It’s time again for Six Degrees of Separation, a monthly link-up hosted by Kate at Books Are My Favourite and Best. Each month a book is chosen as a starting point and linked to six other books to… More| BooksPlease
The mobile library van came yesterday and I borrowed three books of short stories to read for Short Story September 2025. I’ve read books by each of the three following authors before: Sleep No More:… More| BooksPlease
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. For the rules see her blog The topic today is Books With Occupations… More| BooksPlease
Every Friday Book Beginnings on Friday is hosted by Gillion at Rose City Reader where you can share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading. You can also share from a book you want to highlight… More| BooksPlease
Murder in the Mangroves by Joanne Tracey is the second book in the Clementine Carter cosy crime series. I adored One For Sorrow, giving it a pretty rare (for me!) 4.5 stars. I probably didn’t enjoy this quite as much but I suspect it’s because I was more personally invested in the first one as Continue Reading The post Book review: Murder in the Mangroves by Joanne Tracey appeared first on Debbish.| Debbish
Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman features a widow embroiled in theft and murder on her first overseas holiday.| Debbish
I first came across Steve Cavanagh‘s books when I went to Harrogate Crime Writing Festival and attended an author dinner there. We each were given one of the books which was up for their book of the year. Steve’s book Thirteen actually won and I was fortunate to receive that particular book. Well, that was […]| Esther Chilton
Book Title – The Cut Throat TrialAuthor – The Secret Barrister writing as S J FleetGenre – Crime FictionPublisher – Pan MacmillanPublication Date – 28th August 2025⭐⭐⭐ 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 … Continue reading "The Cut Throat Trial – Book Review"| Wicked Witch's Blog
What if the man you’re rooting for in a wartime darkly comic thriller is also a serial killer? In Mr Bowling Buys a Newspaper (1943), Donald Henderson gives us just that: a shabby, lonely public-sc…| Rattlebag and Rhubarb
The latest Classic Club Spin challenged you to read book 11 on your CC Spin #41 list by 24th August. That was Brighton Rock by Graham Greene for me. Vintage Digital| 2 October 2010| 258 pages| e-book| 4* Description… More| BooksPlease
Lisa at ANZ LitLovers will be hosting a new reading event – Short Story September, running from September 1 to 30. On September 1st Lisa will set up a post where all contributions can be posted so that… More| BooksPlease
Top 5 Tuesday was created by Shanah at Bionic Book Worm, and it is now being hosted by Meeghan at Meeghan Reads. You can see the Top 5 Tuesday topics for the whole of 2025 here. Today the topic… More| BooksPlease
Canongate Books| 5 Jun. 2025| 427 pages| e-book| Review copy| 5* Description: 1854, Edinburgh.Respectable public faces hide sordid private sins.Apprentice Sarah Fisher is helping to fund Dr Will Ra…| BooksPlease
The Japanese crime writer Seichō Matsumoto has been experiencing something of a renaissance in recent years, largely due to the Penguin reissues of some of his fiction. Tokyo Express proved a hit with many readers, myself included, with Inspector Imanishi Investigates following suit, strengthening the interest in this writer’s work. Despite not publishing his first […]| JacquiWine's Journal
The Last Walk A British Detective Murder Mystery is the fourth novel in the series about DCI Suzanna McLeod. It is set in rural lowland Scotland not far from Dumfries. The tagline on the cover reads:- Angry people, bloodied bodies, corruption and dubious deals. But was it justice, revenge or just bad karma that sealed... Continue reading →| Sue's Trifles
I was enthralled by Moore’s Long Bright River and now I’ve read her latest, The God of the Woods, I can’t decide which one is better. I’ve spent long commutes and daily walk…| Miss Bates Reads Romance
Former crime reporter Walter B. Levis shares the different tools used for being a crime reporter and crime novelist and benefits of both.| Writer's Digest
Guess Again by Charlie Donlea features a former cop, now doctor who takes on a ten-year old case of a missing teenager.| Debbish
For anyone who does not know him, Simon Mason is, as well as a wonderful writer, a friend of this blog. He was our special guest recently and we are fans of his work.| reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com
"Only a writer of Atkinson's skill could pull this off without straining credibility to breaking point."| Writers Review
The Montreal summer continues hot, stuffy, and humid, but the reading is good. I read in the evenings, when it’s cooler (sometimes) and I’ve managed to day-check off a few items from the to-do list. The city is near-empty: holiday departures and, since Friday, an … Continue reading Recent Reading: van der Wouden, Stewart Taylor, and Markham…| Miss Bates Reads Romance
Top 5 Tuesday was created by Shanah at Bionic Book Worm, and it is now being hosted by Meeghan at Meeghan Reads. You can see the Top 5 Tuesday topics for the whole of 2025 here. …| BooksPlease
What the Night Brings by Mark Billingham is the 19th in the series featuring Detective Tom Thorne (and Nicola Tanner). I was a latecomer to the series, kicking off with book #13 in 2015. I was relieved a few books ago when Tom broke up with this then girlfriend and fellow cop Helen and moved Continue Reading The post Book review: What the Night Brings by Mark Billingham appeared first on Debbish.| Debbish
Book Title -A Case of Life and LimbAuthor – Sally SmithGenre – Historical Crime FictionPublisher – Bloomsbury PublishingPublication Date – 17th July 2025⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Case of Life…| Wicked Witch's Blog
The Key to Murder by Harry Navinski has the tagline Some women join the MeToo movement to seek justice; others take matters into their own hands… The tagline serves as a content warning. There are …| Sue's Trifles
It’s been a while since I did a “round-up” post of recent reading, but things have been busy. My teaching job is in that time of year thou mayest in a teacher behold: exams, gradu…| Miss Bates Reads Romance
It’s time again for Six Degrees of Separation, a monthly link-up hosted by Kate at Books Are My Favourite and Best. Each month a book is chosen as a starting point and linked to six …| BooksPlease
DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS Devil in a Blue Dress is celebrating its 35th anniversary. Walter Mosley’s bestseller broke new… The post 35 Years of Devil in a Blue Dress appeared first on Charles Harris author.| Charles Harris author
I'm delighted that I've been invited to speak for National Crime Reading Month on Tuesday 24 June. If you're in or near North London at 5pm...| Charles Harris author
ARC provided by the publisher for review. This post includes affiliate links that kick us a small percentage at no cost to you, if you use them to shop. If this review is helpful, please use them to support my work — thanks! Epic is the only word I’ve got for S.A. Cosby’s riveting new… The post S.A. Cosby’s King of Ashes is a Summer 2025 Must Read appeared first on DailyWaffle.| DailyWaffle
About the Book: In the freezing January of 1989, mother-of-two Birdie Keller wakes to the news she’s been waiting seventeen years to hear: the man who destroyed her life has been freed from jail. B…| Theresa Smith Writes
If you’d like to be included in this slot, please get in touch: estherchilton@gmail.com. Poems can be up to 60 lines and prose 2000 words. If you’d like to add a short bio and photo, then great. Al…| Esther Chilton
Today is the day you can finally go into your local bookshop and buy all three Aud novels in matching editions. If you do, you’ll discover something.| Nicola Griffith
Night’s Redemption: A Detective Matt Deal Thriller Book 5 Night’s Redemption tells the story of a small-town lawyer who... The post Review of Night’s Redemption by Stephen Bentley appeared first on BOOKPLACES.| BOOKPLACES
About the Book: Former London police officer Rose Campbell has been estranged from her daughter, Lou, for almost a decade. But when Lou disappears from a remote Western Australian beach, and the po…| Theresa Smith Writes
I'm delighted to say that Blue Coast Publishing have now published the second edition of my psychological thriller Room Fifteen| Charles Harris author
Reading the Meow is back for 2025, and I am so excited to participate for my second year in a row! This cat-themed reading challenge, hosted by Literary Potpourri, is not just about reading; itR…| Golden Age of Detective Fiction
Hello readers! I am excited to participate in the 20 Books of Summer this year, hosted by AnnaBookBel and Emma at Words and Peace. 20 Books of Summer is a fun reading challenge in which participant…| Golden Age of Detective Fiction
When I created this blog I planned to write something, no matter how brief, about each book I read. it seemed like a doable goal at the time but in recent years I’ve found that I don’t always have the time/energy to write a review or I’m still processing my reaction to the book. I might […]| BookerTalk
About the Book: One will lose his mind. One will pay. One will agonise. And one will die. Duy, Phong, Minh, and Edmond have been best friends since childhood. Now, as young men running their famili…| Theresa Smith Writes
I AM THRILLED!! The Aud novels will finally—finally!—be published in the UK, by Canongate (3 July 2025). Why did iti take so long? Read on…| Nicola Griffith
The Bluff by Joanna Jenkins features lawyer Ruth who becomes involved in the disappearance of a teenaged girl and murder of a local man.| Debbish
The Low Road written by Alex Walters The story is set in Inverness and the surrounding rural area of the Scottish Highlands. An escalating series of fatal road accidents on straight sections of the…| Fenlandphil's Blog
Make You Sorry by Christine Rae-Jones This book had been lurking on my TBR pile for a while, I wish now I had got to read it sooner. I met Christine at an Indie Author’s book fair in HuntingdonR…| Fenlandphil's Blog
Perfect for lovers of cozy mysteries with a holiday twist.| Miriam Drori, Author
Geraint frowned, his caterpillar eyebrows meeting in the middle. Those brows were her barometer to his mood.| Miriam Drori, Author
Books & TV for the long nights. I've started going back to titles I've never quite got round to. And some my son left on his shelf.| Charles Harris author
BOOKPLACES Nell Dixon Author Interview The Writer's Life| BOOKPLACES
Disclosure: I received a copy of this book free of charge for review purposes only. Receipt of a book does not guarantee a review or endorsement. This is Why We Lied is the 12th book in the Will Trent series...| Curiosity Killed the Bookworm
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