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Here you can find all of our past book reviews plus articles, Q&As and author inspiration pieces.


Dissection of a Murder: The Inspiration by Jo Murray
London may continue to be the heart of publishing, but it is a lot healthier if regional writers and booksellers fill it with endless supply of creativity, passion
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3 min read


An Extract: Honey - by Imani Thompson
She considers the list of Ethan’s good points and compares it to the list of his bad. The bad is more substantial than the good, but the good is better than she’s come across in a long while.
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5 min read


Review of The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke
Are YOU an Agatha Christie fan? Are you getting The Traitors withdrawal symptoms?
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1 min read


Review of Princeweaver by Elian J Morgan
Welsh folklore and a slow-burn queer fantasy romance—need we say more?
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1 min read


Review of All Them Dogs by Djamel White
He was forced to flee to England for five years but now, Tony is back in town.
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2 min read


Review of The Nancys and the Case of the Missing Necklance by R.W.R McDonald
When a brutal murder occurs in the small safe-haven of a town, Tippy's best friend ends up in a coma, herself, uncle Pike, and Devon become The Nancys, the trio who go undercover to discover who the murderer is...
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1 min read


Review of The Retirement Plan by Sue Hincenbergs
The Retirement Plan is filled with twists, marriage bliss and unbliss and of course, humour which will have you falling in love with all of the characters.
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1 min read


Review of Fair Play by Louise Hegarty
With a cast of characters including a butler, gardener and a housekeeper, suspicion begins to glow and the claustrophobic atmosphere begins to take it’s toll in this taut locked-room mystery...
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1 min read


Review of The Gatsby Gambit by Claire Anderson-Wheeler
Agatha Christie meets F. Scott Fitzgerald in this utterly captivating tale, where not everything that sparkles is gold.
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1 min read


Review of This Immaculate Body by Emma van Straaten
If you were obsessed with Baby Reindeer, then you’ll be obsessed with This Immaculate Body!
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1 min read


Review of Murder for Two by Niyla Farook
Can the summer of amateur sleuthing bring two sisters closer together?
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1 min read


Review of The Many Ghosts of Donahue Byrnes by Laura McLoughlin
If you’re looking for a brilliantly written and utterly captivating read for the Halloween season, you will not go wrong with picking up a c
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1 min read


Review of Guilty By Definition by Susie Dent
a clever mystery novel which takes place within a dictionary publishing house with the majority of the cast being lexicographers
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1 min read


Review of The Deadly Spark by Roxie Key
Roxie Key takes us to Brighton, where multiple cases of deadly fires are starting to occur and our protagonist DC Eve Starling is on high...
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1 min read


Review of The Four by Ellie Keel
We were always The Four. From our very first day at High Realms.’ If you’re looking for a contemporary twist on a classical dark academia...
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1 min read


Review of How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin
Frances always said that she’d be murdered. She was right! When a fortune teller warns seventeen-year-old Frances Adams that she will one...
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1 min read


Review of The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey
If you loved The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry then do we have the book for you! Jennie Godfrey’s heartwarming debut, The List of...
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1 min read


Review of Bear Season by Gemma Fairclough
Well, this 176 page novella packed one hell of a literary punch and I adored every single page of it! PhD student Jade Hunter has gone...
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1 min read


Review of Anna O by Matthew Blake
Resignation syndrome is a hypothesized condition that induces a state of reduced consciousness and may occur during and/or after a...
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1 min read


Review of Voyage of the Damned by Frances White
Who doesn’t love a fantasy debut, entwined around a murder mystery on a cruise with wonderful characters? Voyage of the Damned is my...
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2 min read
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