Month: Aug 2023

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Blog Tour: Foul Play at Seal Bay – Judy Leigh

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It was meant to be the start of quiet season in the sleepy Cornish village of Seal Bay, but not for sexagenarian librarian and wild swimming enthusiast Morwenna Mutton. Because when a local businessman is found on the beach with a bread knife is his back, bungling police officer DI Rick Tremayne is soon out of his depth. Morwenna knows it’s going to be down to her to crack the case.
The list of people the victim upset is long, the evidence is slight, and an arrest illusive. Morwenna has plenty to occupy her time what with ghostly goings-on at the library and skullduggery at her
granddaughter’s school, but she could never resist a challenge. And even the most ruthless of murderers should quake at the sight of this amateur sleuth getting on her bike to track them down.
If you love Miss Marple and The Thursday Murder Club, then you’ll love The Morwenna Mutton mysteries.
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Judy Leigh is the USA Today bestselling author of The Old Girls’ Network and Five French Hens and the doyenne of the ‘it’s never too late’ genre of women’s fiction. She has lived all over the UK from Liverpool to Cornwall, but currently resides in Somerset.

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My thoughts: having walked up and down some Cornish hills, the maddest thing about Morwenna might be her cycling! The wild swimming, the long hair in her sixties, her colourful wardrobe are all fine but I cannot imagine anyone willingly going up and down Cornwall’s steep and crazy hills on a bike.

Apart from that, I think Morwenna’s great, she’s smart, brave and more capable than she might appear. After finding a local businessman dead on the beach at her daughter’s engagement party, and seeing how utterly hopeless the local police are at solving it, she decides to find out who murdered him herself. And as her family get drawn into the killer’s crimes, it’s up to Morwenna, with a little help from her friends, to save the day and stop anything else from happening.

I loved her mad librarian friends, who think a local ghost is giving them clues via the library books as well as making a rather smelly mess. Her mother, Lamorna, is a wonderful classic British (Cornish) eccentric (and shares a name with a delightful pottery) and then there’s her granddaughter Elowen. Who has an invisible dog called Oggy. I loved Elowen, I loved Oggy, and Oggy 2. She’s delightful.

This was a lot of fun to read and the twist as to who the killer is was very unexpected. Although there were clues, that I missed, throughout. I hope there will be more Morwenna.

*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in the blog tour but all opinions remain my own.

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Blog Tour: Midsummer Magic at Midwynter Hall – Lottie Cardew

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An enchanting, standalone, modern rom-com inspired by Jane Austen’s EMMA, about a matchmaking young woman whose heart may be in the right place… some of the time.
Emmeline – Em to her friends – has very little to vex her, except that she hasn’t left her beloved home, Midwynter Hall, in over two years.
But her isolation doesn’t stop her interfering in the lives of others, particularly when it comes to love.
As a romance writer, Emmeline obviously knows what she’s doing, increasingly plotting real-life matches rather than fictional ones.
When best friend Polly gets mixed up with the wrong sort of man, Emmeline has no choice but to swoop to the rescue. And when old family friend Jordi seeks solace after women and work troubles,
Emmeline has the perfect solution. You see, everything she’s written lately – pairing up lovelorn locals – has somehow (maybe magically) come true. So, if she pens a tale about Polly and Jordi despite their many protests, they’ll thank her eventually, once they’re blissfully happy together.
But no one is more surprised than Emmeline when she finds she wants to write herself into the story, especially if someone she cares about may get hurt in the process.
Because as it turns out, believing you’ve never been in love, doesn’t mean you’ve never (unknowingly) given your heart away…
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Lottie Cardew writes uplifting, contemporary romcoms set around the picturesque village of Pebblestow, and is an advocate for diversity in fiction.
Regarded as the bossy one at Novelistas Ink, Lottie often subdues the other members if they misbehave (they don’t really) including the popular authors Trisha Ashley and Sophie Claire. She is a
longstanding member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association, scooping their New Writer’s Award in her twenties under a different pen-name. More recently, Lottie also joined the Society of Authors, where as an active participant in the ADCI group (Authors with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses) she interviewed bestselling author Holly Smale in 2021 for the first ever Disability Issue of The Bookseller.
Lottie is diagnosed autistic with suspected ADHD. Her home in North Wales is overrun by husband, not-very-small children, and a ball of fluff masquerading as a Pomeranian, so Lottie frequently takes refuge at her desk.
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My thoughts: this was a fun and sweet rom com, loosely inspired by Jane Austen’s Emma. Emmeline is a former romance novelist, living back at the family seat, Midwynter Hall, with her dad, struggling with agoraphobia and unable to go beyond the gates of her home. The world comes to her in the form of her friend Polly who pops round with the local gossip, and the online writing group she’s joined, led by childhood pal Jordi, as well as visits from her mum.

When Jordi’s life falls apart and he comes to stay in the gatehouse, Em sees a chance to matchmake her two best friends. Only Polly’s got a casual thing going with a hunky gardener and Jordi seems to prefer someone else. Could Em be a bit oblivious to what’s staring her in the face? And could it be time to get some help with her condition?

As the friends hang out in the summer sunshine, and Em gets a few home truths, will there be romance and a potential new project to keep her busy? Charming and enjoyable, this is a gentle and heartwarming story.

*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in the blog tour but all opinions remain my own.

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Blog Tour: The Inheritance – Samantha Hayes

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I thought he took my secret to the grave. But the truth can’t stay buried forever…

In the wake of my darling husband’s death, I am so lucky to have my three beautiful, grown-up daughters by my side at our holiday home in Scotland. We need some time together, to recover from the shock. But I also need to set some things straight about their beloved father…

I’ve always known this house was the perfect place to bury secrets – remote, isolated, surrounded by nothing but miles of dense forest.

But this time I’m not here to hide more of my lies. I’m here to expose one.

I promise everything I’ve ever done has been to protect my daughters. I just hope they understand that too…

By the end of the trip, nothing will ever be the same again. I knew revealing the truth about the inheritance would have consequences, but I could never have imagined we wouldn’t all survive it.

And now the truth is out, am I in danger too…?

A totally gripping psychological thriller from an Amazon No1. bestseller that will have your head spinning and your jaw on the floor with every twist. Fans of The Housemaid, Gone Girl and The Family Upstairs won’t be able to put this down!

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Samantha Hayes grew up in a creative family where her love of writing began as a child. Samantha has written eight thrillers in total, including the bestselling Until You’re Mine. The Independent said “fantastically written and very tense” while Good Housekeeping said “Her believable psychological thrillers are completely gripping.” Samantha’s books are published in 22 languages at the last count.

When not writing, Samantha loves to cook, go to the gym, see friends and drink nice wine. She is also studying for a degree in psychotherapy. She has three grown-up children and lives in Warwickshire.

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My thoughts: there are so many twists and turns in this book right from the start that my head was spinning, in the best way. This family has so many secrets and dodgy goings on that it’s a wonder they’re not all either in therapy or under arrest already. None of them are honest, including the teenagers, only little Charlie by dint of being a toddler, isn’t hiding anything.

Gathered at the family holiday home in Scotland, the Hunters are all about to learn some shocking truths, about the past, about the deceased patriarch (who sounds just awful) and about each other. It will tear some relationships apart and bring others closer. What a lovely holiday.

And it gets crazier as the week goes on, more secrets, more lies and is Kate ok? She doesn’t seem like herself but then again, everyone’s acting a bit suspiciously. A rainy clifftop confrontation brings everything to boiling point and someone loses their life. But can the Hunter family fix things and find a way to move on from the terrible truths they’ve finally told? Clever, gripping and full of shocking moments, this is an excellent thriller.

*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in the blog tour but all opinions remain my own.

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Blog Tour: The Lost Heir – Jane Cable

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Cornwall, 2020
At the beginning of lockdown, teacher Carla Burgess needs to make some changes to her life. She no longer loves her job, and it’s certainly time to kick her on-off boyfriend into touch. But then, while walking on the cliffs she meets, Mani Dolcoath, a gorgeous American with a dark aura.
Mani is researching his family history, and slowly their lives and their heritage begin to entwine. The discovery of a locked Georgian tea caddy in the barn on her parents’ farm intrigues Carla, but then
she starts to see orbs, something that hasn’t happened since her grandmother died. They terrify her and she’ll do anything to outrun them, but will she lose Mani’s friendship in the process?

Cornwall, 1810
Harriet Lemon’s position as companion to Lady Frances Basset (Franny) perfectly conceals the fact they are lovers. But when Franny is raped and falls pregnant their lives are destined to change forever.
The one person who may be able to help them is Franny’s childhood friend, William Burgess, a notorious smuggler. But he has secrets of his own he needs to protect. Will his loyalties be divided, or will he come through?
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Jane Cable writes romance with a twist and its roots firmly in the past, more often than not inspired by a tiny slice of history and a beautiful British setting.
After independently publishing her award-winning debut, The Cheesemaker’s House, Jane was signed by Sapere Books. Her first two novels for them are contemporary romances looking back to
World War 2; Another You inspired by a tragic D-Day exercise at Studland Bay in Dorset and Endless Skies by the brave Polish bomber crews who flew from a Lincolnshire airbase.
Jane lives in Cornwall and her current series, Cornish Echoes, are dual timeline adventure romances set in the great houses of the Poldark era and today. She also writes as Eva Glyn.

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My thoughts: I really enjoyed this story, although partly set during the recent pandemic lockdowns, not something anyone really wants to be reminded of, the forced isolation allows Carla to meet Mani during their mandated exercise and find ways to get to know one another without actually being together. Which is of course quite strange for the most recent past, but before dating was allowed, courtship happened by letter or heavily chaperoned. It’s a bit like a modern twist on old methods.

Franny and Harriet’s story is somewhat darker and sadder than Clara and Manny’s. Nowadays we would probably think Franny was neurodivergent, her unique way of seeing the world, her naive innocence. It makes her extra vulnerable and a truly awful man takes advantage of that fact. Having a child outside of marriage was a huge deal in the 1800s, and so her parents and Harriet devise a plan to minimise Franny’s suffering and preserve her reputation.

As we learn of Franny and Harriet’s sad predicament, Carla and Mani are digging into their families’ history. And what they find is a distant connection between them, and to Franny and William Burgess. While they won’t learn the details, we do and thankfully it’s not a miserable tale at all but one of love and kindness and a deep abiding friendship.

This is a sweet and gentle love story, two really, one in 2020 and one two hundred years before. Set in the beautiful Cornish countryside and peopled with characters who are genuinely likeable and interesting, some of them real historical figures, who inspired the author to weave them a new past from the limited records.

*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in the blog tour but all opinions remain my own.

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Blog Tour: Becoming Liz Taylor – Elizabeth Delo

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‘Val looked around. The baby appeared to be all on its own. There was no sign of a mother. No sign of anyone.

Val didn’t think about it. She didn’t even break her stride. She kicked the brake off the pram and pushed it as if she did it every day.’

Val, a widow living in Weston-super-Mare, spends lonely evenings dressing up as the movie star Elizabeth Taylor. It seems to be a way of coping with the loss and sadness she has experienced in her life. One day, when Val sees a pram left unattended on the seafront, on a whim she kicks off the brake and walks away with it…

Set in the present and the 1970s, Becoming Liz Taylor is a vivid and touching depiction of love, loss and bereavement – thought-provoking, moving fiction for fans of Rachel Joyce, Emma Healey and Ruth Hogan.

Elizabeth Delo trained as a teacher and has worked in schools in London, Birmingham, Paris and Somerset. After writing fiction in her spare time for many years, Elizabeth took a break from teaching to do a master’s degree in creative writing at Bath Spa University, graduating with Distinction. She runs creative writing classes and has worked as a freelance editor. She lives in Somerset with her husband and has three children.

My thoughts: still grieving her losses, Val Hinsby finds release by dressing up as her idol, Elizabeth Taylor. She does this in the privacy of her own home, knowing that it’s not easily explained. But even in her every day life she dresses with a touch of glamour in full skirts and carefully styled hair.

Walking home from the hairdresser, she sees a pram apparently unattended. And she takes it. There’s a little boy inside, and Val pretends he’s hers. Setting off on a madcap road trip first to Wales, she’s on the run and the whole country’s looking for her.

I felt sorry for Val, she’s suffered some terrible grief, and not dealt with it very well. She doesn’t seem to have much support or any friends, both in the past and in the present. No family around, no one to suggest at any point she get help. The same for her son Rafe, whose story is interwoven with hers in alternating chapters. It’s rather sad, two lives forever altered, two people who can’t connect.

Bits of the book are blackly comic, the B&B in Wales especially, poor sweet Howard, dreaming of a happy life, birdwatching and eating his dinner every night with Val and her “grandson”. But even he’s rather tragic, sad and alone. No one in this book is happy and they’re all so disconnected.

Although there is a little note of hope for Val and Rafe at the end, even if it isn’t conventional, perhaps they can rebuild their relationship, get some help with their past, learn to move on in some way. Who knows. A moving, haunting tale of grief, tragedy and delusion.

*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in the blog tour but all opinions remain my own.

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Blog Tour: The Timewalker Archives – Emily VanderBent

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We are thrilled to be hosting The Timewalker Archives by Emily VanderBent this week! Just look at the beauty!!!

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The Timewalker Archives

Publication Date: May 25, 2023

Genre: YA Historical Fantasy

⏳Time Travel
⏳Historical Descendants
⏳Secret Society
⏳Hidden Abilities
⏳Deadly Competition
⏳Slow Burn
⏳Forced Proximity
⏳Rivals to Lovers

Unlikely alliances, ancient lineages, and a rich history shrouded in secrets propel Adelaide Anson in her search for the only thing that matters—the truth behind the fire that claimed her parents’ lives.

When a mysterious letter appears promising answers, she finds herself joining the exclusive time traveling order of the Red Rose Society. As she makes her way from the French Revolution to the American Civil War and back again, Adelaide is left wondering who she can trust, and more importantly, who she’ll be. With danger and dashing companions at every turn, her emerging ability to see fragments of history leads her on a path to uncover the answers she seeks—and some she did not ask for.

While time unravels in ways she never thought possible, she’s forced to examine her role in history’s making. But as she quickly learns, the truth comes with a price and some secrets are better left buried.

Adelaide’s tale of twisted time will leave her asking the ultimate question—is protecting the past worth sacrificing your future?

The Timewalker Archives Vol. 1 combines Crimson Time and Fractured Past, the first two books in a young adult historical fantasy series perfect for fans of NBC’s Timeless and Alyson Noël’s Stealing Infinity.

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Emily VanderBent is a natural-born storyteller. As a writer and historian, she desires to celebrate women in history. Through her books, VanderBent uses elements of history to creatively engage readers with the past. She hopes her writing will encourage young women to fearlessly pursue their passions and own the narrative of their individual story.

While living in the real world, Emily dreams of days long past and stories yet to be told.

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My thoughts: this was an interesting premise – descendants of famous people, good or bad, are inducted into a mysterious order, The Society of the Red Rose, who have built a time machine. Their true reasons for it are a bit murky and the woman in charge, known as Matriarch, has a lot of secrets.

Adelaide accepts an invitation to the Society, hoping they might have some answers about her parents’ terrible deaths in a house fire. She discovers that not only are most of the people she’s closest to members, but a lot more than she bargained for, and Matriarch seems to be very interested in her, possibly not for the best reasons.

Trips to the French Revolution and Civil War era America, mysterious Scottish castles, gangsters, estranged family members, Adelaide has a lot to deal with. It’s overwhelming, and then there’s the strange visions she’s been having. Are they connected to the Society?

While this doesn’t answer all of Adelaide’s questions, being the first in a series, you do learn, as she does, some shocking revelations, things that might change her entire life and throw her family into a new light.

Fun, full of mysteries and a hint of romance, this is an enjoyable and entertaining read.

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Blog Tour: The Red Admiral’s Secret – Matthew Ross

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A Premier League bad-boy murdered at his newly refurbished home; a teenage runaway’s corpse uncovered on a construction site; a gunman shoots up the premises of the local gangland boss – all of them projects run by beleaguered builder Mark Poynter. 

Can he fix it?

Things seem to be on the up for builder, Mark Poynter. 

Mark’s got himself a nice little earner taking care of the sizeable property portfolio built up from the career earnings of former Premier League bad-boy and local celebrity, Danny Kidd. 

But when Danny Kidd puts an interested party’s nose out of joint by using his star status to gazump them on a development site – the derelict Admiral Guthrie pub – things turn ugly and incendiary, leaving Mark to deal with the consequences.

Meanwhile local villain, Hamlet, uses his subtle persuasion to dupe Mark into unwittingly help him launder vast sums of dirty cash but when it drags the area to the brink of gang warfare, Mark’s help is needed to try and broker a truce.

At the Admiral Guthrie secrets from the past meet conflicts of the present – will the rising flames reduce Mark’s future to ashes?

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Matthew Ross is the author of 3 published novels to date. His first novel, “Death Of A Painter” was selected by The Sun newspaper as one of its picks of the week. Matthew wrote his first novel after undertaking the prestigious Faber Academy 6-month novel writing course under the tutelage of Richard Skinner. 

Prior to that Matthew wrote material for a leading British stand-up comedian for their live performances, corporate bookings, national theatre tours and their appearances on tv and radio shows such as “Have I Got News For You”, “Mock The Week” and “The News Quiz”. 

In addition, he was commissioned to provide material and sketches for several comedy series that were broadcast on BBC Radio 4. 

Matthew lives in Kent with his family and pets.

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My thoughts: I felt sorry for Mark, as soon as something seems to be going right for him, things start going wrong. He’s gone into business with the Kidd brothers, former footballer Danny and Stuart. They’ve bought an old pub to turn into flats, Mark’s going to do the work with his Uncle Bern and Co, but someone doesn’t want them anywhere near the place. There’s a furious Scot called Donaldson who keeps popping up and Danny’s feuding with a rapper online.

Lots of grim things keep happening, not least what’s unearthed at the old Admiral Guthrie. Now the police are involved and Mark’s trying to keep the work coming in. He might need to ask local kingpin Hamlet for help, which his girlfriend Perry isn’t pleased about.

This is a blackly comic novel, as Mark and his friends stumble from one disaster to another, there’s murder, arson and he keeps ending up with guns pointed in his face. The building game in Kent’s Medway towns is not exactly all friendly. But thankfully Mark’s got good, if interesting, friends and it might all be ok. This time. Great fun and with lots of twists and turns.

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*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in the blog tour but all opinions remain my own.

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Book Trailer: The Five Watches – John R. York

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Before the upcoming book tour, check out the trailer for The Five Watches, a time-travel adventure by John R. York!

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The Five Watches

Expected Publication Date: August 15, 2023

Genre: Time Travel/ Adventure/ Spec Fiction

What might happen if a handful of people living in different eras became entangled in time, some intentionally and some accidentally? The nineteenth-century scientist, Dr. Wilhelm Gussen, is passionate about improving the welfare of mankind, and so he begins a journey through time in a quest to learn about future advances in epidemiology. Physicist Emory Lynch, from the twenty-seventh century, studies an old pocket watch, said to be a time travel device, and accidently stumbles into the twenty-first century. In 2019, Jim Zimmerman, the de facto neighborhood go-to guy, finds himself caught in the middle of a clandestine, future conspiracy. True to his character, he becomes inextricably involved in future affairs that involve saving humanity from itself-dragging his wife and a few neighbors along for the ride. Thus, begins a time travel adventure that examines the stubborn predictability of human behavior and how some things, even over time, never seem to change.

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John York has been writing and publishing thought provoking novels since 2016, but he’s always been a storyteller, even as a kid in Central Ohio where he grew up. His life experiences provided him with a wealth of adventurous tales to share with others and resulted in his debut work, Wolf’s Tale. According to John, all his intriguing stories of unusual people, places, and events come to him in dreams. His heroes and heroines are always ordinary people who rise up to accomplish extraordinary things.

He currently lives with his wife, Paula, in New Port Richey, Florida, in a house they call “the swamp castle”.

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Blog Tour: Murder at the Inn – Katie Gayle

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Julia Bird loves the village pub quiz, but it seems one of her team won’t make it to the next round alive…

On the first Tuesday of each month, Julia Bird and her Agatha Quizteam teammates take part in Berrywick’s village pub quiz. They take it seriously – what’s the point of playing, after all, if you aren’t in it to win it? But it seems someone connected with the quiz night has taken the competition to a whole new level when Lilian, the local police constable and all-round general knowledge expert, is found fatally stabbed after the evening’s final round.

With local DI Hayley Gibson stuck home with a broken leg and an incompetent Superintendent brought in from the nearby town, it’s up to Julia to make sure the investigation stays focussed – whether they like it or not! While the police are convinced that the murderer is linked to Lilian’s professional life, Julia turns her amateur sleuthing eye to suspects much closer to home. Perhaps Lilian’s personal life could have something to do with the dreadful crime?

When another quiz team member is attacked, Julia is finally put on the right track. But what could possibly be important – or dangerous – enough for two attendees of the pub quiz night to meet such foul ends over? Could the culprit really be among them on that busy Tuesday night? As Julia’s race to identify the killer ramps up to desperate heights, she wonders, where will the murderous spree end?

Perfect for fans of M.C. Beaton, Faith Martin and Betty Rowlands, Murder at the Inn is a brilliantly compelling English cosy mystery.

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Katie Gayle is the writing partnership of best-selling South African writers, Kate Sidley and Gail Schimmel. Kate and Gail have, between them, written over ten books of various genres, but with Katie Gayle, they both make their debut in the cozy mystery genre. Both Gail and Kate live in Johannesburg, with husbands, children, dogs and cats. Unlike their sleuth Epiphany Bloom, neither of them have ever stolen a cat from the vet.

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My thoughts: who knew pub quizzes can be so dangerous!?!? I love a pub quiz, and so does Julia, whose team Agatha Quizteam (excellent team name fyi) are in a weekly competition against several others. But one team, containing two detectives, seems to be the target of a particularly ruthless individual. After several accidents and murders, does the answer lie in the past or is someone out to win the pub quiz league the bloody way?

Julia is on the case as DI Hayley Gibson is laid up with a broken leg, and the superintendent drafted in is an idiot. Can Julia’s knowledge of human weaknesses and the connection between the victims lead to a killer? Another cracking case for Julia, and there’s an inter species romance brewing for the naughtiest dog around too.

I don’t think I’ll be moving to the Cotswolds and joining a quiz team any time soon. Just in case.

*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in the blog tour but all opinions remain my own.

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Blog Tour: Murder in Siena – T.A. Williams

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A brand-new cozy crime series set in gorgeous Tuscany…It’s murder in paradise!
A lazy weekend in the country…
Dan Armstrong and the new love of his life, Anna, are heading to a hotel deep in the gorgeous Tuscan countryside for a long weekend, looking forward to some time away from the stresses of their day
jobs. With the beautiful and historic city of Siena just around the corner, it promises to be relaxing and enjoyable. What could possibly go wrong?
A mutilated body…
But when a mutilated body is discovered in the hotel grounds Dan is called in to help with the investigation. But who or what could have been responsible for such a vicious attack? Was it the work of wild animals, or is there a brutal murderer at large?
A killer who cried wolf?
Dan knows he is dealing with a clever killer – whether whether two- or four-legged! And as he sets out to solve the case he begins to worry about his own loyal canine companion. Could Oscar be in
more danger than any of the other hotel guests or is a murderer trying to cover their tracks?
It’s another case for Dan and Oscar to solve!
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T A Williams is the author of over twenty bestselling romances for HQ and Canelo and is now turning his hand to cosy crime, set in his beloved Italy, for Boldwood. Trevor lives in Devon with his Italian
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My thoughts: Dan and Anna are supposed to be on holiday with their friends but staying at their hotel is a conference on ecology and the scientists are an interesting bunch. There’s a tangled web of sex and intrigue, they all seem to be sleeping with each other or hate one another. After one of them is killed Dan and Virgilio get drawn into the case to assist the local police with translating and their impressions of the biologists.

There are wolves in the hills around Siena, and while the experts at the hotel insist they wouldn’t attack a human, local farmers want the wild animals gone. Is someone framing the wolves to get them removed or to throw suspicion on someone in particular? As another scientist meets a grisly end, Dan and the police realise there’s a really messy situation unfolding and that the conference is covering up a ring of adultery and sexual jealousy. Can they find the killer/s before they go home?

Another great fun outing for Dan and obviously Oscar, who once again finds vital clues that the human detectives miss. Trust a dog’s nose to find the important stuff. He can also tell whether the chilling howls in the night are wolf or human, more than Dan can. Someone get him a K9 cop badge! Anna is also growing as a character and Lina, Virgilio’s wife, is also a bit more involved, which is nice, Dan’s community is important as he grows his PI business, he can only expect Oscar to do so much, he doesn’t do filing.

*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in the blog tour but all opinions remain my own.