Paperback: 496 pages Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Publication date: 01 July 2013 ISBN: 9781444731354 Today, twelve golden tablets sit in museums around the world, each created by unknown hands and buried in ancient times, and each providing the dead with the route to the afterlife. Archaeologist Lily Barnes, working on a dig in southern Italy,…
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Review – Earthfall by Mark Walden
Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Bloomsbury Childrens Publication date: 07 July 2012 ISBN: 9781408815663 First Line – “The boy ran down the rain-soaked street, weaving between abandoned cars.” Sam wakes to see strange vessels gathered in the skies around London. As he stares up, people stream past, walking silently towards the enormous ships which emit a…
Review – Midnight in Havana by Peggy Blair
paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Polygon Publication date: 01 July 2013 ISBN-9781846972348 First Line – “Ricky Ramirez’s parents stood on the other side of the door, speaking in hushed tones with the doctors.” “In beautiful, crumbling Old Havana, Canadian detective Mike Ellis hopes the sun and sand will help save his troubled marriage. He doesn’t yet…
Review – Flu by Wayne Simmons
ebook: 320 pages Publisher: Snowbooks Ltd Publication date: 30 April 2010 ISBN-13: 9781906727192 First Line – “There was a woman screaming in his face.” “There’s a nasty flu going round. An epidemic, they call it. The posters say to cover your mouth when you sneeze, and throw away the tissue. But such simple measures won’t…
Review – Great Bitten – Outbreak by Warren Fielding
ebook: 222 pages Publisher: Iceni Publishing Publication date: 31 Oct 2013 ASIN: B00GBLBCE0 First Line – “I’m not sure how much you really know about British culture and attitudes.” “The UK is infected and Warren is going to be a hero, whether he likes it or not. Life used to be simple; a journalist addicted…
Review – Take Me Home by Nancy Herkness
Paperback: 331 pages Publisher: Montlake Romance Publication date: 06 Nov 2013 ISBN13: 9781612186030 First Line – “Breathing in the scent of fresh hay and saddle soap, Claire felt the knots of tension loosen their grip on her shoulders.” “When Claire Parker left Sanctuary, West Virginia, she thought it was for good. But now she’s back,…
Review – The Secrets Women Keep by Fanny Blake
Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Orion Publication date: 03 July 2013 ISBN13: 9781409128472 First Line – “The dark outline of hte doorway framed a section of the sun-drenched garden beyond, the brilliance of the outdoor colours such a contrast to the house’s shady interior. Rose waits for her family to arrive at their villa in Tuscany…
Review – Highland Surrender by Tracy Brogan
Paperback: 372 pages Publisher: Montlake Publishing Publication date: 04 December 2012 ISBN13: 9781612186962 First Line – “Fiona Sinclair could not reconcile the irony of nature’s twisted humour.” To seal a fragile truce, Fiona Sinclair’s brothers trade her in marriage to their sworn enemy. Though devastated by their betrayal, she has little choice in the matter,…
Review – Within the Light by Carly Fall
Paperback: 458 pages Publisher: Westward Publishing Publication date: 31 October 2011 ISBN13: 9781479128662 First Line – “Noah had seen a lot of dead bodies in his time.” When Abby and Noah meet, there is an explosive attraction between them that neither can deny… As a shy, awkward, social misfit, Abby has gone her whole life…
Review – Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Indigo Publication date: 6 June 2013 ISBN13: 9781780621418 First Line – “The Servants called them malecnchki, little ghosts, because they were the smallest and the youngest, and because they haunted the Duke’s house like giggling phantoms, darting in and out of rooms, hiding in cupboards to eavesdrop, sneaking into the kitchen…