Hi I'm Rosemarie and I like to write. I write short stories and longer fiction, poetry and occasionally articles. I'm working on quite a few things at the minute and wouldn't mind one day actually getting published in print.
Most stories begin with either an unforeseen turn of events or a problem.
Krank has a problem. For centuries, the people of the island have lived on the animals and plants to be found there. It was bliss and so the population grew. It was not until very recently anyone noticed that the quantity of plants and animals had not. The delicate balance of the ecosystem has tipped and food is dwindling.
The King assigned the island’s two resident self-proclaimed geniuses, the Creators, to find a solution. The fruits of their labour ripen into the invention of the world’s first aquatic transportation device and promises to provide passage from the island to search further afield for food and resources.
So, there it is. Problem solved. End of story. Barring any unforeseen turn of events…
And this is my second attempt at writing this post. I got it finished and everything I’d written this evening (third book onwards) disappeared. So, I’m trying again…
In have a plan. I have soooooo many Pen & Sword books that I’m going to do a twice monthly joint ‘non-fiction’ review post of whatever I’ve read in the time between posts, about two weeks. I have five for you this time:
A History of Women’s Live in Scunthorpe, by Carole McEntee-Taylor (that’s a local interest one for me)
Life of a Smuggler: Fact and Fiction, by Helen Hollick
The Violent Abuse of Women in 17th and 18th Century Britain, by Geoffrey Pimm
The Women who Inspires London Art: The Avico Sisters and Other Models of the Early 20th Century, by Lucy Merello Peterson
Images of the National Archives: Suffragettes, by Lauren Willmott
I had planned to review this book, because I really enjoyed Joan’s last novel, Redneck’s Revenge , but I’m still not well enough to deal with e-readers.
Blurb
Isabel Long is a bit banged up from her last case with a broken collarbone and her arm in a sling. But that doesn’t stop her from pouring beer at the Rooster Bar or taking her third case with Gary Beaumont, a local drug dealer who once terrorized her. Gary is convinced his brother didn’t jump off a bridge known for suicides. Somebody pushed him.
Gary’s brother was a boozer who drove for a highway crew. But what interests Isabel and her ‘Watson’ — her 93-year-old mother who lives with her — is that the man wrote poetry.
The chief suspects are one of Gary’s business associates and a famous poet who plagiarized his brother’s poetry for an award-winning book. Yes, he was that good.
As a journalist, Isabel did regular meetups with her sources for stories. She called it checking the traps. She does the same as a private investigator, and this time, she’ll make sure she doesn’t get caught in one.
Joan Livingston is the author of novels for adult and
young readers. Checking the Traps,
published by Crooked Cat Books, is the third in the mystery series featuring
Isabel Long, a long-time journalist who becomes an amateur P.I. The first two
are Chasing the Case and Redneck’s Revenge.
An award-winning journalist, she started as a reporter
covering the hill towns of Western Massachusetts. She was an editor, columnist,
and the managing editor of The Taos News,
which won numerous state and national awards during her tenure.
After eleven years in Northern New Mexico, she returned
to rural Western Massachusetts, which is the setting of much of her adult
fiction, including the Isabel Long mystery series.
Published By: Del Ray Publication Date: 12th July 2018 Format: Paperback I.S.B.N.: 9781785030253
Blurb
Jazz Bashara is a criminal.
Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you’re not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you’ve got debts to pay and your job as a porter barely covers the rent.
Everything changes when Jazz sees the chance to commit the perfect crime, with a reward too lucrative to turn down. But pulling off the impossible is just the start of Jazz’s problems, as she learns that she’s stepped square into a conspiracy for control of Artemis itself – and that now, her only chance at survival lies in a gambit even more unlikely than the first.
He abducted her. He fell in love with her. He helped her escape. Can she trust him?
Sarah Evans has returned home after being abducted and held in a dilapidated farmhouse by a group of men.
With her is Martin, who turned against the other men to help her escape. He says he’s not like them, and claims to be in love with her.
Can Sarah trust Martin? Does she share his feelings? Or should she listen to her father, himself deceitful and abusive, and turn her back on the relationship?
Sea of Lies is a chilling psychological thriller about secrets, trust, and a family falling apart.
My name’s Rachel
McLean and I write thrillers that make you think.
What does that mean?
In short, I want my stories to make your pulse race and your brain tick.
Do you often get through a thriller at breakneck pace but are left with little
sense of what the book was really about? Do you sometimes read literary fiction
but just wish something would damn well happen?
My books aim to fill that gap.
If you’d like to know more about my books and receive extra bonus content,
please join my book club at rachelmclean.com/bookclub. I’ll send you a weekly
email with news about my writing research and progress, stories and bonus
content for each book. And I’ll let you know when my books are on offer.
Linden’s first novel, Divine Invention will be reviewed on Rosie Writes… on 3rd April 2019 and I am eagerly looking forward to reading and reviewing The Greenmen. But first, allow me to present to you, the cover:
Strays and Relations follows the story of Dizzy, whose search for her birth parents is sad, humorous, and in parts bizarre. Dizzy learns that she began life as a surviving twin, then was fostered until a permanent home was found.
Dizzy begins her search for her original identity. Why was she given up for adoption in the 1960s? Following a tenuous lead, she travels to Ireland with her best friend Sugar, but the trail takes a misleading turn. It ends in what they mistakenly believe is Dizzy’s mother’s grave.
Dizzy falls in love with Will, a blacksmith. But something is missing. Dizzy’s life changes when her birth father Tommy makes contact using a private detective. He reveals that her birth mother is alive and married to a man called Vernon. Now the bigger, trickier task lies ahead: working out how to fit the disparate bits of her life together. This is a book which will both amuse and touch readers’ hearts.
Strays and Relations manages sensitive subject matter with engaging wit and sharply-observed dialogue, and includes vivid descriptions of some rather unusual animals and people. It will appeal to readers who have encountered a recycled animal or family.
I haven’t been feeling great so my reviews are a bit behind. I have a stack of books next to my laptop that I need to tell you all about. I’ve got three Pen & Sword books for you and an indie about comic book history.
Everything Is Better With Dragons 