia Reilly, a 22 year old waitress, have been accidentally given special powers after Dr Susan Tzin-Zin selected them as volunteer participants in a programme to prevent […]

Death Times Three is made up of two short stories, Death of a Well-Loved Man and Dark Sekhmet, and one novella, A Killing in Corn Creek, all set in Las Vegas, Nevada. These are all murder mysteries with Elinor Gray, a librarian in charge of organising events at the local library, as the protagonist who […]

Morning everyone! I have been under the weather for a couple of weeks and have not been that good at spreading the word on anything recently so this is an overdue sharing post for a terrific review for Thicker than Water that has been posted by Carrie Ann Lahain on her site, Because Good Writers Read! Carrie Ann […]

Plundering the Romance Novel, very honestly subtitled – A really awful, truly terrible, very, very, bad romance – is a delight to read, enjoy, and being a parody take none too seriously. Check out the catchy quote on the cover too – excellent! Our hero, Stormy Raven Steel Vanderbilt Von Devreaux, Captain V.D. for short, […]

I have already read ‘Rock’n’Roll Suicide’ (reviewed here), ‘Doppelganger’ (reviewed here) and The Jack Lockwood Diaries (reviewed here) so I’m a fully paid up member of the Jack Lockwood Fan Club and delightedly snapped up Sheer Fear on its release, so I have no idea why it has taken me so long to get to […]