What's it about? In the summer of 1862, a group of young artists led by the passionate and talented Edward Radcliffe descends upon Birchwood Manor in rural Berkshire. Their plan: to spend a secluded summer month in a haze of inspiration and creativity. But by the time their stay is over, one woman has been... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Two Steps Forward by Graeme Simison and Anne Buist
What's it about? Zoe, a sometime artist, is from California. Martin, an engineer, is from Yorkshire. Both have ended up in picturesque Cluny, in central France. Both are struggling to come to terms with their recent past - for Zoe, the death of her husband; for Martin, a messy divorce. Looking to make a new... Continue Reading →
Blog Tour: Video Killed the Radio Star by Duncan McMaster
Hello! Here's my final blog tour review for today. Thanks to Damp Pebbles, Fahrenheit Press and Duncan McMaster for letting me part of the tour for Video Killed the Radio Star. What's it about? Money in the bank and his dream girl on his arm - life was looking pretty sweet for Kirby Baxter. Of... Continue Reading →
Blog Tour: River Runs Red by Ally Rose
Hello! I'm still on a bit of a break- married life, eh?- but I'm popping in with a blog tour post. Thanks to Damp Pebbles, Fahrenheit Press and Ally Rose for letting me be part of this blog tour. What's it about? Berlin is in the midst of its worst winter in decades. Against... Continue Reading →
Blog Tour: Burning Secrets by Ruth Sutton
Hello! After a bit of a break, I'm back with my first ever blog tour post. Thanks to Damp Pebbles, Fahrenheit Press and Ruth Sutton for letting me be part of it. What's it about? It’s the spring of 2001 and Foot & Mouth disease is raging across Cumbria. Twelve-year-old Helen Heslop is forced to... Continue Reading →
Book Review: The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh
What's it about? Imagine a world very close to our own: where women are not safe in their bodies, where desperate measures are required to raise a daughter. This is the story of Grace, Lia and Sky, kept apart from the world for their own good and taught the terrible things that every woman must... Continue Reading →
Book Review: The Mystery of Three Quarters by Sophie Hannah
What's it about? Returning home after lunch one day, Hercule Poirot finds an angry woman waiting outside his front door. She demands to know why Poirot has sent her a letter accusing her of the murder of Barnabas Pandy, a man she has neither heard of nor ever met. Poirot has also never heard of... Continue Reading →
Book Review: The Hunters by Kat Gordon
What's it about? Theo Miller is fourteen years old when he first sets foot on the dusty Kenyan plains. Neither he nor his sister Maud are ready for the heat and dazzle of 1920s Nairobi and they quickly get swept up in the drama of the ex-pat community. Theo meets Sylvie de Croÿ and Freddie,... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Larchfield by Polly Clark
What's it about? Dora has moved to a small Scottish town, newly married and a new mother. However, she didn't realise how lonely she'd feel nor how cold her neighbours would be. Isolated and desperate for a human connection, she calls a number she finds in a bottle on the beach. In 1930, W.H. Auden... Continue Reading →