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Riverflow by Alison Layland - Blog Tour and review Today I'm part of the Blog Tour for the new title by Alison Layland - Riverflow. My Review: Riverflow, as the name suggests is a book set in a watery location, the banks of the River Severn in the Welsh marches, on the borders between rural England and Wales, the writing however is far from watery, it is slick and engaging and subtly nuanced. It is all about undercurrents and things glimpsed below the surface which appear murky and alarming. The setting of rural Wales has a lovely bucolic feel and the author does a sterling job of making the reader feel familiar with a place, I for one, have never visited.  The themes of climate change and fracking are ultra-current, with eco-warrior Bede taking the lead role accompanied by his long-suffering wife Elin at his side. He believes passionately about environmental issues and is bent on saving the planet. Determined to stop fracking taking place nearby he makes it his mission.  The ...

Found by Erin Kinsley - Review and Blog Tour Today I have the pleasure of being part of another fabulous Random Things Blog Tour. A BBC Radio 2 book club choice, there is plenty to talk about in Found and I hope my thoughts on this twisty new psychological thriller help you decide whether to read it. #Found has just been published by @headlinepg and you can grab a copy right now. My Review Found is the story of every parents’ nightmare – imagine if your child went missing – wouldn’t that be … …the WORST thing that could EVER happen?  Well, it’s happened to Matt and Claire. Their 11 year old son Evan disappears without trace after setting off for a bus, he doesn’t come home from school and the family’s nightmare scenario begins and the reader is about to be with them all the way, experiencing their grief, frustration and anger at a system which leaves the police so overworked that it seems they haven’t the resources to find one small boy.  We watch Mum and Dad’s lives fall apar...

The Girl at the Window - Rowan Coleman - A Random Things Blog Tour Today I am delighted to be part of another Random Things Blog Tour, this time it's for the new book by Rowan Coleman and its a superb romantic read with everything book lovers will adore.  Look at the exalted bloggers I'm joining - do pop by their blogs too. I have read this delightful book and am pleased to share my review: My Review The Girl at the window is a delightful, eerie, atmospheric multi timeline story with a haunting sense of romance and loss. In a Yorkshire setting of a spooky and legend filled old crumbling family home called Ponden Hall, we find the main character Trudy returning to the home where she grew up. Her unconventional crotchety Mother still lives there and when tragedy strikes Trudys happy marriage, it is back to Ponden that Trudy brings her young son Will when both are left reeling with shock and disbelief that Wills beloved father Abe is missing believed dead and their happy family li...

Blog Tour and Review - The Last Stage Louise Voss I am very pleased to be part of the Blog Tour for The Last Stage by Louise Voss as I've read and loved her previous books. I read, enjoyed and reviewed her previous book The Old You  also for a Blog Tour and am thrilled to report that readers who loved The Old You are in for a treat with the fast-paced chilling read which is The Last Stage. My Review: The Last Stage is a taut and terrifying look at how one womans life begins to unravel as her past and present collide and old threats and fears come back to haunt her. We meet the main protagonist Meredith as she is managing the Gift Shop at a stately home, in her 40s her life is very different to what it was in her 20s when she was the lead singer in a chart-topping Punk Band.  Still single and notoriously bad at long term relationships she is lonely, with only her twin brother as a trusted confidant. But she can still put away a few bevvies and proves herself to be just as good ...

I jumped at the chance to join the blog tour for the latest book by Anna Hope as I absolutely adore her previous books, both historical novels, Hope and the stunning Ballroom. This lady is without doubt an exceptionally talented and accomplished author with the ability to create a world into which you are gently immersed then suddenly drowning in emotion. Expectation couldn’t be more different in style and setting to both this authors previous books and I must admit I was a little wary of the genre change, historical fiction being a theme I am reluctant to relinquish. This is edgy women’s contemporary fiction, with a modern day setting and themes of female ambitions and friendship. The author will gather a whole new following with this book. Featuring twenty and thirty-something girls written with depth and feeling. Youthful and contemporary the book centres around feelings of dissatisfaction when life never goes quite to plan and opportunities are missed. It explores what people will ...

Storytellers by Bjorn Larssen - Blog Tour and Extract Today I join fellow bloggers Jera's Jamboree and The Divine Write on the Blog Tour for the new book by Bjorn Larssen - Storytellers which sounds so tempting I couldn't pass by the chance to share an extract even though I haven't yet got around to reading my much-anticipated copy. The Blurb In March 1920 Icelandic days are short and cold, but the nights are long. For most, on those nights, funny, sad, and dramatic stories are told around the fire. But there is nothing dramatic about Gunnar, a hermit blacksmith who barely manages to make ends meet. He knows nobody will remember him – they already don’t. All he wants is peace, the company of his animals, and a steady supply of his medication. Sometimes he wonders what it would feel like to have a story of his own. He’s about to find out. Sigurd – a man with a plan, a broken ankle, and shocking amounts of money – won’t talk about himself, but is happy to tell a story that ju...