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OUT NOW! Ellie the Crocodile Goes To Gymnastics, by Emily Bardwell

Out Now: 16th September
Genre: Children’s Fiction
Ages: 2-5 years

Blurb 

Ellie’s plans for a fun day at the park are dampened by the rain. So when Patrick suggests gymnastics instead, Ellie embarks on a new adventure filled with trampolines, beams, and monkey bars.

Will Ellie have the courage to try something new?

This is a story about being brave, facing your fears, and believing in yourself.

Author bio 

Emily Bardwell is a first-time author of the children’s picture book, ‘Ellie the Crocodile goes to gymnastics’.

Working in Social Media Marketing, she has a passion for writing and storytelling. Her book was inspired by her own children, who from a young age, would regularly ask her to tell them stories.

A little crocodile named “Ellie” came to mind, and she began telling them all about an adventure she went on with her animal friends.

For over a year, whenever her children had a quiet moment, they’d ask her to tell them an, “Ellie Crocodile story”.

And so Ellie and her adventures became part of their family. She went everywhere with them; camping, bedtimes, doctor’s surgeries, long car journeys.

Until one day, she decided to start writing them down. ‘Ellie the Crocodile goes to gymnastics’ is her debut story.

Emily lives in Surrey (UK) with her husband and two children.

Buy Links

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ellie-Crocodile-gymnastics-Emily-Bardwell-ebook/dp/B0DF5WC262

https://www.amazon.com/Ellie-Crocodile-gymnastics-Emily-Bardwell-ebook/dp/B0DF5WC262

Goodreads

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/218130236-ellie-the-crocodile-goes-to-gymnastics

Book Review: Prey, by Vanda Symon

PUBLICATION DATE: 15th AUGUST 2024
PAPERBACK ORIGINAL | £ 9. 99 | ORENDA BOOKS

On her first day back from maternity leave, Detective Sam Shephard is thrown straight into a cold-case investigation – the unsolved murder of a highly respected Anglican Priest in Dunedin.

The case has been a thorn in the side of the Police hierarchy, and for her boss it’s personal. With all the witness testimony painting a picture of a dedicated church and family man, what possible motive could there have been for his murder?

But when Sam starts digging deeper into the case, it becomes apparent that someone wants the sins of the past to remain hidden. And when a new potential witness to the crime is found brutally murdered, there is pressure from all quarters to solve the case before anyone else falls prey.

But is it already too late…?

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Promo and Extract Post: Season for Murder by Anna A Armstrong

Blurb 

Enjoy a visit to the idyllic Cotswolds where the blackberry jam is delicious, the pumpkins are ripe and a killer is plotting death.

Vivian Plover is an unlikely murderer but needs must. If her bumbling husband is ever going to reach the exalted office of Lord-Lieutenant, Vivian, in sensible shoes, twin set and pearls has some murderous work to do. She is beset by challenges, from her godson’s fake fiancée to Dee’s meddling.

With the worthies of Little Warthing falling foul of accidents, can Dee FitzMorris thwart her scheme or will she find herself yet another victim?

Rarely has murder been so amusing.

Indulge in this quirky and humorous cozy crime novel that will keep you entertained from start to finish. Set in modern-day England, amidst the charming British Cotswold countryside, “Season for Murder” delivers a captivating blend of mystery and comedy. With its light-hearted atmosphere and engaging whodunit plot, this British detective series is a must-read for fans of cozy crime murder mysteries.

Season For Murder – excerpt

Vivian Plover liked graveyards, especially this one in Little Warthing. She approved of the magnificent medieval church at its heart, famous for being the finest in all of the Cotswolds.The graveyard was a benign resting place, neatly measured out by Victorian railings on three sides and flanked on the fourth by a burbling river, on which glided a pair of swans enjoying the autumn sunshine. The graves were politely placed side by side. Vivian found it comforting that their respective size denoted the social importance of each occupant.

Even in death, breeding will out.

Vivian shifted her miserly weight on the bench beneath the giant yew tree which looked out at the sea of graves. Her uninspiring hair and features were groomed to the point of stiffness and her painfully appropriate clothes added to her air of rigidity. Only her thoughts were original. It’s reassuring that on my whim anyone I choose can end up here. She smiled.

Buy Links

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Season-Murder-Poisoning-FitzMorris-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B0CKZ9MPLQ/ref=sr_1_1

https://www.amazon.com/Season-Murder-Poisoning-FitzMorris-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B0CKZ9MPLQ/ref=sr_1_1

Review: Key Lime Sky, by Al Hess

Release Date
2024-08-13
Formats
Ebook, Paperback
EBook ISBN
13th August 2024 | 9781915998132 | epub & mobi | £4.99/$7.99/$8.99
Paperback ISBN
13th August 2024 | 9781915998125 | Paperback | £9.99/$17.99/$23.99

Blurb

An alien invasion hits the town of Muddy Gap, but a disgruntled pie aficionado is the only one who seems to remember it…

Denver Bryant’s passion for pie has sent him across Wyoming in search of the best slices. Though he dutifully posts reviews on his blog, he’s never been able to recreate his brief moment of viral popularity, and its trickling income isn’t enough to pay his rent next month.

Driving home from a roadside diner, Denver witnesses a UFO explode directly over his tiny town of Muddy Gap. When he questions his neighbors, it appears that Denver is the only person to have seen anything – or to care that the residents’ strange behavior, as well as a shower of seashell hail, might be evidence of something extraterrestrial. Being both non-binary and autistic, he’s convinced his reputation as the town eccentric is impeding his quest for answers. Frustrated, he documents the bizarre incidents on his failing pie blog, and his online popularity skyrockets. His readers want the truth, spurring him to get to the bottom of things.

The only person in town who takes him seriously is handsome bartender, Ezra. As the two investigate over pie and the possibility of romance, the alien presence does more than change the weather. People start disappearing. When Denver and Ezra make a run for it, the town refuses to let them leave. Reality is folding in on itself. It’s suddenly a race against time to find the extraterrestrial source and destroy it before it consumes not only Muddy Gap but everything beyond. Denver’s always been more outsider than hero, but he’s determined to ensure that a world with Ezra – and with pie – still exists tomorrow.

Key Lime Sky is the second book from AL Hess at Angry Robot – check out his previous work, World Running Down.

https://angryrobotbooks.my.canva.site/key-lime-sky

Al Hess is also a fantastic artist – check out his instagram!

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Review: Pursued By Death, by Gunnar Staalesen, translated by Don Bartlett

Description

When Varg Veum reads the newspaper headline ‘YOUNG MAN MISSING’, he realises he’s seen the youth just a few days earlier – at a crossroads in the countryside, with his two friends. It turns out that the three were on their way to a demonstration against a commercial fish-farming facility in the tiny village of Solvik, north of Bergen.

Varg heads to Solvik, initially out of curiosity, but when he chances upon a dead body in the sea, he’s pulled into a dark and complex web of secrets, feuds and jealousies.

Is the body he’s found connected to the death of a journalist who was digging into the fish farm’s operations two years earlier? And does either incident have something to do with the competition between the two powerful families that dominate Solvik’s salmon-farming industry?
Or are the deaths the actions of the ‘Village Beast’ – the brutal small-town justice meted out by rural communities in this part of the world.

Shocking, timely and full of breath-taking twists and turns, Pursued by Death reaffirms Gunnar Staalesen as one of the world’s greatest crime writers.

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