Book after Book

By Gordon Kerr Published by Muswell Press   Synopsis: The death of his wife has left Michael Keats bereft, the subsequent discovery of her adultery devastates him. Michael resolves to discover the identity of her lover. That journey leads him to northern Italy where he becomes embroiled in a story of passion and treachery amongst the Partisans and villagers during the darkest days of World War II. As Michael gets closer to the truth he realizes that some secrets should never be told. How did this book end up in my hands? I read this book ahead of its publication date thanks to a serialisation via The Pigeonhole app. I also participated in the blog tour here . Was it a page-turner? There were some strands of the narrative that interested me more than others but, all in all, I would definitely say that the words of this book were like cherries and I couldn’t stop reading until I had reached the end of each instalment in one sitting. Did the book meet my expectations? ...

Welcome to my date on the blog tour for The Partisan Heart , which I was recently lucky to read ahead of publication day. I will share my review at the end of the week and today I have a treat for you: an interview with author Gordon Kerr ! Hi Gordon! First of all, I would like to congratulate you on the publication of The Partisan Heart ! Can you please briefly tell us what it is about? A: Thank you. The book is a thriller, set in two different time frames, mostly in North Italy. The first is during the Italian Civil War which was fought between 1943 and 1945, partisans and communists fighting against fascist forces and the occupying Nazis. A young partisan falls in love with the wife of his commander and no good comes of it. Interlaced with this is a story set in 1999 when a journalist, Michael Keats, loses his wife in a hit-and-run incident. He discovers that she has been having an affair and in trying to find the identity of her lover and investigate the kidnapping of the d...

Welcome to the blog tour for CLOSE TO THE EDGE by Toby Faber , which is out now with Muswell Press and ready to take you on an exhilarating journey. I was very lucky to be able to read this novel ahead of publication - thanks to its online serialisation on The Pigeonhole - and my enthusiastic comments were picked on by the publisher, which is how I happen to be here today! If you’re looking for a fast-paced thriller and the chance to put your intuition to the test, Close To The Edge is the book for you. Plus, with locations coming alive on the page, it will make you feel like you’re in the middle of the action.  Enough about what I thought. I have a special treat for you today: here’s my Q&A with Toby Faber himself! Hi Toby! First of all, I would like to congratulate you on the publication of Close To The Edge ! Can you please briefly tell us what it is about? A: Thank you. Laurie is a young woman who is clearly clever but has ended up stuck in a dead-end job, ...

By Fenella Gentleman Published by Muswell Press Synopsis: It is the seventies and the colleges of Oxford are finally opening their doors to women. Sarah Addleshaw, young, spirited and keen to prove her worth, begins term as the first female academic at her college. She is in fact, her college’s only female Fellow. Impulsive love affairs with people, places and the ideas in her head beset Sarah throughout her first exhilarating year as a don, but it is the Reading Party, that has the most dramatic impact. Asked to accompany the first mixed group of students on the annual college trip to Cornwall, Sarah finds herself illicitly drawn to one of them, the suave American Tyler. Torn between professional integrity and personal feelings she faces her biggest challenge to date. How did this book end up in my hands? I was offered a date on the blog tour organised by RandomThingsTours and I was quick to accept it. I was sold after reading the first sentence of the synopsis! Was it a p...