The Last Checkmate; powerful war-time fiction

Pitched as a novel not to be missed if you have read The Tattooist of Auschwitz and if you’ve watched The Queen’s Gambit, I was desperate to read The Last Checkmate, the debut novel from…

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Still Life With A Vengeance: Interview with the author

What an intriguing title for a novel; and like the title, what a intriguing read Still Life With A Vengeance is. Full of tension and sobering, uncomfortable questions, Jan Turk Petrie’s new novel is the…

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Before My Actual Heart Breaks; truly stunning

I urge you all to read Before My Actual Heart Breaks, the debut novel by Tish Delaney. It is truly stunning – by far, my favourite read of 2021 (and so far I have read…

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A Woman Made of Snow; a powerful, haunting mystery

Wow! Elisabeth Gifford is fast becoming one of my favourite authors, especially as she has such a beautiful and unique haunting writing style that completely captures my heart. Released on 7th October 2021, A Woman…

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Blackout; a true sinister thriller

This crime thriller, set in Nazi Germany, is by far one of the best I have ever read. It’s been almost a week since I finished Blackout by Simon Scarrow and I can’t stop thinking…

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