Title: The Long WeekendAuthor: Gilly MacMillanPublished by: Random House UK, CornerstonePublication date: 3rd Feb 2022Genre: ThrillerPages: 400Format: eBookSource: NetGalley Buy the Book – Kindle Buy the Book – Amazon Blurb/Synopsis By the time you read this, I\’ll have killed one of your husbands. In an isolated retreat, deep in the Northumbria moors, three women arrive for a weekend getaway. Their…
Title: IllbornAuthor: Daniel T JacksonPublished by: TroubadorPublication date: 2nd March 2021Genre: FantasyPages: 714Format: PaperbackSource: Private CollectionSeries: Illborn Saga Buy the Book – Amazon Buy the Book – Kindle Blurb/Synopsis Long ago, The Lord Aiduel emerged from the deserts of the Holy Land, possessed with divine powers. He used these to forcibly unite the peoples of Angall, before His ascension to heaven. Over…
Title: Career of EvilAuthor: Robert GalbraithPublished by: SpherePublication date: 21st April 2016Genre: Crime/ThrillerPages: 592Format: PaperbackSource: Private CollectionSeries: Cormoran Strike Blurb/Synopsis When a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman\’s severed leg. Her boss, private detective Cormoran Strike, is less surprised but no less alarmed. There are four people from his…
Title: Throne of GlassAuthor: Sarah J MaasPublished by: BloomsburyPublication date: 2nd August 2012Genre: Fantasy/Young AdultPages: 416Format: PaperbackSource: Private Collection Blurb/Synopsis Meet Celaena Sardothien. Beautiful. Deadly. Destined for greatness. In the dark, filthy salt mines of Endovier, an 18-year-old girl is serving a life sentence. She is a trained assassin, the best of her kind, but she made a fatal mistake….
Title: SpidertouchAuthor: Alex ThomsonPublished by: Angry RobotPublication date: 14th Dec 2021Genre: Sci-Fi & FantasyPages: 300Format: eBookSource: NetGalley Blurb/Synopsis In an enslaved city under siege, who is the real enemy? When he was a boy, Razvan trained as a translator for the hated Keda, the mute enslavers of his city, Val Kedić. They keep a tight hold on the citizens by…
I\’ve seen a fair few of these Book-Subscription boxes on my various social media travels and I fully confess I have been tempted – who doesn\’t like getting random books in the post? – But I\’ve always been a bit put off for the price. Because, as nice as it is to discover new authors,…
Title: Sharpe’s EagleAuthor: Bernard CornwellPublished by: HarperCollinsPublication date: 9th Feb 1981Genre: Historical FictionPages: 326Format: PaperbackSource: Private Collection Buy the Book – Amazon Buy the Book – Kindle Blurb/Synopsis Spain, July 1809 Lieutenant Richard Sharpe faces not only great danger on the battlefield but also, even more dangerous, treachery within his own ranks. But as the enemy approaches, he must pick…
Title: The Year Before the EndAuthor: Vidar HokstadPublished by: Hokstad PublishingPublication date: 19th Nov 2020Genre: Science-FictionPages: 232Format: eBookSource: Author Buy the Book – Amazon Buy the Book – Kindle Blurb/Synopsis Forty years ago humanity found out we were not alone. The Centauri offered us the galaxy.With one year to go before the gate is ready, Captain Zara Ortega learns…