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In my opinion... Today I'm enjoying a break away from psychological thrillers to police procedural- & even better once I saw that the author lived in Bradford, where I spent my school years, I was really looking forward to this novel, hoping for Northern grit and telling it how it is! I was not disappointed, and raced through it- the locations are accurate, although sometimes the descriptions, particularly of my beloved Salts' Mill, were verging on being a bit of a guided t

Today's blog tour stops here.. In my opinion... An enjoyable police procedural novel, with plenty of twists, though I did guess what was happening well before the end. The story moves rapidly from one character to another, which keeps the pace moving but on the other hand, I did not feel that I really got to know the characters in depth particularly Detective Gaby Darin & was quite surprised to see that it is part of a series featuring her. Izzy comes over as a likeable heroi

To be published 9 July 2020... The NHS is our single greatest achievement as a country. No matter who you are, no matter what your health needs are, and no matter how much money you have, the NHS is there for you. In Dear NHS, 100 inspirational people come together to share their stories of how the national health service has been there for them, and changed their lives in the process. By turns deeply moving, hilarious, hopeful and impassioned, these stories together become a

An interesting opening...looking forward to carrying on reading

In my opinion... An uncomfortable but hard to put down book, it is dark, has numerous twists and faces abusive relationships without flinching. That may not sound a particularly attractive read but it is also a pacey thriller, full of suspense and questions. Red herrings abound, the viewpoints change frequently, using short chapters to keep the story moving, but the voice of the narrator is always clear. Towards the end , I had sort of guessed what was happening, but the end

Addictive holiday read...reporting back next week!

In my opinion... Another lovely book by the lovely Sarah Morgan. Sarah gets under the skin of these incredibly realistic characters & sympathetically deals with family issues in a story which is very much of our time, without being too romantic or wet! I’d love to be friends with the delightful Flora- a great novel to escape with on a lockdown day. Want to know more? Who says you can’t choose your family? When Flora falls in love with Jack, suddenly she’s not only handling a