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Emma @damppebbles is honoring #bookbloggers with her annual #R3COMM3ND3D2023 - and today is my day!

#R3COMM3ND3D2023 with #BookBlogger Lynne aka Fictionophile (@fictionophile) #Fictionophile #BookRecommendations #publishedin2023 #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #whattoread #damppebbles

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Book Review: The Good Mother by Cathryn Grant

Book Review: The Good Mother by Cathryn Grant @damppebbles @CathrynGrant

Welcome to the blog and I have a real treat for you – It’s my blog tour spot and I’m happy to be bringing my book review of this brilliant domestic thriller, The Good Mother.

The Good Mother is a stark warning that we can all become products of our past.  The past can haunt us, and it can keep tiptoeing back into our lives.  Is it ever possible to bury the past?  This premise is one that sends…

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#BlogTour God's Children by Mabli Roberts

#BlogTour God’s Children by Mabli Roberts

Today it’s my turn on the BlogTour God’s Children by Mabli Roberts. It’s historical fiction, a memoir of sorts and a mystery to boot.About the Author

Mabli Roberts lives in a wild, mountainous part of Wales. She has an MA in Creative Writing from Lancaster University and has worked as a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Wales, Newport. Most of her inspiration comes from her love of history…

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Web of Lies by Sally Rigby (Detective Sebastian Clifford #1)

My Review (5*): It can be tricky to write a meaningful review when you’re really tired and I beg your pardon if this one will sound silly or a bit like “the writer of this post is dog tired and she’s writing and sleeping at the same time” Any issue with this post is not caused by the book because I had a lot of fun reading it and I can’t wait to read new stories featuring Sebastian and Birdie. I loved them, the aristocratic second son turned detective and the sharp and frustrated police officer. Even if they have a different story and social background they work well together and their banters are very entertaining. The story is well developed and kept me reading till late in the night. There are plenty of twists and turn, a solid mystery that kept me guessing. The character developments is good and I liked the humour and how the story works. To summarize: a thoroughly enjoyable story, gripping and entertaining. It is strongly recommended. Many thanks to Sally Rigby and Damppebbles Blog Tours for this digital copy, all opinions are mine

Book Description: A trail of secrets. A dangerous discovery. A deadly turn.

Police officer Sebastian Clifford never planned on becoming a private investigator. But when a scandal leads to the disbandment of his London based special squad, he finds himself out of a job. That is, until his cousin calls on him to investigate her husband’s high-profile death, and prove that it wasn’t a suicide. Clifford’s reluctant to get involved, but the more he digs, the more evidence he finds. With his ability to remember everything he's ever seen, he's the perfect person to untangle the layers of deceit. He meets Detective Constable Bird, an underutilised detective at Market Harborough’s police force, who refuses to give him access to the records he’s requested unless he allows her to help with the investigation. Clifford isn't thrilled. The last time he worked as part of a team it ended his career. But with time running out, Clifford is out of options. Together they must wade through the web of lies in the hope that they’ll find the truth before it kills them.

Purchase Links: Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3dF6txq Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3sBJeIJ

Publishing Information: Published on 7th May 2021

The Author: Sally Rigby was born in Northampton, in the UK. She has always had the travel bug, and after living in both Manchester and London, eventually moved overseas. From 2001 she has lived with her family in New Zealand (apart from five years in Australia), which she considers to be the most beautiful place in the world. After writing young adult fiction for many years, under a pen name, Sally decided to move into crime fiction. Her Cavendish & Walker series brings together two headstrong, and very different, women - DCI Whitney Walker, and forensic psychologist Dr Georgina Cavendish. Sally has a background in education, and has always loved crime fiction books, films and TV programmes. She has a particular fascination with the psychology of serial killers. Check out her website for a FREE prequel story..... www.sallyrigby.com  

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Cuban Heel Blog Tour

Cuban Heel Blog Tour #CubanHeel #AlexCohenSeries @borstinski @damppebbles #damppebblesblogtours #HistoricalFiction #CrimeFiction

Cuban Heel (Alex Cohen #5) by Leopold Borstinski April 26th to  May 3rd Today I share the next book in the Alex Cohen series! Book Blurb: Would you work with the devil to build a paradise on Earth? Jewish gangster, Alex Cohen joins long-time friend and business partner, Meyer Lansky to recreate Las Vegas in 1950s Havana. When dictator President Batista gives them the opportunity to build their…

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Blog Tour (Book Review): A Cut for a Cut (Detective Kate Young #2) - Carol Wyer

Blog Tour (Book Review): A Cut for a Cut (Detective Kate Young #2) – Carol Wyer

Hello! Today is my stop on the blog tour for ‘A Cut for a Cut’ by Carol Wyer, organised by Damppebbles Blog Tours. This is the second book in the Detective Kate Young series, and you can find my review of the first book in the series ‘An Eye for an Eye’ (HERE). It was a pleasure to return to this series, and I hope that you will check out the other blogs on the tour (see the banner below) as…

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July 2020 Wrap Up

What I read this month

The Beast Side: Living (and Dying) While Black in America by D. Watkins, 5 stars

The Gentleman Physician (Branches of Love #2) by Sally Britton, 4 stars

Knightmare Arcanist (Frith Chronicles #1) by Shami Stovall, 5 stars

Emergency Skin by N.K. Jemisin, 5 stars

The Curse of Calico Jack by Colin Garrow, 4 stars

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women by Kate Moore, 4 stars

The Girl From the Well by Rin Chupeco, 5 stars

The Buccaneers of America by Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin, 3 stars

Stubborn Archivist by Yara Rodrigues Fowler, 4 stars

Night of the Shadow Moon (Furyck Saga #3) by A.E. Rayne, 5 stars

The Naturalist by Andrew Mayne, 3 stars

Killian’s Dead by Josie Jaffrey, 4 stars

Total: 12 books

5 stars: 5 books

4 stars: 5 books

3 stars: 2 books

Favorite read

I think my favorite read was either Knightmare Arcanist or Killian’s Dead. Both were fairly entertaining, and both have inspired me to keep reading their respective series. Knightmare Arcanist was an entertaining and unexpected new fantasy read for me, and I’m excited to have the second book thanks to Kindle Unlimited. Killian’s Dead is a short story prequel to May Day by Josie Jaffrey, and having received physical copies of both I am so glad these are my major summer reads!

Top Ten Blog Posts + Top Book Review

Top Book Review: Review: Knightmare Arcanist (Frith Chronicles #1) by Shami Stovall [TheWriteReads Blog Tour Stop!]

Discussion: Dystopian Fiction

Adaptations: The Good and the Bad

Organizing my TBR

Discussion: The Women of Furyck Saga

StoryGraph vs. Goodreads

Why I Don’t (Usually) Read Science Fiction

Organizing my TBR #2: My August TBR List

Character Discussion: Bella Swan from the Twilight Saga

Discussion: Changing Vampire Lore for your Series

Books I’d Like to See Adapted

Goals Accomplished

Maintain My Streak

Well book bees, I’m now on a 109 day streak! I’ve managed to get at least one blog post out a day for some time now, and it’s kind of exciting!

Transition from D&D series to Kindle Unlimited

I kind of did this? It turns out the Kindle Unlimited series as I imagined it wasn’t as easy to write as I’d hoped, so I haven’t officially made it a definite weekly post. I’ve been writing the occasional post when inspired, but that’s about it.

Start transitioning to StoryGraph

This one has definitely stalled. For a little while, I was trying to update my StoryGraph daily and keep it in the forefront, but I lost interest in doing this at some point when making sure the books recorded for my reading challenge were accurate. I understand that the beta features mean it’ll be a bit more difficult to navigate for a time, but I’m patient enough to wait for StoryGraph to improve before moving to using it more often.

Read something outside my comfort zone

Goal accomplished! This one for sure got conquered as I read a science fiction novella–Emergency Skin–as well as a wonderful Middle Grade book for a damppebbles book tour!

Sign up for another readathon

This one I didn’t quite accomplish; I kept putting off looking up readathons until it was really too late. But I’m thinking about maybe doing one in late August to make up for it!

Final Thoughts

All in all, this month has been a pretty decent one. I did quite a bit with the blog just by posting every single day, and I’m proud of where this blog is going. With regular activity and posts, I’m seeing more consistent engagement and I feel more confident putting out more and more posts. I think sometimes I can use a break, such as what I did yesterday where I just let my scheduled post go up and didn’t worry too much about doing anything else. But I’m happy with the content I’ve put out this month!

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MORE THAN A MUM by CHARLENE ALLCOTT

My #review of More Than a Mum by Charlene Allcott @charleneallcott as part of the #MoreThanaMum #blogtour @damppebles #damppebblesblogtours @TransworldBooks

TRANSWORLD DIGITAL (digital format)

DESCRIPTION

Mother: a woman considered in relation to her child or children. Wife: a woman considered in relation to her spouse. Shouldn’t there be more? Alison has built her life around her family. Every day she packs lunches, rushes to work, and breaks up her daughter’s squabbles. She’s bored, restless and hungry for some excitement. Perhaps the charismatic 

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Appetite for Risk by Jack Leavers [Guest Post] #AppetiteforRisk @jackleavers @BookGuild @damppebbles #damppebblesblogtours #jackleavers #action #thriller #books #blog #amreading #guestpost #realism

28.07.19 / Book Guild Publishing Ltd / Action-Thriller / Paperback / 352pp / 978-1912881505

About Appetite For Risk

A fast-paced action thriller inspired by real events in the aftermath of the Iraq War.

With Saddam Hussein deposed and an entire country in need of rebuilding, former Royal Marine John Pierce hears the siren call of adventure and opportunity. His fledgling UK business is…

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#BlogTour The Beijing Conspiracy by Shamini Flint

#BlogTour The Beijing Conspiracy by Shamini Flint

It’s my turn and the last day on the BlogTour The Beijing Conspiracy by Shamini Flint. About the Author Shamini Flint was born and brought up in Malaysia. Having studied law at Cambridge University, she travelled extensively throughout Asia for her work as a corporate lawyer, before becoming a writer, part-time lecturer and environmental activist. Shamini now lives in Singapore with her husband…

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An Eye For An Eye by Carol Wyer

Today I'm delighted to share my thoughts on An Eye For An Eye by Carol Wyer, the first book in her brand new Kate Young series. @carolewyer @amazonpub @DamppebblesBTs

Today it is my pleasure to be sharing my thoughts on the first book in the brand new Kate Young series by Carol Wyer, An Eye For An Eye. I have loved reading Carol’s Robyn Carter and Natalie Ward series so when I heard that she had created a brand new Detective series for Thomas & Mercer, I was very excited. My thanks to the publisher for the gifted copy of the book for review and to Emma Welton…

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A Beautiful Breed of Evil by Andy Maslen (DI Stella Cole Thriller #5)

My Review (4,5*) When I started to read this book, I thought it was going to be a “traditional” crime thriller with an international setting. A DI looking for a killer and her archenemy looking to bring her down. I was wrong because Stella is something more and it’s an unexpected kind of characters. Stella is a woman with a “mission”, strong willed and resilient, able to overcome sufferance and to find a new life. I loved her and I think she’s a fleshed out and well thought characters. This is the second book I read by this author, the first in this series, and I already knew he is a talented storyteller and delivers interesting plot and characters. The plot is tightly knitted, fast paced and once you start you cannot stop as you are turning pages as fast as you can. The story involves past and present, an international setting, love, hate, revenge, plenty of action and a reason for the first murder that it is unexpected, but it also reflects something that happened in European history and that I never heard before (I checked on Wikipedia and discovered something new). I found this story gripping, highly entertaining and emotionally charged. There’s a mystery to be solved but there’s also plenty of emotions, of people that are being affected by what is happening and strong feelings. Roisin, Stella’s archenemy, is not a likable character but she is also a driven and ambition woman, and we learn about her feelings even if most of them are negative. Jamie, Stella’s partner, is the positive counterpart, I loved him because he’s still human and he’s able to feel. Something in this book reminded me of grimdark fantasy: most of the characters are morally grey. They are on the right side but somehow, they live according to a moral code that is not shared by the rest of the world. A page turner I strongly recommend. I want to read the rest of the series because I was fascinated by Stella and want to learn what happened before. Many thanks to Damppebbles blog tours, Emma Watson and Andy Maslen for the digital copy of this book, all opinions are mine

Book Description: He’ll never speak of the evil they did…

A former Swedish ambassador lies dead in his swanky Mayfair flat. With his tongue torn out and placed on a Bible. Competing theories swirl. A religious maniac? A psychopath? The truth is far darker than either. DCI Stella Cole’s search for the killer takes her to Sweden. There, she discovers a horrific chapter in the country’s history that throws the case into turmoil. And then more people start dying. Teaming up with Swedish cops Oskar Norgrim and Johanna Carlsson, Stella pieces together Ambassador Brömly’s shocking past. And discovers the killer’s motive. Meanwhile, Stella's personal life is about to take a significant turn as her boyfriend, Jamie, suggests a change in their relationship. But as Stella tries to process what it means, she makes a fateful decision.

Why won't the dead stay buried?

On the other side of the Atlantic, a kid practising BMX stunts over water finds a skeleton on a lake bed. When the victim is revealed to be a British cop, the FBI ask for assistance. Stella’s arch-enemy from her own department gets the case. She flies to Chicago and soon discovers the murderer’s identity. The scene is set for a showdown in Sweden as DI Roisin Griffin pursues her vendetta against Stella all the way to the north of Sweden during the annual festival of Midsommar.

A Beautiful Breed of Evil is the fifth book in this series of hard-hitting crime thrillers. Much of the action takes place in Sweden, home to fictional detectives Martin Beck, Kurt Wallander, Harry Hole and Saga Norén. Even as Stella is fighting to bring the killer to justice, shadowy figures from her past are planning to silence her before she can expose their brutal methods.

About Andy Maslen: Andy Maslen was born in Nottingham, in the UK, home of legendary bowman Robin Hood. Andy once won a medal for archery, although he has never been locked up by the sheriff. He has worked in a record shop, as a barman, as a door-to-door DIY products salesman and a cook in an Italian restaurant. He lives in Wiltshire with his wife, two sons and a whippet named Merlin.

Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Andy_Maslen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/AndyMaslenWolfePack/ Website: www.andymaslen.com

Purchase Links: Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/3c5lVkl Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3rr6U2I

Publishing Information: Published in paperback and digital formats by Tyton Press on 28th February 2021

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The Rift Blog Tour

The Rift Blog Tour #TheRift @r_lynchcrime @CaneloCrime @damppebbles #damppebblesblogtours #bookreview #thriller #StrongFemaleMC

The Rift by Rachel Lynch April 12th to April 21st   Book Blurb: To save one life, she risks many others. Working for the Royal Military Police, Major Helen Scott is used to rapid change. On a posting to Paris she oversees security for a NATO summit in the city, yet has barely begun before her presence is demanded at Interpol headquarters in Lyon. Helen’s orders are to locate a kidnapping victim…

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#BookReview: Outside by Ragnar Jónasson @MichaelJBooks #Outside #damppebbles — damppebbles.com

#BookReview: Outside by Ragnar Jónasson @MichaelJBooks #Outside #damppebbles — damppebbles.com

“In a deadly Icelandic snowstorm, four friends seek shelter in an abandoned hunting lodge. But nothing can prepare them for what’s inside. Forced to spend a long and terrifying night in the cabin, they watch intently and silently. Just as they themselves are being watched. As the night darkens, and old secrets spill into the […] #BookReview: Outside by Ragnar Jónasson @MichaelJBooks #Outside…