There are so many reasons to recommend “Other People’s Houses” by Clare Mackintosh; when a mystery features characters who are so likable and relatable that their situation and re…

Rating: 3.75 stars Buy Links:  Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Parker loves life in the small town of Willow Lake. He has good friends, owns a popular cafe, and feels like he has found his place. And while his crush on Levi, the hot owner of the local motel, seems unrequited, at least the two are friends. Parker can't help but feel like something is just a bit strange about Willow Lake, however, a bit of a tingly sense that things aren't quite right.

Mary-Elizabeth Baxter is a girl brimming with confidence. Agony aunt for the university’s magazine, she offers up-beat advice to her fellow students and, having set her sights on Felix Balfour, she is...

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Synopsis:”Murder and mystery lurk in the hills and on the shores of Devon and Cornwall in Agatha Christie’s finest countryside stories. Growing up in Torquay, Agatha Christie’s love of the We…

The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting (Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune #1)Publisher: OrionPub Date: 25 January 2024Genre: Historical RomancePanda Rating:(4.5 pandas) 📖 SYNOPSIS Robin Loxleigh and his si…

When Uncle Bernie visits the Adventuremice, he brings them his latest invention, the Mechanical Mole. Taking it for a test drive, they discover an amazing underground world, inhabited by some friendly...

Today I am so pleased to welcome Rayne Hawthorne to Joyfully Jay. Rayne has come to talk to us about their latest release, The Call of Azure. Please join me in giving them a big welcome! Exclusive Excerpt He’s tall and dark and handsome and dressed in skintight, shiny black pants and a magenta corset, of all things, and even though he looks sweaty and panicked and his hair is just a bit longer than it is in my memories and dreams, I know in the blink of an eye that this is the man who dragged me into the bathroom of the jazz club nearly a year ago.

A look at all the different crime and thrillers publishing in 2026!

A Literary Escape participates in the End of Summer Recap Book Tag, which is a look back at summer time superlative reads.

There's something almost irresistibly appealing about the musical biopic. It combines melodrama and genuine accomplishment. It conveys profo...

Book Review for “The Queens of Crime” by Marie Benedict. Summary: “London, 1930. The five greatest women crime writers have banded together to form a secret society with a single goal: to sho…

I have a news flash to share. Earlier this year, my fourteen-year-old granddaughter read Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita. And guess what? She hasn’t jumped into an unhealthy and inappropriate relationshi…

Cover illustration by Davide Ortu © Usborne Publishing Limited, 2025 While many adults have grown out of the need for adventure and are quite happy to live quiet, predictable lives, in my experienc…

Source: Review copyPublication: 10th Anniversary Edition 23rd October 2025 from Orenda BooksPP: 340ISBN-13: 978-1916788947 My thanks to Orenda Books for an advance copy for review. I am thrilled to…