Yes, you read that correctly. Today is a very short and simple post. Today is also a very special post. Because, today, I have three, yes, three, hardback copies of Mary Kubica’s third novel, Don’t You Cry, up for grabs! I adore Mary’s books. I’ve devoured the first two and have this one on my […]
Recently Read – Pretty Baby by Mary Kubica
Pretty Baby by Mary Kubica Genre; Psychological thriller A chance encounter sparks an unrelenting web of lies in this stunning new psychological thriller from national bestselling author Mary Kubica She sees the teenage girl on the train platform, standing in the pouring rain, clutching an infant in her arms. She boards a train and is […]
What's Your First Draft Like? – Mary Kubica
Today I am excited to welcome Mary Kubica to the blog, as part of her Pretty Baby blog tour, to talk about her First Draft process. I absolutely adored The Good Girl – you can find my raving review Here and see how she made it onto my top 5 books of 2014 Here. – […]
My Top 5 Books Read In 2014
On Goodreads I have a total of 85 books read this year and the year isn’t quite over. I decided I wanted to write a blog post of my top reads of the year. A difficult task to narrow so many books down. But then again, compared to some readers, that’s not so many. But, […]
You Don't Need Murder in a Crime Novel to Make it a Crime Novel
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post asking if crime fiction novels had to involve murder. This was following an audience question during a Theakstons Crime Writing Festival panel at Harrogate in July, which was met with laughter from the panel. You can find my initial post Here. The comments in response to […]
Murder They Wrote?
The last panel I attended at Theakstons Crime Writing Festival at Harrogate in July was the ‘Keeping it Real’ panel on Sunday morning. You can find my post about the panel itself Here. What interested me and has kept nagging away at me since was a question put to the panel by a member […]