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Sympathy Tower Tokyo – Rie Qudan

Published By: PenguinPages: 144Released On: 21/08/2025Translated By: Jesse Kirkwood Welcome to the Japan of tomorrow. Here, the practice of a radical sympathy toward criminals has become the norm and a grand skyscraper in the heart of Tokyo is planned to house wrongdoers in compassionate comfort – Sympathy Tower Tokyo.Acclaimed architect Sara Machina has been tasked withContinue reading “Sympathy Tower Tokyo – Rie Qudan”

Small Wonder – Ross Montgomery

Published By: WalkerPages: 288Released On: 28/08/2025 Remember everything I taught you, Small Wonder. Take care of Leaf. Take care of Pebble. I’ve done all I can. The rest is up to you… Small Wonder lives peacefully at the edge of Ellia, a long with his little brother and faithful horse. But then a deadly assassinContinue reading “Small Wonder – Ross Montgomery”

Will You Stay Another Day? – Samantha Tonge

Published By: BoldwoodPages: 296Released On: 11/08/2025 When Lili sends a jokey ‘knock-knock’ message to her best friend Em, she doesn’t expect to hear back. Because – as Lili notices the chill in the air, and the little robin in her garden – she realises Christmas must be just around the corner once again. A wholeContinue reading “Will You Stay Another Day? – Samantha Tonge”

The Transcendent Tide – Doug Johnstone

Published By: OrendaPages: 300Released On: 14/08/2025 It’s been eighteen months since the traumatic events of The Collapsing Wave, where the Enceladons escaped the clutches of the American military intent on exterminating the peaceful alien creatures. Lennox and Vonnie have been lying low in the Scottish Highlands, Ava has been caring for her young daughter Chloe, and HeatherContinue reading “The Transcendent Tide – Doug Johnstone”

My Thoughts – Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival 2025

I have always wanted to go to Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival (or simply referred to as ‘Harrogate’ in my house) for years, but for one reason or another I haven’t been able to. But I’ve been unwell for the last 8 years and I thought “sod it, I’m going”, and so I emptiedContinue reading ” My Thoughts – Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival 2025″

Nearly Departed -Lucas Oakeley

Published By: Bedford SquarePages: 384Released On: 14/08/2025 Joel Foster is a hapless twenty-something. His girlfriend, Beth Lewis, would likely have been a hapless twenty-something, too, had she not been obliterated by a very large cement truck. Some time after Beth’s tragic death, Joel is still trying to juggle grief with the world of modern dating.Continue reading “Nearly Departed -Lucas Oakeley”

Belle Nash and the Bath Souffle – William Keeling

Published By: Envelope BooksPages: 288Released On: 09/12/2021 When Gaia Champion’s soufflé fails to rise, Belle Nash – grandson of Beau Nash, Bath’s master of ceremonies – gets involved in a chain of events that challenges corruption on the city magistrate’s bench and sexual inequality in the dispensing of justice. ***** Thanks to Envelope Books forContinue reading “Belle Nash and the Bath Souffle – William Keeling”

Last Stop on the Winter Wonderland Express – Rebecca Raisin

Published By: BoldwoodPages: 280Released On: 13/08/2025 When Aubrey’s fiancé dumps her – literally at the altar – just days before Christmas, her first thought is for the honeymoon. A luxury snow train, winding through Europe’s most beautiful Christmas markets, stopping in places like Paris and Stockholm, before ending in Lapland, to stay in igloos underContinue reading “Last Stop on the Winter Wonderland Express – Rebecca Raisin”

13 Cornish Ghost Stories – Various Authors

Published By: Mabecron BooksPages: 200Released On: 17/06/2024 Well known authors join with debut as they weave tales of a Cornwall steeped in strange goings on – where ghostly figures haunt cliff paths and holiday cottages alike. ***** Thanks to Nicola Smith for the gifted copy of this book. I love Cornwall but I’ve never thoughtContinue reading “13 Cornish Ghost Stories – Various Authors”

The Dead Husband Cookbook – Danielle Valentine

Published By: ViperPages: 352Released On: 07/08/2025 he has the recipe for the perfect murder… Maria Capello is a celebrity chef like no other. A household name with dozens of cookbooks and a weekly television show, not to mention her line of bestselling supermarket sauces. Once just the timid wife of famous chef Damien Capello, sheContinue reading “The Dead Husband Cookbook – Danielle Valentine”