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Trial on Mount Koya by Susan Spann, Book Review

Trial on Mount Koya by Susan Spann, Book Review

Trial on Mount Koya is the sixth title in the Hiro Hattori / Shinobi Mystery series. Trial on Mount Koya Synopsis Master ninja Hiro Hattori and Jesuit Father Mateo head up to Mount Koya, only to find themselves embroiled in yet…

EGYPTIAN ENIGMA by L J M Owen, Review: Cosy foodie mystery

EGYPTIAN ENIGMA by L J M Owen, Review: Cosy foodie mystery

Filled with ancient murder, family secrets and really good food, Egyptian Enigma is the third adventure in L J M Owen’s charming series Dr Pimms, Intermillennial Sleuth. Really cold cases. Egyptian Enigma, Book 3 Dr Pimms Intermillennial Sleuth Synopsis: Dr Elizabeth Pimms,…

THE PORTRAIT OF MOLLY DEAN by Katherine Kovacic, Book Review

THE PORTRAIT OF MOLLY DEAN by Katherine Kovacic, Book Review

In Katherine Kovacic’s debut novel The Portrait Of Molly Dean an unsolved murder comes to light after almost seventy years… The Portrait of Molly Dean Synopsis: In 1999, art dealer Alex Clayton stumbles across a lost portrait of Molly Dean, an artist’s…

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (aka 7 1/2 Deaths), Review

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (aka 7 1/2 Deaths), Review

Stuart Turton’s debut novel The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (or The 7 1/2 Deaths in US & Canada) is the original high-concept murder mystery being described as Gosford Park meets Inception, by way of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express. Read my full review.

THE TIDES BETWEEN, Elizabeth Jane Corbett on her inspiration

THE TIDES BETWEEN, Elizabeth Jane Corbett on her inspiration

Today we welcome Aussie author Elizabeth Jane Corbett to share with us the inspiration behind her debut novel The Tides Between. And, to celebrate this title’s recent release, there is a tour-wide giveaway open to all readers. The Tides Between –…

Book Gift Guide 2017

Book Gift Guide 2017

Holiday season is upon us and there really is no better gift than a book! In addition to books we have read this year that we think would make great gifts, we’ve sought recommendations from other experts and enthusiasts in…

Atlantic Black by A S Patric, Review: Impressive

Atlantic Black by A S Patric, Review: Impressive

Atlantic Black is the latest novel from Miles Franklin award-winning author of Black Rock White City, A S Patric. Read my review. Atlantic Black Synopsis In this haunting new novel, Katerina Klova and her mother are crossing the Atlantic by ocean…

Peter Yeldham on THE LAST DOUBLE SUNRISE

Peter Yeldham on THE LAST DOUBLE SUNRISE

Today Peter Yeldham joins us to share the inspiration behind his latest novel The Last Double Sunrise. Plus, to celebrate the release of this novel we have an ebook copy for worldwide giveaway. I was eighteen when I first saw Italian prisoners-of-war who’d…

The Red-Haired Woman by Orhan Pamuk, Review: Insightful

The Red-Haired Woman by Orhan Pamuk, Review: Insightful

Orhan Pamuk’s latest novel The Red-Haired Woman — a beguiling mystery tale of family and romance, of east and west, tradition and modernity, by one of the great storytellers of our time. The Red-Haired Woman Synopsis From the Nobel Prize winner and…

BETRAYAL AT IGA by Susan Spann, Book Review

BETRAYAL AT IGA by Susan Spann, Book Review

The fifth Hiro Hattori Novel in Susan Spann’s Shinobi Mystery Series. Betrayal at Iga Synopsis : Autumn, 1565: After fleeing Kyoto, master ninja Hiro Hattori and Portuguese Jesuit Father Mateo take refuge with Hiro’s ninja clan in the mountains of Iga province….

BEAUTY IN THORNS by Kate Forsyth, Review: Poetic symbolism

BEAUTY IN THORNS by Kate Forsyth, Review: Poetic symbolism

Bestselling author Kate Forsyth’s new novel Beauty in Thorns is a spellbinding reimagining of ‘Sleeping Beauty’ set amongst the wild bohemian circle of Pre-Raphaelite artists and poets. Beauty in Thorns Synopsis The Pre-Raphaelites were determined to liberate art and love from…