Book after Book

Hi Kate ! First of all, I would like to congratulate you on the publication of To Keep You Safe ! Can you please briefly tell us what it is about? A: Thanks! I’d love to. It’s a story that poses the question: how far would you go to save a child that isn’t yours? Jenni is an ex-army, recently trained teacher, who becomes concerned about a student in her class. Destiny is brilliant, 15 years’ old and in care. When a gang tries to take Destiny at the school gates, Jenni faces a dilemma. Social services don’t seem to trust Destiny, so instead she agrees to help Destiny escape to a place of safety. But what should be a short journey starts a series of events that Jenni couldn’t have foreseen. To Keep You Safe is a psychological thriller. The e-book is out now on Kobo and Amazon for just 99p. The audiobook is also available, read by the fabulous Lucy Dixon. The paperback is due out in March 2020. After a decade of writing, you can imagine how I feel!  Did you have the plot entire...

By Riley Sager Published by Ebury Press Synopsis: No visitors. No nights spent away from the apartment. No disturbing the other residents. These are the only rules for Jules Larson's new job as apartment sitter for an elusive resident of the Bartholomew, one of Manhattan's most high-profile private buildings and home to the super rich and famous. Recently heartbroken and practically homeless, Jules accepts the terms, ready to leave her past life behind. Out of place among the extremely wealthy, Jules finds herself pulled toward other apartment sitter Ingrid. But Ingrid confides that the Bartholomew is not what it seems and the dark history hidden beneath its gleaming facade is starting to frighten her. Jules brushes it off as a harmless ghost story - but the next day, her new friend has vanished. And then Jules discovers that Ingrid is not the first temporary resident to go missing… How did this book end up in my hands? I read a serialisation of this novel via ...

Welcome to my date on the blog tour for Shari Low ’s My One Month Marriage , where I am lucky to be able to share a Q&A with the author of this delightful new novel! Hi Shari! First of all, I would like to congratulate you on the publication of My One Month Marriage ! Can you please briefly tell us what it is about? A: The book opens a month after Zoe’s marriage, and she’s plonked in the midst of a pile of wedding gifts that need to be returned. Her husband is gone, kicked out after Zoe discovered he’d spent the night with someone else. Thankfully, her three sisters – Marina, Verity and Yvie – have all arrived bearing food and neon pink cocktails to cheer her up. But the comfort is short lived. While they’re dissecting her marital woes, Zoe gets a call that gives her a clue as to who husband cheated with. And to her horror, it seems that it might be one of the three women sitting in front of her.  Did you have the plot entirely figured out when you started writing the bo...

Hi Elizabeth ! First of all, I would like to congratulate you on the publication of The Museum of Broken Promises ! Can you please briefly tell us what it is about? A: Thank you so much. Half English, half French Laure Carlyle sets up a museum in Paris to which you can bring the objects which symbolize a broken promise in your life, thereby finding some redress and comfort. Why has she done this? The story goes back to her past life, to Prague before the Communist regime was overthrown and to Berlin just after the wall has been dismantled, and a story of danger, repression and a love affair which has marked her emerges. Did you have the plot entirely figured out when you started writing the book or did it take an unexpected turn as the characters grew on the page? A: I more or less knew who and what Laure was – someone at the beginning who was still to find true consolation for something she did earlier in her life. What I had not banked on was her relationship with her forme...

By Rosie Walsh Published by Pan Macmillan Synopsis: Imagine you meet a man, spend seven glorious days together, and fall in love. And it’s mutual: you’ve never been so certain of anything.  So when he leaves for a long-booked holiday and promises to call from the airport, you have no cause to doubt him. But he doesn’t call.  Your friends tell you to forget him, but you know they're wrong: something must have happened; there must be a reason for his silence. What do you do when you finally discover you're right? That there is a reason – and that reason is the one thing you didn't share with each other?  The truth. How did this book end up in my hands? I chose to listen to the audiobook version of this novel via the BorrowBox app. This book had been on my radar for a while and I was happy to find it there! Was it a page-turner? Absolutely gripping. I couldn’t stop listening to this audiobook and basically took it wherever I went. Yes, even to the toilet...

Welcome to the last stop on the blog tour for The Last Act of Adam Campbell by Andy Jones . What has emerged so far during this blog tour is that this is an incredible novel and – if you’re not scared to have your heart broken a little (or a lot) – you definitely shouldn’t miss it. And I’d take it a step further and encourage you to read it regardless… the best things are often found just outside of your comfort zone after all. But let me get to the best part of this blog as it is with great pleasure and honour that I now share a Q&A with the author himself… Q: Hi Andy! First of all, I would like to congratulate you on the publication of The Last Act of Adam Campbell ! Can you please briefly tell us what it is about? A: It’s about a group of terminally ill cancer patients that meet in group therapy – a place where they don’t have to wear the brave faces they save for friends and family. Over time – time that is steadily running out – the group begin meeting on their own...