Today I’m pleased to bring you a cover reveal for a new thriller by Jenny O’Brien. It looks like a good one, so I’ve included a bit of blurb, and the links for the book and author.
Continue reading “Cover Reveal! ‘The Stepsister’, by Jenny O’Brien”
Category Archives: Blog tours
Coming up: Four cover reveals for September
Rachel, of Rachel’s Random Resources, has organised four cover reveal tours for the next week, and I’m glad to help her out. Come back during the week for more on each book.
Blog Tour Calendar: ‘Survive’, by Stephen Llewelyn
This should be fun. The book arrived a week or so ago, but I haven’t started it yet. Looking forward to it though, the blurb sounds …interesting.
Blurb
A young man and his mother fight to leave tragedy behind. Striving for a new life on Mars has cost Tim and Patricia everything, but as even their future is taken from them, their past is just beginning.
Earth: population 50 billion. Pollution, crime and scarcity are out of our control. Instantaneous travel provides hope for the terraforming of another world.
A terrorist attack. An explosion at the event horizon of a wormhole. A murder. A trail of clues, misinformation and sabotage. Nothing is as it seems as an old enemy returns from the shadows. 100 years from now, the 100 souls aboard the USS New World are thrown back 100 million years to the deadly Cretaceous Period. From there, an epic fight to save humanity begins; but first, they must survive.
A multi-national, eclectic crew; among them the good, the not so good and the no damned good at all. Loss, courage, genius and sheer bloody-mindedness bind them. NASA Captain, James Douglas, and his first officer, Jill Baines, expected a taxi run to Mars. Now they must escape a fearsome Mapusaurus pack, survive natural disasters, brutal discoveries and treachery.
September to December 2018 Review Schedule
Hello, now that the dissertation is all but done, I have some time for reading and reviewing again. September has been cleared until after hand in on the 19th and now October’s four slots are full too. November only has one scheduled review so far, and December is empty, but that’s limited to two slots anyway. I don’t really do Christmas books and an awful lot of the tours in November and December are for just that. I might actually have time to read and review some of the books Pen & Sword sent me last year! I’m pleased to be taking part in blog tours organised by Rachel’s Random Resources. The lovely ladies that run these tours are always helpful.
This is the schedule so far; any further scheduled reviews will be added as they come in and the schedule updated. It’s not all crime fiction, I’ve thrown in some memoir, historical and sci-fi for a bit of variety this time round.
September
25th
- Mrs Bates of Highbury, by Allie Cresswell
- Historical fiction
- Billed as ‘A prequel to Jane Austen’s ‘Emma”
- Rachel’s Random Resources blog tour
28th
- Survive, by Stephen Llewelyn
- Sci-fi adventure
- Authoright tour
October
4th
- The Pawlife Guide: Dog Care at Home, by Gina Harding
- Non-fiction
- Rachel’s Random Resources
10th
- Redneck’s Revenge, by Joan Livingston
- Crime fiction
- Rachel’s Random Resources
18th
- Sex Drive, by Stephanie Theobald
- Memoir
- Random Thing’s Blog Tours
25th
- Reprobation, by Catherine Fearns
- Crime Fiction
- Rachel’s Random Resources
November
15th
- Homicide in Herne Hill, By Alice Castle
- Cosy crime
- Rachel’s Random Resources
20th
- The Forth Victim, by John Mead
- Crime fiction – Police Pricedural
- Rachel’s Random Resources
December
2nd
- The Darling Dead, by Graham Smith
- Crime
- Bookouture
New From Alice Castle: ‘Calamity in Camberwell’
A month ago I reviewed Alice Castle’s first two books, and now I’d like to introduce you all to the 3rd London Mystery, Calamity in Camberwell, published yesterday.
I haven’t reviewed this one, because I anticipated being snowed under with dissertation work, but there are plenty of others on the tour who have read it so go and have a look at their reviews.
Check out the tour calendar at the bottom of the post to see who’s reviewing when.
There’s also the chance to win a signed copy of the book, via rafflecopter. (I’m just hosting the link, everything else is on the author and publisher).
Blurb
Beth Haldane, SE21’s answer to Miss Marple, worries she is losing a kindred spirit when her friend Jen, the only other single mum in the playground, suddenly gets married and moves to Camberwell.
Soon Beth has to face much more pressing fears. Has something gone horribly wrong with Jen’s marriage? What is her husband really up to? Why is her daughter leading Beth’s son astray? And where on earth IS Jen anyway?
As Beth’s friends push her to start dating again, Beth turns to Met Police DI Harry York for help. But will they solve the mystery in time, or will it turn out that in south east London, not everyone gets to live happily ever after?
Purchase Link – MyBook.to/Cic
Author Bio
Before turning to crime, Alice Castle was a UK newspaper journalist for The Daily Express, The Times and The Daily Telegraph. Her first book, Hot Chocolate, set in Brussels and London, was a European hit and sold out in two weeks.
Death in Dulwich was published in September 2017 and has been a number one best-seller in the UK, US, Canada, France, Spain and Germany. A sequel, The Girl in the Gallery was published in December 2017 to critical acclaim. Calamity in Camberwell, the third book in the London Murder Mystery series, will be published this summer, with Homicide in Herne Hill due to follow in early 2019. Alice is currently working on the fifth London Murder Mystery adventure. Once again, it will feature Beth Haldane and DI Harry York.
Alice is also a mummy blogger and book reviewer via her website: https://www.alicecastleauthor.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alicecastleauthor/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DDsDiary?lang=en
Links to buy books: MyBook.to/GirlintheGallery
She lives in south London and is married with two children, two step-children and two cats.
Giveaway – Win a signed copy of Calamity in Camberwell (Open Internationally)
http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/33c69494117/
*Terms and Conditions –Worldwide entries welcome. Please enter using the Rafflecopter box below. The winner will be selected at random via Rafflecopter from all valid entries and will be notified by Twitter and/or email. If no response is received within 7 days then I reserve the right to select an alternative winner. Open to all entrants aged 18 or over. Any personal data given as part of the competition entry is used for this purpose only and will not be shared with third parties, with the exception of the winners’ information. This will passed to the giveaway organiser and used only for fulfilment of the prize, after which time I will delete the data. I am not responsible for dispatch or delivery of the prize.
Blog Tour Calendar: ‘Love The Stationary In Your Classroom’ #Authoright
Summary:
This delightful little book encourages children to learn about – and have fun with – the stationery they encounter in the classroom. Author Rebecca Palliser wants to help all children to find their feet in the primary school classroom.
Information about the Book
Title: Love the Stationery in your Classroom
Author: Rebecca Palliser
Release Date: 14th August 2018
Genre: Picture Book
Publisher: Clink Street Publishing
Format: Paperback
Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40707518-love-the-stationary-in-your-classroom
Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Love-Stationery-Classroom-Rebecca-Palliser/dp/1912262843
Author Information
Rebecca Palliser is a young primary school teacher whose experiences in the classroom inspired her to write to have an influence on her pupils.
She is about to embark on a Masters programme where she hopes to continue to write alongside her studies.
She takes inspiration for her stories from her travels exploring different cultures and cities, spending time with her little dog Darcy and of course her biggest muse, the delightful pupils she is fortunate to teach.
Blog Tour Calendar #Rararesources #AliceCastle #CalamityInCamberwell
Kicking off tomorrow, on publication day, there’s a blog tour, organised by Rachel, of Rachel’s Random Resources, for Alice Castle’s new cosy crime novel Calamity in Camberwell. No review from me this time, but as I reviewed the first two books in the series last month, I agreed to host a promo post, including a rafflecopter link for a chance to win a signed copy of the book. Lots of other book lovers are reviewing though, so head to any of the blogs on the calendar or follow @rararesources on Twitter for links to blog posts, for reviews.
‘The Bespokist Guide to London’ Blog Tour Q&A
Here we are on the last day of the tour and I’m going to share with you a Q&A sent to me by the author. Presumably the interview comes from his efforts to collect information for the book…
Continue reading “‘The Bespokist Guide to London’ Blog Tour Q&A”
Blog Tour Calendar: Tommy Twigtree
Tommy Twigtree and his friends enjoy peace and harmony in their garden.
That is until Robbie Rabbit and his Bandits decide that carrots are on the menu!
Tommy Twigtree And The Carrot Crunchers is the first book for children
by Michael Firman.
Illustrations are by Nick Roberts.
Information about the Book
Title: Tommy Twigtree and the Carrot Crunchers
Author: Michael Firman
Release Date: 14th August 2018
Genre: Picture Book
Publisher: Clink Street Publishing
Format: Paperback
Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41030626-tommy-twigtree-and-the-carrot-crunchers
Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Twigtree-Carrot-Crunchers-Michael-Firman/dp/1912262959
Author Information
Michael lives in rural Sussex with his wife. His story telling started when his eldest grandchild was old enough to appreciate a bedtime tale. Rather than read to her he began to craft stories about the trees, plants and animals that live in his garden. As time passed and a second grandchild also enjoyed these tales of adventure and daring, the stories began to create a whole world that lived and went about its business right in his garden.
His grand kids, Poppy and Rudi continue to enjoy further developments in the lives of the characters that populate these stories and Tommy Twigtree and The Carrot Crunchers is the first in a series charming garden tales.
Blog Tour Calendar: Implant, by Ray Clark
Everything Is Better With Dragons 