Backstone Beck… As the sun continued to rise at our backs, the light dancing and changing with every passing minute, the three of us, Steve, Stuart and myself, headed over… and up… towards Backstone Beck. The water tumbles down the moor, over boulders of millstone grit, sparkling clean, yet coloured with the amber of […]
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Citadel of the Sun… Cornwall Recce 2018… * ‘There is a certain atmosphere about the place, an echo of a life that is hidden deep in the recesses of the mind.’ * If our hotel room had any windows we would be able to see St Michael’s Mount, but the tide is at present unfavourable […]
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#BookBlitz “He Goes Out Weeping: A Story of Mystery” by David A. Fiensy ~~~ Mystery, Suspense Published: May 2021 Publisher: New Harbor Press Evil stalks John Book; violence tracks him. Can he escape his pursuer? Someone has murdered the internationally famous professor of theology at Graf Divinity School. Who would want to kill a harmless, […]
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Smorgasbord Cafe and Bookstore – New Book on the Shelves – #Romance #Mystery – Secrets, Lies & Alibis (Wounded Hearts Book 8) by Jacquie Biggar Delighted to share the news of the latest release by USA Today Bestselling Author Jacquie Biggar – Secrets, Lies & Alibis (Wounded Hearts Book 8) – On pre-order for July 9th […]
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Free Creepy Reads I’m still away on the IOW at the moment, and so this is a scheduled post featuring a BookFunnel promotion ‘Creepy Reads’, which at the time of writing has 36 FREE books and samples to choose from in the Mystery & Suspense / Thriller genres. and a new review, for A House […]
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Voices What do they hear in the storm the birds in the swaying trees? What tongue speaks to them from the clouds, who watches, predator-patient in the light-flicker? And what metaphor suggests itself to souls that have never known a faulty fuse? We watch the lashing boughsbending and trembling, wind-whipped, […] Read the poem here […]
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Out of Time: excerpt #MysteryThriller In this exciting sequel to NINE LIVES, Kate Devereau wakes up in hospital unable to speak or move after the brutal attack by her ex-husband. Her brain has shut down, refusing to acknowledge the misery of her dark and disturbing past. A past that conceals a web of painful secrets. […]
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Smorgasbord Cafe and Bookstore – Meet the Authors – #Travel #Mystery Darlene Foster, #Travel #Puppy Patricia Furstenberg A reminder of the talented children’s authors in the Reading Room and their amazing books. Meet Darlene Foster Growing up on a ranch near Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, Darlene Foster dreamt of writing, travelling the world, and meeting […]
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#BookTour “Vamoosed (The Penningtons Investigate, Book 4)” by C.T. Collier ~~~ Book 4 in The Penningtons Investigate Mystery (Traditional/Cozy) Date Published: June 2020 Publisher: Asdee Press Professor Rand Cunningham is shot and left for dead on the Penningtons’ front lawn, and Lyssa Pennington could be next. Who’s behind the drive-by hit? • The husband of […]
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#BookBlitz “The House on Camp Ruby Road” by Twyla Ellis ~~~ Ghosts of the Big Thicket, Book One Southern Gothic, Mystery Publisher: Zimbell House Publishing The House on Camp Ruby Road is the story of three generations of women living in the Big thicket of deep East Texas. It is a mystical place where Eden […]
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