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Blood, White and Blue – James Silvester
Happy Publication Day, James Silvester! I love the cover and the outset of BLOOD, WHITE AND BLUE, the first book in a new crime thriller series featuring Lucie Musilova – half Czech, half British, full kick-ass heroine! The Book Lucie Musilova #1 Love, deception and murder dominate as thriller writer James Silvester delivers the first in the Lucie Musilova series. Britain is a hotbed of racial tension and economic uncertainty. Only Sir Geoffrey Hartnell, an ageing but hugely respected MP, can bring about a successful resolution to the talks. But a ghost from the past threatens to bring the UK to its knees. Lucie Musilova meanwhile, is a young woman…
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Character Spotlight | HellCorp – Jonathan Whitelaw
Find out all you wanted to know about Jonathan Whitelaw’s creation and character of the Prince of Darkness in this fabulous Character Spotlight of the Devil – the protagonist of ‘HellCorp’. I love it! Introduction Who would not escape from Hell if they got the chance? The Devil does and he decides to take a – well-earned – break from his satanic duties to visit planet Earth. Little does he know that everything has a way of getting complicated… HellCorp’ is Jonathan Whitelaw’s brilliant, humorous, fascinating and quirky novel! Read on to find out all about the Devil himself in this intriguing and awesome Character Spotlight! HellCorp Hellcorp sparkles like a…
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The Man Who Played Trains – Richard Whittle
An old lady battered to death – back in the past, in WWII, a captain of a German U-Boot involved in more than he wished for, in the present, a mining engineer trying to put the pieces of the puzzle together and his daughter who fears her father is in well over his head. Then there is the Nazi art theft and an abandoned Scottish mine… Introduction ‘The Man Who Played Trains’ is a cleverly plotted thriller, spanning half a century with its two tales – one set in WWII, where U Boot captain Theodor Volker has no idea what he is getting into when a high ranking officer seems to…
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All The Colours In Between – Eva Jordan
Lizzie, a mother, author, lover of her partner and life takes us with her on an emotive and enticing trip through her fascinating life filled with love and laughter, sadness and grief, and friendship and betrayal – all the colours in between black and white! Introduction Lizzie should feel proud that she has successfully weathered the storms of time, the emotions she went through each have their own colour such as ‘cranberry passion’ for first love, the ‘iridescent pink flush‘ of desire and the colour of ‘sulphur‘ for times of intense pain. So why should she not feel an abundant joy with its bright colours but, instead, sees everything fade…
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Huddersfield – Scene of the Crimes | Blood Rites – David Stuart Davies
With Morse in Oxford, Rebus in Edinburgh and Roy Grace in Brighton, author David Stuart Davies thought it only fair for Huddersfield to have its own Paul Snow. Huddersfield in the eighties, combined with the homophobic culture of the time makes for a superb setting for a thrilling and richly layered crime thriller. Introduction Blood Rites is a Northern thriller set in Huddersfield, Yorkshire in the 1980s featuring Detective Inspector Paul Snow. DI Paul Snow has a personal secret He is a homosexual but is desperate to keep it secret, knowing it would finish his career in the intolerant police of the time. As this personal drama unfolds, he is…
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Guest Post | Dead Lands – Lloyd Otis
Dead Lands by Lloyd Otis is a crime thriller, set in the 1970s, dealing with the intriguing modern-day topic of identity theft and identity fraud. In this guest post, the author explains why, as a victim of identity theft, he felt the need to create this story that raises questions as to who we are. The Book Dead Lands is a thrilling crime story set in the 1970s. When a woman’s body is found a special team is called in to investigate and prime suspect Alexander Troy is arrested for the murder. Desperate to remain a free man, Troy protests his innocence but refuses to use his alibi. Trying to…
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Electric Souk – Rose McGinty
Due to heartache Irish Aisling Finn travels to the colourful world of the Arabian desert where life is exuberant and dangerous amidst the 2011 revolutions … Introduction In Dublin, Aisling met the Professor (Prof) for the first time and for Aisling his answer to her question “where are you from” is unforgettable, “I was born in a book.” This was the beginning of a friendship between the student and lecturer on, among other topics, neurology and Persian poetry. Their love for poetry bound their friendship until His Highness, Sheik Fariq, ordered the Prof to come home and start working on health reforms, a “great honour that could not be refused.” After…
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A Whiff of Cyanide – Guy Fraser-Sampson
A Crime Writers Convention – famous authors falling out – a drink spiked with cyanide right under the nose of Hampstead’s Detective Sergeant Karen Willis … Introduction The Hampstead Murders #3 Hampstead, gracious and atmospheric, has the honour to house a Crime Writers Convention, normally held in Bristol. Some authors want readers to attend, others, like Ann Durham, are reluctant to mingle with the public. There is more: psychologist Peter Collins, obsessed with Golden Age Detectives, on the verge of his book being published, has been invited to attend as a guest speaker. Detective Sergeant Karen Willis, his girlfriend, will accompany him. Oh, did I mention the two of them and Detective…
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Miss Christie Regrets – Guy Fraser-Sampson
This is the second book in a lovely series in the style of the Golden Age detectives. It centres on a murder in the Isokon where once Agatha Christie lived! Introduction The Hampstead Murders #2 I’m thrilled by the second book in the series! First of all Dame Agatha Christie is my favourite author; secondly, I love a classic detective story with a twist and that is what this crime novel is all about. There is also the pleasure of reconnecting with Detective Superintendent Simon Collinson and Detective Sergeants Bob Metcalfe and Karen Willis. A murder takes place in a museum and somehow Dame Agatha Christie is involved. Come with…
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Death in Profile – Guy Fraser-Sampson
A serial killer in Hampstead Heath – to solve the case a Superintendent brings in a psychologist obsessed by Golden Age Detectives such as Dorothy Sayers Introduction The Hampstead Murders #1 A murder is committed, yet another woman has fallen into the hands of the serial killer haunting the Hampstead area for two years. How to solve a case lacking physical evidence without apparent leads? Who can connect the dots and what method will be favoured? Will it be the copper’s nose of the old-timer or the intelligence of the officer, fast-tracked for promotion? Must they go further back, to the Golden Age detective Lord Peter Wimsey – Dorothy Sayers’ creation?…
