Published By: Hodder & StoughtonPages: 304Released On: 14/05/2026 To have and to hold, to lie and to kill… Meet James and Daisy Dixon. They get along perfectly well – especially when on separate sides of their huge manor house, where Daisy can plot her husband’s murder in peace. However, after accidentally killing a man onContinue reading “Mr & Mrs Dixon Hide A Body – Jennifer Holdich”
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Emma Lee
Blog: Emma Lee’s BlogX: @Emma_Lee1Instagram: @emmainleicesterBluesky: @emmalee1.bsky.social Started Reviewing: August 2017 Meet Emma Lee Questions on Reviewing What made you start a book blog and/or book review social media account? Reviewing for poetry magazines can be precarious as editors change or a magazine goes on hiatus (sometimes permanently) so having a poetry book review blog seemedContinue reading “Emma Lee”
The Ministry of Manners – David Solomons
Published By: Piccadilly PressPages: 272Released On: 07/05/2026Reading Age: 9-12 Be quiet. Be polite. Or be silenced. Alfie and Margot Hawthorne have grown up under the Ministry of Manners, where politeness isn’t a choice – it’s the law. And one wrong word can change your life. He knows how to stay out of trouble, but sheContinue reading “The Ministry of Manners – David Solomons”
How Queer Bookshops Changed the World – A.J West
Published By: OneworldPages: 336Released On: 07/05/2026 For over a century, LGBTQ+ bookshops have been the unsung heroes of queer liberation Home not only to books but chaotic community noticeboards, vicious rescue cats and countless meet cutes, queer bookshops have always been more than just bookshops, offering friendship, solidarity and sanctuary. Travelling the world – Shakespeare and CompanyContinue reading “How Queer Bookshops Changed the World – A.J West”
A Bookshop Summer – Stephanie Butland
Published By: Headline ReviewPages: 352Released On: 07/05/2026 When the Lost for Words bookshop in York hosts an event for a new reading project, four strangers’ lives will change in ways they could never have expected . . . Trixie is hosting the event. She loves her job at Lost for Words, and she’s feeling grounded and calm – until aContinue reading “A Bookshop Summer – Stephanie Butland”
Kerry Young
I grew up in the North of England and my family steadily made their way South as I get older, finally landing in Milton Keynes which is where I have (mostly) lived for the last 30-odd years. I loved reading as a child, I graduated from Mister Men books to Enid Blyton to Sweet ValleyContinue reading “Kerry Young”
The Ship’s Cat – Alex Howard
Published By: Black & White PublishingPages: 240Released On: 07/05/2026 When street-savvy London stray Archie accidentally stows away on a flight to Turkey, he’s just looking for shelter. But after stumbling onto a fishing boat in a quiet cove, Archie discovers he’s no ordinary feline – for with his polydactyl paws, he brings uncanny good fortuneContinue reading “The Ship’s Cat – Alex Howard”
Shrink Solves Murder – Philippa Perry
Published By: Hutchinson HeinemannPages: 336Released On: 07/05/2026 Her 3 o’clock just became a murder case… When a body washes up near Beachy Head, the Police chalk it up to suicide — a tragic but not uncommon end in these parts. But local psychotherapist Patricia Philipps isn’t convinced. The victim? Her three o’clock patient, Henry Clayton.TheContinue reading “Shrink Solves Murder – Philippa Perry”
Why Is Cosy Crime So Popular?
Murder, by its very nature, isn’t cosy. It’s violent, tragic, and something that we would very much prefer never to encounter in real life. And yet millions of readers (me included) happily curl up with books about it. And not just crime novels, either – but ones labelled as ‘cosy crime’. At first glance, thatContinue reading “Why Is Cosy Crime So Popular?”
On the Book Train to Paris – Norie Clarke
Published By: HeadlinePages: 288Released On: 28/05/2026 Carly longs to make-over the family’s Edinburgh bookshop, but her father is resisting change.Upstairs, Fran is stumped by her next novel – and with how to fix her marriage.In the flat below, Elsa cares for her husband, in need of a short breather to gather her strength. So when a customer drops in andContinue reading “On the Book Train to Paris – Norie Clarke”
Books By Your Bedside 