The Crime Warp

 Huge thanks to Boldwood Books and Rachel's Random Resources for inviting me onto The Ice Killer blog tour. Chuffed to bits to be kicking it off ...  I have long been a fan of Ross's work and the DI Barton series has been a recent favourite of mine.  Purchase Link - https://amzn.to/2VNiLuG Blurb The Ice Killer Once, her heart was empty. Now it's filled with ice… Ellen's therapist told her to forget the past, but the life she’s left with is boring. All she wants is to be happy and normal, but the approaching long bleak nights of winter loom heavy before her, especially as she'll be alone. But when the secrets her mother put in place to protect her are exposed, Ellen learns the frightening truth. Her history is darker than she imagined. She's not who she thinks she is, and the real her is a very different person to the one that others have mistreated and exploited. If there's hope of a future, Ellen must find answers about the past, and the new Ellen i...

Available here And it's Happy Publication Day to Robert Bryndza for the second in his Kate Marshall series, Shadow Sands . I loved   Nine Elms which is the first in this series and was looking forward to this one so much.  Here's the blurb When Kate Marshall finds the bloated body of a young man floating in the Shadow Sands reservoir, the authorities label it a tragic accident. But the details don't add up: why was he there, in the middle of the night? If he was such a strong swimmer, how did he drown? As Kate and her assistant Tristan Harper follow the evidence, they make a far darker discovery . . . This is only the latest victim in a series of bloody murders dating back decades. A mythic serial killer is said to hide in the rolling fog, abducting his victims like a phantom. And when another woman is taken, Kate and Tristan have a matter of days to save her from meeting the same fate. My thoughts As a character, I find Kate Marshall appealing - not your typical detectiv...

Panic over everybody ... I've finally managed to get Final Second to the top of my TBR pile and, let me tell you, what a thrill it was to read it and to top up on my Grant Fletcher fix. Final Second is published by Bookouture and is the second of John Ryder's Grant Fletcher and Zoey Quadrado series First up, here's the blurb Sometimes it takes a stranger to find a killer… In a small farming town in rural Wisconsin—where generations of families have lived in peace for decades—no one expects trouble to come calling. But then a farmer’s beautiful young wife is found brutally murdered, with a chilling calling card that suggests she’s just the first victim of a serial killer. And the FBI elect not to send one of their own. Instead they send a stranger to town—former Royal Marine turned mercenary,  Grant Fletcher . And they’re giving him no choice.  Find the killer. Because we know what you’ve done . With the threat of the executioner’s chair hanging over him, Fletcher finds hi...

Huge thanks to Rachel's Random Resources and Severn House publishing for inviting The Crime Warp to participate in the Limelight Blog Tour. Also huge thanks to Graham Hurley for this totally brilliant blog article :'Is there life after crime fiction?' But before we hear from Graham, let's have a wee read of the Blurb ... Limelight Blurb Life is dangerous. No one survives it. Enora Andressen makes a series of mind-blowing discoveries when her friend disappears. Actress Enora Andressen is catching up with her ex-neighbour, Evelyn Warlock, who's recently retired to the comely East Devon seaside town of Budleigh Salterton. The peace, the friendship of strangers and the town’s prestigious literary festival . . . Evelyn loves them all. Until the September evening when her French neighbour, Christianne Beaucarne, disappears. Enora has met this woman. The two of them have bonded. But what Enora discovers over the anguished months to come will put sleepy Budleigh Salt...

So pleased to be offered the chance to be part of The Wicked Oath Blog Tour. Thanks to Rachel's Random Resources for inviting me. I love a good Young Adult novel and this is a beaut!!!! First up ... Here's the blurb A wicked conspiracy. A diabolical offer. Survival: a matter of life or death! Behind the walls of Blackleigh, a prestigious public boarding school in northern England, lurks wickedness and bullying. Those in power form a conspiracy to devise any means to expel certain boys. Surviving for their victims becomes a matter of life and death... Jonathan Simon, in his second year, returns to school to find that ruthless prefects – Sleeth, Tunk and Miller – are in charge of his house. Things take a turn for the worse when the new Headmaster starts, and Jonathan and his friends are targeted. As the pressure mounts, friendships become closer and scheming increases as unexpected revelations occur. For Blackleigh, the year is just beginning... You can buy T...

I really wanted to read and review this book for the blog tour, but due to other reading commitments I was unable to read it in time. So, instead, The Crime Warp is chuffed to bits to bring you an exclusive extract from Villain selected by the author herself. I guarantee you that after reading this you'll be off to download the full novel - I know I was! Villain Blurb To catch a villain sometimes you have to become one. Bailey's Back! From the bestselling author of  Jailbird. Detective Constable Bailey Morgan is back doing what she does be st – working undercover This time she has to infiltrate the inner circle of a notorious underworld family. Posing as a fellow villain, she is on a one-woman mission to bring the family to their knees. But things are never that simple. Bailey finds that she is forced to confront shadowy wraiths from her past and will come face-to-face with a set of devastating revelations that will shatter her world and threaten her very existence. With ...

It is with great delight that I post The Crime Warp's review of Diane Saxon's new novel What She Saw.   Thanks to Boldwood Books and Rachels Random Resources for offering me this opportunity.  Now, before we go any further, let's find out what this fantastic novel is all about. The Blurb Why does someone want the Lawrence family dead? The Lawrence’s were the perfect family; successful, beautiful, and happy until one night their whole world was ripped apart.  Detective Sergeant Jenna Morgan is called to investigate the suspected arson attack and death of the Lawrence family at the charred remains of their stunning home, Kimble Hall. The case takes a sinister turn as the body count fails to tally. Suspecting that someone may have survived the inferno, DS Morgan and her team need to discover whether they have a witness, or someone far more dangerous. Who set the fire? Who wanted this family extinguished beyond recognition? As the case progresses, DS Morgan realis...