Regular readers of the blog will know that I am a big fan of Jane Lovering’s writing. In fact, her book How I Wonder What You Are was one of the first books I reviewed on the blog way back in…

I have come to really enjoy this police procedural series set mainly in the Stoke-On-Trent area of Staffordshire. The protagonist, Kate Young is a very complex character. Recently widowed, she stil…

I’ve been meaning to read The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri since it came out, but life has always intervened. Today, however, I am delighted to share my review as The Beekeeper of Aleppo …

Happy Monday!! Today I’m resharing my review from 2016(!!!!!!!) of Jack Jordan’s second psych-thriller My Girl.

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…

In deciding what to call this post I went for a more cultured approach to my usual, and opted to quote the first line of John Keats poem ‘To Autumn’. It’s a poem that captures the…

I am delighted to welcome Lucy M. Black to Linda’s Book Bag today to tell me all about her latest book. My huge thanks to Hollay at River Street Writing for putting us in touch with one another. Le…

Today it is over to Mandie for her review of An Eye For An Eye by Jeffrey Archer, part of the William Warwick series. Mandie has been loving this series so is playing a touch of catch up to see what William has been up to now. Here's what the book is about: Source: Owned Copy

Book Gifts are always wonderful to receive at any time of the year and I highly recommend these three gorgeous new hardbacks.

On my blog today, I’m taking part in the blog tour for the tenth anniversary edition of Snowblind by Ragnar Jónasson, with thanks to Anne Cater from Random Things Tours for inviting me to tak…

“Emily had the perfect life – the perfect job, the perfect house, the perfect husband – before she was blindsided and betrayed and lost it all. Now she’s sitting in a divorce counsellin…

Mix Tape by Jane Sanderson is published and Transworld/Bantam is is out now. My copy is actually a proof from *embarrassed blush* 2020. It was one of my most highly anticipated reads of that year b…

Author : Zoë RankinTitle : The Vanishing PlacePages : 380Publisher : Viper Books / Serpent’s TailPublication date : 2nd October, 2025Source : Netgalley One girl escaped. But the forest took a…

This week’s topic: Ten Film Quotations Photo by ClickerHappy on Pexels.com This week’s topic was going to be a non-bookish freebie but has been changed to ‘ten books you wish you …

I’m delighted to be joined by AE Chandler today, author of Knights of the Roundish Table. Knights of the Roundish Table is published today which just happens to be the anniversary of the Batt…

A Quilting of Scars by Lucy E.M. Black is a described as 'a contemplative novel about identity, secrets, life choices, aging and mortality.'

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…

I’m delighted to be joined by Michael Wendroff today, author of What Goes Around. What Goes Around was published by Head of Zeus in October 2024 and available now in all formats: full details…

My enormous thanks to lovely Georgia Hill for ensuring I received a copy of her latest book, Magpie, and to Tara Lyons for sending it to me. It’s my pleasure to share my review of Magpie today. You…

Today it is my great pleasure to share my thoughts on Revenge of Odessa by the late Frederick Forsyth together with Tony Kent. I came extremely late to the party, only recently having read The Odessa File, but am so happy to have made the time to read the book as this brilliant follow up thriller. My thanks to publisher Bantam for the copy for review via Netgalley.

After the fabulous time at Chiltern Kills last weekend, this week has been somewhat of an anticlimax. Work, work and more work pretty much sums things up. Put what I hope are the finishing touches in the apprenticeship portfolio, wrote some formula, ate too much rubbish, and generally felt like I could sleep forever. But hey. Booked tickets for the tour of Operation Mincemeat next year, so it’s not all bad, right?

Today I am sharing my thoughts on the short story, Bad Date by Ellery Lloyd. It was a bonus read as part of the Amazon Prime First Reads promotion, and a very happy bonus it was too. Here's what the book is all about: Source: Owned CopyRelease Date: 01 September 2025