March 2021

March in a Nutshell

March started well, with some relaxation on the lockdown restrictions in South Africa, venturing out to coffee shops, bookstores and restaurants become more popular. I started participating in Blog Tours this month, and wow you guys have been amazing. Thank you for your support. I hope you enjoyed the blog tour reviews. There will be […]

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The Measure of Time Book Review

Title: The Measure of Time Author: Gianrico Carofiglio Translated by Howard Curtis ISBN: 9781913394486 Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press Pages: 280 Source: ARC from Publisher for Blog Tour Blog Tour: Organised by Anne Cater from Random Things Tours The latest in the highly successful Guido Guerrieri series shortlisted for the 2020 STREGA prize, Italy’s most prestigious

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One by One Blog Tour Review

Title: One by One Author: Helen Bridgett ISBN: 978-1912550432 Publisher: Ruby Fiction Pages: 288  Source: ARC from Publisher for Blog Tour Blog Tour Organised by Anne Cater from Random Things Tours When practising what you preach is easier said than done … Professor Maxie Reddick has her reasons for being sceptical of traditional policing methods,

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Firefly Lane Book Review

Title: Firefly Lane Author: Kristin Hannah ISBN: 9781447229537 Publisher: St Martin’s Press / Pan MacMillan Pages: 479 Source: My daughter, Tristan, gave me this copy In the turbulent summer of 1974, Kate Mularkey has accepted her place at the bottom of the eighth-grade social food chain. Then, to her amazement, the “coolest girl in the

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The Hiding Place Book Review

Title: The Hiding Place Author: Jenny Quintana ISBN: 9781529040401 Publisher: Pan MacMillan Pages: 320 Source: ARC from Publisher / NetGalley for Blog Tour Blog Tour: Organised by Anne Cater from Random Things Tours Some houses have their secrets. But so do some people . . . From the bestselling author of The Missing Girl and Our Dark Secret, comes The

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The Burning Girls Book Review

Title: The Burning Girls Author: C.J. Tudor ISBN: 9780241371312 Publisher: Penguin Random House Pages: 384 Source: Private Copy 500 years ago: eight martyrs were burnt to death 30 years ago: two teenagers vanished without trace Two months ago: the vicar committed suicide Welcome, too Chapel Croft. For Reverend Jack Brooks and teenage daughter Flo it’s

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Compulsion Review

Author: Jonathan Kellerman Date Read: 15 May 2011 Official Summary A tipsy young woman seeking aid on a desolate highway disappears into the inky black night. A retired schoolteacher is stabbed to death in broad daylight. Two women are butchered after closing time in a small-town beauty parlor. These and other bizarre acts of cruelty and

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City Problems Book Review

Title: City Problems Author: Steve Goble ISBN: 9781608094431 Publisher: Oceanview Publishers Pages: 336 Source: ARC from NetGalley A moment of violence—a snap judgement—a life changed to the core Ed Runyon bolted from the NYPD after a runaway teen case fell through the cracks and turned into a nightmarish murder. Now, he’s learned to bury the

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