‘Absorbing’ #BookReview CITY OF MASKS, @SD_Sykes @HodderBooks
‘There’s something for everyone in this gentle crime fiction’ THEY SAY 1358. Oswald de Lacy, Lord Somershill, is in Venice, awaiting a...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
- Aug 1, 2017
- 1 min
‘Refreshingly different’ #BookReview SWEET PEA, CJ Skuse @CJSkuse
‘A serial killer with one-liners sharp enough to slice a throat’ THEY SAY The last person who called me ‘Sweetpea’ ended up dead… I...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
- Jul 25, 2017
- 1 min
‘Thought-provoking’ #BookReview TATTLE TALE, Sarah J Naughton @SarahJNaughton @BenWillisUK
‘This tale leads the reader along a well-trodden path – but the destination isn’t the one that’s expected.’ THEY SAY Packed with twists...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
- Jul 18, 2017
- 1 min
‘One to watch’ #BookReview THE SECOND SISTER, @ClaireKendal @HarperCollinsUK
‘So dark it has a black hole at its heart’ THEY SAY It is ten years since Ella’s sister Miranda disappeared without trace, leaving her...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
- Jul 11, 2017
- 2 min
‘Brilliant’ #BookReview THE LATE SHOW, Michael Connelly @Connellybooks @BenWillisUK
‘Plotting is tighter than a drum skin’ THEY SAY CRIME NEVER SLEEPS. Los Angeles can be a dangerous city – never more so than in the dead...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
- Jul 4, 2017
- 1 min
‘Skillfully woven’ #BookReview SOMETIMES I LIE, Alice Feeney @alicewriterland @HQstories
‘So many twists it makes corkscrews look straight’ THEY SAY My name is Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about me....
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Barbara Copperthwaite
- May 30, 2017
- 1 min
‘A cracking thriller’ #BookReview TRUST ME, Angela Clarke @TheAngelaClarke @AvonBooksUK
‘Fast plot, snappy dialogue, breathless pacing; Angela Clarke does it again’ THEY SAY YOU SAW IT HAPPEN. DIDN’T YOU? What do you do if...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
- May 24, 2017
- 2 min
‘Great writing’ #bookreview HUNTING THE HANGMAN by @HowardLinskey @noexitpress via @bcop
‘It screams its authenticity at the reader from the outset’ THEY SAY: TWO MEN. . . ONE MISSION. . . TO KILL THE MAN WITH THE IRON HEART...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
- May 9, 2017
- 2 min
‘Truly original’ #BookReview THE ONE, John Marrs @johnmarrs1 @PenguinRHUK
‘The One is one of a kind – and singularly good’ THEY SAY How far would you go to find THE ONE? One simple mouth swab is all it takes. A...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
- Apr 25, 2017
- 1 min
‘Slow-burning & complex’ #BookReview THE CHILD, Fiona Barton @figbarton @PenguinRHUK
‘A fascinating study of mystery and the drives behind people’s actions – including the more sinister ones’ THEY SAY When a paragraph in...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
- Apr 12, 2017
- 1 min
‘Twist-packed thriller’ #BookReview by @NickiRICHARDS7 #TheDarkestLies @bookouture
‘OMG,what a totally unexpected ending, absolutely jaw dropping, I didn’t see that coming.’ Woo-hoo! The first blog post about my new...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
- Apr 5, 2017
- 2 min
‘Dazzling’ #BookReview The Malay Archipelago, Alfred Russel Wallace @foliosociety #nature #Dar
I’m very proud to be reviewing something a little different today. Anyone who knows anything about me knows how much I move nature and...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
- Apr 4, 2017
- 1 min
‘Left me in awe’ #BookReview SOMEONE ELSE’S SKIN, Sarah Hilary @sarah_hilary @headlinepg
“Gritty yet descriptive, imaginative yet never falls back on cliché” THEY SAY Called to a women’s refuge to take a routine witness...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
- Mar 28, 2017
- 1 min
‘Dragged me in’ #BookReview THE BREAKDOWN, B.A. Paris @BAParisAuthor
“Had me desperate to reach the end, totally hooked.” THEY SAY If you can’t trust yourself, who can you trust? It all started that night...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
- Mar 17, 2017
- 1 min
#TopFive with @ReviewCafe #crimethrillers #standalones
The absolutely wonderful Book Review Cafe is today featuring their Top Five standalone crime novels – and Flowers For The Dead is one of...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
- Mar 7, 2017
- 1 min
“Kept me guessing” #bookreview THE GIRL BEFORE, by J.P. Delaney @QuercusBooks
“I am torn while writing this review.” THEY SAY Enter the world of One Folgate Street and discover perfection . . . but can you pay the...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
- Feb 28, 2017
- 1 min
“Palpable tension” #bookreview TRY NOT TO BREATHE, by Holly Seddon @hollyseddon @corvusbooks
“Palpable tension & touchingly heart-breaking moments” THEY SAY Alex is sinking. Slowly but surely, she’s cut herself off from everything...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
- Feb 23, 2017
- 1 min
“Subtle & emotional” #bookreview DARE TO REMEMBER, by Susanna Beard @Legend_Press @SusannaBeard2
“The perfect read to while away a wet, windy & thoroughly miserable day” THEY SAY Reeling from a brutal attack that leaves her best...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
- Feb 14, 2017
- 1 min
“Twisted & knotted plot” My #bookreview of WATCH ME, by Angela Clarke @TheAngelaClarke #crimefic
“The plot is more twisted & knotted than a ball of string after the cat’s been at it” THEY SAY YOU HAVE SIX SECONDS TO READ THIS MESSAGE…...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
- Feb 7, 2017
- 1 min
“Beautifully written” My #bookreview of THE MOUNTAIN IN MY SHOE, by Louise Beech @LouiseWriter @Oren
“A gentle tale of great subtlety” THEY SAY A missing boy. A missing book. A missing husband. A woman who must find them all to find...
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