Source: Review copyPublication: 10th Anniversary Edition 10th October 2025 from Orenda BooksPP: 340ISBN-13: 978-1916788947 My thanks to Orenda Books for an advance copy for review. I am thrilled to be participating in this blog tour. I first fell in love with Ari Thor Arason ten years ago, and revisiting SNOWBLIND is such a joy. In this fabulously beautiful 10th Anniversary edition, in hardback with foil and embossing.

Welcome to WWW Wednesday. This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. Just answer the three questions below and leave a link to your po…

Source: Review copyPublication: 28 August 2025 from PicadorPP: 432ISBN-13: 978-1035046683 My thanks to Picador for a review copy It is one of the biggest trials of the year. Three seventeen-year-old boys are accused of the brutal murder of an elderly teacher on New Year's Eve. Each boy denies it. Each points the finger at the other two.

Source: Review copyPublication: 4 September 2025 from CanongatePP: 320ISBN-13: 978-1805301547 My thanks to Canongate for an advance copy for review ‘He will stay like this forever, Robert's arm draped round him. They will be forever twenty.’ Scotland, 1933. Bobby MacBryde is on his way. After years grafting at Lees Boot Factory, he's off to the Glasgow School of Art, to his future.

Source: Review copyPublication: 11 September 2025 from Orenda BooksPP: 300ISBN-13: 978-1916788640 My thanks to Orenda Books for an advance copy for review Two men, centuries apart, dream of being a wolf. One is burned at the stake. Another is locked in a psychiatric hospital for most of his life. And Annie Jackson is about to find out why…

Source: Review and purchased copyPublication: 21 August 2025 from Canelo AdventurePP: 325ISBN-13: 978-1804367391 My thanks to Canelo Adventure for a review copy Jonas Flynt’s stepmother, Mercy, has been abducted from Edinburgh and carried back to the West Indies by her former owner. Gideon Flynt his father, has followed in hot pursuit, but Cassie, Jonas's first love, knows he is not the man he once was and appeals to Flynt for help.

Source: Review copyPublication: 5 August 2025 from Severn HousePP: 256ISBN-13: 978-1448314096 My thanks to Severn House for a review copy A celeb wedding venue. A life gone viral. A dead It Girl. Koi, ex-supermodel and face of lifestyle brand the Sunflower Company, is #livingmybestlife in a Scottish castle with her famous family of nepo babies and influencers. Everything they do is posed, filtered and spun for the perfect story.

Today Mandie and I are sharing our thoughts on Belsay by L.J. Ross, the twenty third book in the DCI Ryan series if you can believe it? I’m a long term reader of the series, but have been a b…

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to…

“Everybody needs saving sometimes… For Kate, having a newborn baby means she is almost never alone. But that doesn’t mean she isn’t lonely. The move from London to Somerset …

Hello and a very warm welcome to damppebbles. It’s Tuesday which means it’s time for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday post. I’ve decided to take part in That Artsy Reader Girl&#8…

Author : S.J. FleetTitle : The Cut Throat TrialPages : 432Publisher : Pan MacmillanPublication date : 28th August, 2025Source : Netgalley It is one of the biggest trials of the year. Three seventee…

Source: Review copyPublication: 25 August 2025 from Michael JosephPP: 336ISBN-13: 978-0241711101 My thanks to Michael Joseph for a review copy One winter evening bestselling crime author, Elín S. Jónsdóttir goes missing. There are no clues to her disappearance and it is up to young detective, Helgi, to crack the case before it's leaked to the press. As he interviews the people closest to her – a publisher, an accountant, a retired judge – he realises that Elín’s life wasn’t what it seemed.

It's less than 2 weeks before my all-time favourite crime book festival. Bloody Scotland takes place from 12th to 14th September, in Stirling. Who will win the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Novel of the Year? Which lucky debut author will walk away with the debut prize? And which are the standout panels to see? I have no idea who will win the prizes, but I can't wait to find out.

The Way Beauty Comes Apart by Christina Marrocco is 'a transportive and magical, yet grittily real account of life told by the dead of Nefin'

“Lori Anderson is as tough as they come, managing to keep her career as a fearless Florida bounty hunter separate from her role as single mother to nine-year-old Dakota, who suffers from leuk…

Today I pass the baton to Mandie who has a review of Evil In High Places by Rory Clements. With thanks to publisher, Viking, for the vcopy via Netgalley. Here’s what the book is all about: So…

Hello and Happy Friday! :-D This meme was originally created by Meggy @ Chocolate’n’Waffles to spread some positivity amongst all the doom and gloom on social media and in the news. Meggy isn’t blo…

Source: Review copyPublication: 28 August 2025 from Simon & SchusterPP: 480ISBN-13: 978-1398528116 My thanks to Simon & Schuster for an advance copy for review YOU WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR YOUR FAMILY… EVEN IF THEY ARE MONSTERS.Rebecca Carter is back from the dead. Lost and terrified, she is gripped by two desperate urges – to find her daughter, and to sate her ravenous hunger.

Source: Review copyPublication: 28 August 2025 from AvonPP: 352ISBN-13: 978-0008533571 My thanks to Avon Books for an advance copy for review A face in the crowd. A killer in the shadows… On the dark streets of Edinburgh, a killer is waiting. When a body is found, it is only the beginning. Soon there will be seven more.

Today I am sharing my thoughts on the brand new novel from Ragnar Jónasson, The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer. This is the second book to feature Reyjavík Detective, Helgi Reykdal and…