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Book blogger at Liveanddeadly.net. Book fairy @bethsy everywhere.

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The Cut Up (Rilke #3) by Louse Welsh @louisewelsh00 @CanongateBooks @NormanTweets @RandomTTours Source: Review copyPublication: 29 January 2026 from Canongate BooksPP: 320ISBN-13:978-1838859862 It's hard to be good when living is expensive. And times are tough on the streets these days. Luckily…
The Cut Up (Rilke #3) by Louse Welsh @louisewelsh00 @CanongateBooks @NormanTweets @RandomTTours

Source: Review copyPublication: 29 January 2026 from Canongate BooksPP: 320ISBN-13:978-1838859862 It's hard to be good when living is expensive. And times are tough on the streets these days. Luckily for Rilke at Bowery Auctions the demand for no-questions-asked cash is at an all-time high, and business is booming. When Rilke hears his old acquaintance Les is fresh out of prison, his inclination is to stay well out of his way.

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The Edge of Darkness by Vaseem Khan @VaseemKhanUK @HodderBooks Source: Review copyPublication: 22 January 2026 from Hodder and StoughtonPP: 336ISBN-13: 978-1399747851 My thanks to Hodder Books for an advance copy for review India, 1951. After wilfully ignoring orders, Persis Wadia, India's first…
The Edge of Darkness by Vaseem Khan @VaseemKhanUK @HodderBooks

Source: Review copyPublication: 22 January 2026 from Hodder and StoughtonPP: 336ISBN-13: 978-1399747851 My thanks to Hodder Books for an advance copy for review India, 1951. After wilfully ignoring orders, Persis Wadia, India's first female police detective, is exiled from Bombay to the wild and mountainous Naga Hills District. As India's first post-Independence election looms, and tensions rise across the country, Persis finds herself banished to the Hotel Victoria, a crumbling colonial-era relic, her career in tatters.

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Mary Picken handle.invalid · Jan 15
Granite Noir X 2026 Tuesday 17 to Sunday 22 February 2026 @GraniteNoirFest @APArachel Next month, Aberdeen celebrates a special milestone. It’s the 10th Anniversary of Granite Noir, Aberdeen’s crime writing festival, and I’m pleased to say it’s bigger and better than ever before! Marking a decade…
Granite Noir X 2026 Tuesday 17 to Sunday 22 February 2026 @GraniteNoirFest @APArachel

Next month, Aberdeen celebrates a special milestone. It’s the 10th Anniversary of Granite Noir, Aberdeen’s crime writing festival, and I’m pleased to say it’s bigger and better than ever before! Marking a decade of darkness in the Silver City. Granite Noir X will celebrate ten years of thrilling mysteries, chilling tales and unforgettable encounters with some of the world’s finest crime writers including Denise Mina, Val McDermid, Ann Cleeves, Shari Lapena, and so many more.

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Mary Picken handle.invalid · Jan 12
#ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with Apple Gidley #author of Annie’s Day | #historicalfiction | @expatapple @VineLeavesPress From @portybelle.bsky.social
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Scottish #bookblogger, chatting about the #books I've loved. Nature watcher, keen cook, always on the go and love living by the sea! www.portobellobookblog.com

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Mary Picken handle.invalid · Jan 12
When Are You Reading? Challenge 2026 Sign-Up #books #historicalfiction #readingchallenges #booksky from @whatcathyreadnext.bsky.social

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Mary Picken handle.invalid · Jan 12
Vivian Dies Again by C.E. Hulse coming from @viperbooks.bsky.social lindasbookbag.com/2026/01/12/v... From @lindasbookbag.bsky.social
Vivian Dies Again by C.E. Hulse

I’m not entirely sure whether I owe thanks to Robert or Sophie at Viper for sending me a surprise copy of Vivian Dies Again by C.E. Hulse, but either way, I’m very grateful. It’s my pleasure to sha…

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Mary Picken handle.invalid · Jan 12
#BookReview – The Sister Switch by Charlotte Butterfield #TheSisterSwitch Synopsis: "Two sisters. One Bet. And a lifetime of secrets uncovered...Morning TV's favourite twin sisters, Alice and Edie, may share the… from @nickimags.bsky.social
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Mary Picken handle.invalid · Jan 12
Today on the blog I am sharing my review of Into The Dark, book two in the Arctic Mysteries series by Ørjan Karlsson, translated by ian Giles Full details on the blog: @orjannk.bsky.social #bookthreads #books #booksky #bookstagram #bookreview #intothedark #teamorenda From @jenlucas.bsky.social

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Mary Picken handle.invalid · Jan 12
#BookReview #ThePayoutGame by Robert Craven contemporary Irish crime series featuring Garda Inspector P.J. Crowe Gambling, high-stakes and murder all combine in this exciting storyline ✨OUT Jan 24th www.swirlandthread.com/the-payout-g... #booksky #crimefiction from @maireadhearne.bsky.social
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Mary Picken handle.invalid · Jan 12
Into The Dark by Orjan Karlsson translated by Ian Giles (The Arctic Mysteries #2) @orjankarlsson @ioagiles @orendabooks @RandomTTours Source: Review copyPublication: 15 January 2026 from Orenda BooksPP: 373ISBN-13: 978-1917764056 In Norway's far north, something unspeakable is surfacing… When a…
Into The Dark by Orjan Karlsson translated by Ian Giles (The Arctic Mysteries #2) @orjankarlsson @ioagiles @orendabooks @RandomTTours

Source: Review copyPublication: 15 January 2026 from Orenda BooksPP: 373ISBN-13: 978-1917764056 In Norway's far north, something unspeakable is surfacing… When a mutilated body rises from the icy waters off the jetty in Kjerringøy, it shocks the quiet coastal village – and stirs something darker beneath. Not long after, a young woman is found dead in a drab Bodø apartment.

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Mary Picken handle.invalid · Jan 12
A Death in Glasgow by Eva Macrae @centurybooksuk @lynnemcewanwriter.bsky.social Source: Review copyPublication: 8 January 2026 from CenturyPP: 336ISBN-13: 978-1529946918 She bought a return ticket. She never came back… When Holly Campbell’s body is found on the train tracks at Glasgow Central,…
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Source: Review copyPublication: 8 January 2026 from CenturyPP: 336ISBN-13: 978-1529946918 She bought a return ticket. She never came back… When Holly Campbell’s body is found on the train tracks at Glasgow Central, police quickly rule it a suicide. She’d had a troubled past. She’d tried before. But Sergeant May Mackay can’t let one detail go. If Holly never wanted to come home, why did she buy a return ticket?

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Mary Picken handle.invalid · Dec 18, 2025
Blackwater by Sarah Sultoon @SultoonSarah @OrendaBooks @RandomTTours Source: Review copyPublication: 4 December 2025 from Orenda BooksPP: 276ISBN-13:978-1916788985 My thanks to Orenda Books for an advance copy for review They feared the machines. They should have feared the people… London,…
Blackwater by Sarah Sultoon @SultoonSarah @OrendaBooks @RandomTTours

Source: Review copyPublication: 4 December 2025 from Orenda BooksPP: 276ISBN-13:978-1916788985 My thanks to Orenda Books for an advance copy for review They feared the machines. They should have feared the people… London, Christmas 1999. The world is on edge. With the new millennium just days away, fears of the Millennium Bug are spiralling – warnings of computer failures, market crashes, even global catastrophe.

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Mary Picken handle.invalid · Dec 16, 2025
Revenge of Odessa by Frederick Forsyth and Tony Kent Source: Review copyPublication: 23 October 2025 from BantamPP: 448ISBN-13: 978-0857506900 My thanks to Penguin Bantam for a review copy The Nazis were never defeated. They were just biding their time... Summer, 2025. A US senator is burned to…
Revenge of Odessa by Frederick Forsyth and Tony Kent

Source: Review copyPublication: 23 October 2025 from BantamPP: 448ISBN-13: 978-0857506900 My thanks to Penguin Bantam for a review copy The Nazis were never defeated. They were just biding their time... Summer, 2025. A US senator is burned to death in his Washington townhouse. Masked gunmen massacre supporters during a football match in Berlin. And an old man is murdered while he sleeps in the dementia ward of a German hospital.

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Mary Picken handle.invalid · Nov 27, 2025
Mimic by Daniel Cole Book review from @damppebbles.bsky.social
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Mary Picken handle.invalid · Nov 27, 2025
The Confessions - book review from damppebbles.bsky.social
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Mary Picken handle.invalid · Nov 27, 2025
Scars of Silence by Johana Gustawsson translated by David Warriner @JoGustawsson @thewarrinerd @OrendaBooks @RandomTTours Source: Review copyPublication: 20 November 2025 from Orenda BooksPP: 300ISBN-13: 978-1916788923 My thanks to Orenda Books for an advance copy for review Twenty-three years…
Scars of Silence by Johana Gustawsson translated by David Warriner @JoGustawsson @thewarrinerd @OrendaBooks @RandomTTours

Source: Review copyPublication: 20 November 2025 from Orenda BooksPP: 300ISBN-13: 978-1916788923 My thanks to Orenda Books for an advance copy for review Twenty-three years ago, a young woman was murdered on the Swedish island of Lidingö. The island has kept its silence. Until now… As autumn deepens into darkness in Lidingö, on the Stockholm archipelago, the island is plunged into chaos: in the space of a week, two teenaged boys are murdered.

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Mary Picken handle.invalid · Nov 19, 2025
The Nancys and The Case of the Missing Necklace by R. W. R. McDonald @OrendaBooks @RandomTTours Source: Review copyPublication: 20th November 2025 from Orenda BooksPP: 320ISBN-13: 978-1916788909 My thanks to Orenda Books for an advance copy for review Meet the Nancys… Tippy Chan is eleven years…
The Nancys and The Case of the Missing Necklace by R. W. R. McDonald @OrendaBooks @RandomTTours

Source: Review copyPublication: 20th November 2025 from Orenda BooksPP: 320ISBN-13: 978-1916788909 My thanks to Orenda Books for an advance copy for review Meet the Nancys… Tippy Chan is eleven years old, and she lives in a small town in a very quiet part of New Zealand – the town her Uncle Pike escaped as a teenager, the moment he got a chance.

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Mary Picken handle.invalid · Nov 17, 2025
The Burning Grounds by Abir Mukherjee (Wyndham & Banerjee #6) @radiomukhers @VintageBooks @HarvillSecker Source: Review copy:Publication: 13 November 2025 from Harvill & SeckerPP: 384ISBN-13:978-1787302785 My thanks to Harvill Secker for a review copy In the Burning Ghats of Calcutta, where the…
The Burning Grounds by Abir Mukherjee (Wyndham & Banerjee #6) @radiomukhers @VintageBooks @HarvillSecker

Source: Review copy:Publication: 13 November 2025 from Harvill & SeckerPP: 384ISBN-13:978-1787302785 My thanks to Harvill Secker for a review copy In the Burning Ghats of Calcutta, where the dead are laid to rest, a man is found murdered, his throat cut from ear to ear. The body is that of a popular patron of the arts, a man who was, by all accounts, beloved by all: so what was the motive for his murder?

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Mary Picken handle.invalid · Nov 8, 2025
The Winter Job by Antti Tuomainen trs by David Hackston @anttituomainen @orendabooks @countertenorist Source: Review copyPublication: 23 October 2025 from Orenda BooksPP: 276ISBN-13: 978-1916788824 My thanks to Orenda Books for a review copy Sofas, secrets and a snowbound road to trouble……
The Winter Job by Antti Tuomainen trs by David Hackston @anttituomainen @orendabooks @countertenorist

Source: Review copyPublication: 23 October 2025 from Orenda BooksPP: 276ISBN-13: 978-1916788824 My thanks to Orenda Books for a review copy Sofas, secrets and a snowbound road to trouble… Helsinki, 1982. Recently divorced postal worker Ilmari Nieminen has promised his daughter a piano for Christmas, but with six days to go – and no money – he’s desperate.

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Mary Picken handle.invalid · Nov 3, 2025
AYE WRITE: MY PICK OF TWO UNMISSABLE EVENTS FROM AYE WRITE 6-16 NOVEMBER 2025 @AyeWrite @Brownlee_Donald I’m not a big fan of November: too early to look forward to Christmas, too late to enjoy the autumn air. Thank goodness, then, for Aye Write, which fills ten days of the month with plenty of…
AYE WRITE: MY PICK OF TWO UNMISSABLE EVENTS FROM AYE WRITE 6-16 NOVEMBER 2025 @AyeWrite @Brownlee_Donald

I’m not a big fan of November: too early to look forward to Christmas, too late to enjoy the autumn air. Thank goodness, then, for Aye Write, which fills ten days of the month with plenty of bookish goodness across Glasgow. What a delight it is! There’s something for everyone, from science and nature to biography and fiction. There’s crime fiction (hurrah), literary fiction, romantasy, and everything in between.

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Mary Picken handle.invalid · Nov 2, 2025
Black As Death (An Arora Investigation #5) by Lilja Sigurðardóttir translated by Lorenza Garcia @LiljaWriter @OrendaBooks @liljawriter.bsky.social @orendabooks.bsky.social Source: Review copyPublication: 23 October 2025 from Orenda BooksPP: 300ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1916788848 My thanks to Orenda Books…
Black As Death (An Arora Investigation #5) by Lilja Sigurðardóttir translated by Lorenza Garcia @LiljaWriter @OrendaBooks @liljawriter.bsky.social @orendabooks.bsky.social

Source: Review copyPublication: 23 October 2025 from Orenda BooksPP: 300ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1916788848 My thanks to Orenda Books for an advance copy for review A final reckoning… With the fate of her missing sister, Ísafold, finally uncovered, Áróra feels a fragile relief as the search that consumed her life draws to a close. But when Ísafold’s boyfriend – the prime suspect in her disappearance – is found dead at the same site where Ísafold’s body was discovered, Áróra’s grip on reality starts to unravel … and the mystery remains far from solved.

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Mary Picken handle.invalid · Oct 31, 2025
The Widow by John Grisham @hodderbooks Source: Review copyPublication: 21 October from Hodder & StoughtonPP: 416ISBN-13: 978-1399703413 SHE NEEDS A LAWYER. HE NEEDS A PAYDAY. Lawyer Simon Latch is struggling with debt, gambling issues and an impending divorce. But when Eleanor Barnett, an…
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Source: Review copyPublication: 21 October from Hodder & StoughtonPP: 416ISBN-13: 978-1399703413 SHE NEEDS A LAWYER. HE NEEDS A PAYDAY. Lawyer Simon Latch is struggling with debt, gambling issues and an impending divorce. But when Eleanor Barnett, an 85-year-old widow, visits his office to secure a new will, it seems his luck has finally changed: she claims she's sitting on a $20 million fortune and no one else knows about it.

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Mary Picken handle.invalid · Oct 30, 2025
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Mary Picken handle.invalid · Oct 27, 2025
Silent Bones (Karen Pirie #8) by Val McDermid @valmcdermid @laurasherlock21 @BooksSphere Source: Review copyPublication: 23 October 2025 from SpherePP: 448ISBN-13: 978-1408734025 My thanks to Laura Sherlock and Sphere for a review copy The truth is buried just beneath the surface . . . When…
Silent Bones (Karen Pirie #8) by Val McDermid @valmcdermid @laurasherlock21 @BooksSphere

Source: Review copyPublication: 23 October 2025 from SpherePP: 448ISBN-13: 978-1408734025 My thanks to Laura Sherlock and Sphere for a review copy The truth is buried just beneath the surface . . . When torrential rain causes a landslide on a motorway in Scotland, it reveals a crime scene: someone hid a body in the tarmac eleven years before.

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Mary Picken handle.invalid · Oct 24, 2025
Quantum of Menace by Vaseem Khan @VaseemKhanUK @ZaffreBooks Source: Review copyPublication: 23 October 2025 from ZaffrePP: 384ISBN-13: 978-1804188651 My thanks to Zaffre for an advance copy for review Vaseem Khan’s Quantum of Menace is a bold, entertaining spin-off that takes the James Bond…
Quantum of Menace by Vaseem Khan @VaseemKhanUK @ZaffreBooks

Source: Review copyPublication: 23 October 2025 from ZaffrePP: 384ISBN-13: 978-1804188651 My thanks to Zaffre for an advance copy for review Vaseem Khan’s Quantum of Menace is a bold, entertaining spin-off that takes the James Bond universe and explores the world of Q, the MI5 gadget genius. The story opens with Major Boothroyd being unceremoniously ejected from MI6. BeHe’s hardly begun to adjust to the quiet calm of his hometown, Wickstone-on-Water, before his forced retirement is interrupted by the death of an old friend, Peter Napier.

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Mary Picken handle.invalid · Oct 23, 2025
The Proving Ground by Michael Connelly (The Lincoln Lawyer #8) @Connellybooks @orionbooks @orion_crime Source: Review copyPublication: 21 October 2025 from OrionPP: 400ISBN-13:978-1398719064 My thanks to Orion for a review copy Mickey Haller - The Lincoln Lawyer - leaves criminal court behind for…
The Proving Ground by Michael Connelly (The Lincoln Lawyer #8) @Connellybooks @orionbooks @orion_crime

Source: Review copyPublication: 21 October 2025 from OrionPP: 400ISBN-13:978-1398719064 My thanks to Orion for a review copy Mickey Haller - The Lincoln Lawyer - leaves criminal court behind for his first civil lawsuit. But to him, this is still a murder trial. An AI company's chatbot encouraged a sixteen-year-old boy to kill his ex-girlfriend. Can Haller prove the company knew the dangers of its own creation?

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Mary Picken handle.invalid · Oct 21, 2025
#BookReview of #Aftershock by Liz McSkeane | @EMcSkeane www.swirlandthread.com/aftershock-l... from @maireadhearne.bsky.social
Aftershock by Liz McSkeane | Review

Aftershock by Liz McSkeane (Oct 14th ,Turas Press) is a powerful & dramatic tale, educational in its insights &0 shocking in its storytelling

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Mary Picken handle.invalid · Oct 21, 2025
#TopTenTuesday | 21st October 2025: Atmospheric Reads #Top10Tuesday #bookblogger #bookish #amreading #TTT #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles damppebbles.com/2025/10/21/t... from @damppebbles.bsky.social
#TopTenTuesday | 21st October 2025: Atmospheric Reads #Top10Tuesday #bookblogger #bookish #amreading #TTT #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles

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…

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Mary Picken handle.invalid · Oct 21, 2025
Top Ten Tuesday - 21/10/25 - Cosy Reads - #BookList #BookSky #TopTenTuesday #TuesdayBookBlog #SecretLibraryBookBlog secretlibrarybookblog.com/2025/10/21/t... from @nickimags.bsky.social
Top Ten Tuesday – 21/10/25 – Cosy Reads – #BookList #BookSky #TopTenTuesday #TuesdayBookBlog #SecretLibraryBookBlog

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to…

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Mary Picken handle.invalid · Oct 21, 2025
One of Us by Elizabeth Day @elizabday @4thEstateBooks Source: Review copyPublication: 25 September 2025 from Fourth EstatePP: 352ISBN-13:978-0008534912 My thanks to Fourth Estate for a review copyIn the inner circle, where can you hide a secret? In this compulsive story of betrayal, old bonds and…
One of Us by Elizabeth Day @elizabday @4thEstateBooks

Source: Review copyPublication: 25 September 2025 from Fourth EstatePP: 352ISBN-13:978-0008534912 My thanks to Fourth Estate for a review copyIn the inner circle, where can you hide a secret? In this compulsive story of betrayal, old bonds and buried scandals, one British establishment family comes face to face with the consequences of privilege and the true cost of power.

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Mary Picken handle.invalid · Oct 20, 2025
#Bookreview of #VenetianVespers by John Banville www.swirlandthread.com/venetian-ves... from @maireadhearne.bsky.social
Venetian Vespers by John Banville | Review

Venetian Vespers by John Banville publishes September 25th with Faber & Faber and is described as 'this autumn’s eeriest novel'.

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Mary Picken handle.invalid · Oct 20, 2025
Legacy by Chris Hammer @Wildfirebks @joe_thomas25 @headlinepg Source: Review copyPublication: 9 October 2025 from WildfirePP: 496ISBN-13: 978-1035410828 My thanks to Wildfire for a review copy MARTIN SCARSDEN IS ON THE RUN. WILL THE DESERT SAVE HIM - OR BURY HIM?A bomb at his book launch. Gunfire…
Legacy by Chris Hammer @Wildfirebks @joe_thomas25 @headlinepg

Source: Review copyPublication: 9 October 2025 from WildfirePP: 496ISBN-13: 978-1035410828 My thanks to Wildfire for a review copy MARTIN SCARSDEN IS ON THE RUN. WILL THE DESERT SAVE HIM - OR BURY HIM?A bomb at his book launch. Gunfire in his hometown. Someone wants journalist Martin Scarsden dead. Fleeing for his life into the outback, he learns that nowhere is safe.

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Mary Picken handle.invalid · Oct 13, 2025
A Slowly Dying Cause (Linley and Havers #22) by Elizabeth George Source: Review copyPublication: 25 September 2025 fromPP: 656ISBN-13: 978-1035074624 My thanks to Pan MacMillan for a review copyIn Cornwall, a man suffers a violent death – and the killer may lurk within the community . . . Amid the…
A Slowly Dying Cause (Linley and Havers #22) by Elizabeth George

Source: Review copyPublication: 25 September 2025 fromPP: 656ISBN-13: 978-1035074624 My thanks to Pan MacMillan for a review copyIn Cornwall, a man suffers a violent death – and the killer may lurk within the community . . . Amid the beauty of Cornwall’s coastline, the death of a local man shatters the peace with its violence. The body of Michael Lobb is discovered in his family’s tin and pewter workshop, and Detective Inspector Beatrice Hannaford is brought in to investigate.

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Mary Picken handle.invalid · Oct 9, 2025
Snow Blind / Fade Out by Ragnar Jonasson, translated by Quentin Bates and Larissa Kyzer @ragnarjo @OrendaBooks @Graskeggur @KyzerLarissa @RandomTTours Source: Review copyPublication: 10th Anniversary Edition 10th October 2025 from Orenda BooksPP: 340ISBN-13: 978-1916788947 My thanks to Orenda…
Snow Blind / Fade Out by Ragnar Jonasson, translated by Quentin Bates and Larissa Kyzer @ragnarjo @OrendaBooks @Graskeggur @KyzerLarissa @RandomTTours

Source: Review copyPublication: 10th Anniversary Edition 10th October 2025 from Orenda BooksPP: 340ISBN-13: 978-1916788947 My thanks to Orenda Books for an advance copy for review. I am thrilled to be participating in this blog tour. I first fell in love with Ari Thor Arason ten years ago, and revisiting SNOWBLIND is such a joy. In this fabulously beautiful 10th Anniversary edition, in hardback with foil and embossing.

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Mary Picken handle.invalid · Oct 8, 2025
WWW Wednesday | 8th October 2025 #WWWWednesday #bookblogger #amreading #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles damppebbles.com/2025/10/08/w... from @damppebbles.bsky.social
WWW Wednesday | 8th October 2025 #WWWWednesday #bookblogger #amreading #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles

Welcome to WWW Wednesday. This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. Just answer the three questions below and leave a link to your po…

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The Cut Throat Trial by S.J. Fleet @SJFleetAuthor Source: Review copyPublication: 28 August 2025 from PicadorPP: 432ISBN-13: 978-1035046683 My thanks to Picador for a review copy It is one of the biggest trials of the year. Three seventeen-year-old boys are accused of the brutal murder of an…
The Cut Throat Trial by S.J. Fleet @SJFleetAuthor

Source: Review copyPublication: 28 August 2025 from PicadorPP: 432ISBN-13: 978-1035046683 My thanks to Picador for a review copy It is one of the biggest trials of the year. Three seventeen-year-old boys are accused of the brutal murder of an elderly teacher on New Year's Eve. Each boy denies it. Each points the finger at the other two.

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Mary Picken handle.invalid · Sep 16, 2025
The Two Roberts by Damian Barr @Damian_Barr @Canongate.co.uk Source: Review copyPublication: 4 September 2025 from CanongatePP: 320ISBN-13: 978-1805301547 My thanks to Canongate for an advance copy for review ‘He will stay like this forever, Robert's arm draped round him. They will be forever…
The Two Roberts by Damian Barr @Damian_Barr @Canongate.co.uk

Source: Review copyPublication: 4 September 2025 from CanongatePP: 320ISBN-13: 978-1805301547 My thanks to Canongate for an advance copy for review ‘He will stay like this forever, Robert's arm draped round him. They will be forever twenty.’ Scotland, 1933. Bobby MacBryde is on his way. After years grafting at Lees Boot Factory, he's off to the Glasgow School of Art, to his future.

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Mary Picken handle.invalid · Sep 11, 2025
The Howling (Annie Jackson Mysteries #3) by Michael J. Malone @MichaelJMalone1 @OrendaBooks Source: Review copyPublication: 11 September 2025 from Orenda BooksPP: 300ISBN-13: 978-1916788640 My thanks to Orenda Books for an advance copy for review Two men, centuries apart, dream of being a wolf.…
The Howling (Annie Jackson Mysteries #3) by Michael J. Malone @MichaelJMalone1 @OrendaBooks

Source: Review copyPublication: 11 September 2025 from Orenda BooksPP: 300ISBN-13: 978-1916788640 My thanks to Orenda Books for an advance copy for review Two men, centuries apart, dream of being a wolf. One is burned at the stake. Another is locked in a psychiatric hospital for most of his life. And Annie Jackson is about to find out why…

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Mary Picken handle.invalid · Sep 9, 2025
Ship of Thieves (Company of Rogues #5) by Douglas Skelton @DouglasSkelton1 @canelo_co Source: Review and purchased copyPublication: 21 August 2025 from Canelo AdventurePP: 325ISBN-13: 978-1804367391 My thanks to Canelo Adventure for a review copy Jonas Flynt’s stepmother, Mercy, has been abducted…
Ship of Thieves (Company of Rogues #5) by Douglas Skelton @DouglasSkelton1 @canelo_co

Source: Review and purchased copyPublication: 21 August 2025 from Canelo AdventurePP: 325ISBN-13: 978-1804367391 My thanks to Canelo Adventure for a review copy Jonas Flynt’s stepmother, Mercy, has been abducted from Edinburgh and carried back to the West Indies by her former owner. Gideon Flynt his father, has followed in hot pursuit, but Cassie, Jonas's first love, knows he is not the man he once was and appeals to Flynt for help.

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Mary Picken handle.invalid · Sep 8, 2025
Where She Lies (D.C.I. Christine Caplan #4) by Caro Ramsay @CaroRamsayBooks @canongate.co.uk Source: Review copyPublication: 5 August 2025 from Severn HousePP: 256ISBN-13: 978-1448314096 My thanks to Severn House for a review copy A celeb wedding venue. A life gone viral. A dead It Girl. Koi,…
Where She Lies (D.C.I. Christine Caplan #4) by Caro Ramsay @CaroRamsayBooks @canongate.co.uk

Source: Review copyPublication: 5 August 2025 from Severn HousePP: 256ISBN-13: 978-1448314096 My thanks to Severn House for a review copy A celeb wedding venue. A life gone viral. A dead It Girl. Koi, ex-supermodel and face of lifestyle brand the Sunflower Company, is #livingmybestlife in a Scottish castle with her famous family of nepo babies and influencers. Everything they do is posed, filtered and spun for the perfect story.

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Mary Picken handle.invalid · Sep 2, 2025
Belsay by L.J. Ross jenmedsbookreviews.com/2025/09/02/b... from @jenlucas.bsky.social
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Today Mandie and I are sharing our thoughts on Belsay by L.J. Ross, the twenty third book in the DCI Ryan series if you can believe it? I’m a long term reader of the series, but have been a b…

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