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** Please note at this time I am not taking any review requests as I am currently concentrating on my own writing** I will continue to read and review, however, I am currently unable to reply to any review requests at this time. Here at Chapterinmylife I am always happy to consider books for review. …

#BookReview #CryBaby Mark Billingham @MarkBillingham @LittleBrownUK @BooksSphere

Source: Purchased via Amazon Cry Baby is perfect for both fans and those new to the Tom Thorne series. Before I share my thoughts, here's what the official blurb says It's 1996. Detective Sergeant Tom Thorne is a haunted man. Haunted by the moment he ignored his instinct about a suspect, by the horrific crime …

#BookReview #TheGirlInTheMissingPoster Barbara Copperthwaite @BCopperthwait @Bookouture

Source: ARC via Netgalley I was delighted to receive an early review copy of this long awaited novel from Barbara Copperthwaite and boy has she come back with a twisted bang! Published on 23rd Feb 2021. Before I share my thoughts, here's what the official blurb says: MISSING – Have you seen this girl? Nineteen-year-old …

#GraniteNoir #GN2021 #BookFestival #Online #LockDownBookFestivals @GraniteNoirFest

As we are just about to reach the 12 month anniversary of lockdown due to the #YouKnowWhat the first Crime Writing Festival of 2021 has just taken place. This year there was no trip up to the northern lights of old Aberdeen for us crime lovers, no trip down memory lane for me, as I …

#GraniteNoir2021 #GN2021 #BookFestivals #OnlineBookFestival @GraniteNoirFest @APAWhatsOn #Sunday #FinalDay

And so the final day! What a weekend! And what a way to close! 11am ALL ABOARD THE MYSTERY TRAIN! MEET M.G. LEONARD (AGES 7+) Chaired by Janet Smyth M. G. Leonard is an award-winning, bestselling writer whose books have been translated into over forty languages, and a TV series based on her Beetle Boy …

#GraniteNoir2021 #GN2021 #BookFestivals #OnlineBookFestival @GraniteNoirFest @APAWhatsOn #Saturday #DayTwo

Saturday is jam packed with criminal delights! 10am BOLD NEW VOICES WITH FEMI KAYODE, SUSIE YANG AND SAIMA MIR Chaired by Theresa Talbot It’s always exciting meeting the bestsellers of the future, and we’re delighted to showcase three debut authors whose novels are some of the hottest properties around.  Femi Kayode trained as a clinical psychologist …

#GraniteNoir2021 #GN2021 #OpeningNight #BookFestivals #OnlineBookFestival @GraniteNoirFest @APAWhatsOn #FridayNight

So how is Friday night looking at #GN2021 this year! I reckon this is a pretty hot line up for opening night, don't you! Kicking us off at 7pm are Stuart MacBride and Ian Rankin The Police Procedural is Dead! Long Live the Police Procedural!Stuart MacBride and Ian RankinChaired by Fiona Stalker BSL signed Fiction …

#BookReview #FeralSnow Mark Lowes @StrugglingMJ

Source: purchased via Amazon When Mark Lowes contacted me and asked me to read his debut novel, I was intrigued by the blurb. I will also admit that I wasn't very sure if it would be "my thing" as snows, blizzards and the Arctic are not m usual habitat! Well, what can I say, I …

#GraniteNoir2021 #GN2021 #BookFestivals #OnlineBookFestival @GraniteNoirFest @APAWhatsOn

So the first of the 2021 Book Festivals is just around the corner and while I won't be able to make my trip up to Aberdeen this year, I am still going to be able to attend from the comfort of my own home. We all know the reason for #GN2021 moving online this year …

#FoulPlayGame #MurderMystery #Review #CardGame #Lockdown #YouTube #VideoReview #FaceCrime @afterdarkmurder

Source: gifted by developers for review OK, so something a little bit different for review today! Lockdown has been driving us all crazy and crime readers and writers are no different! We are missing hanging out with our dark and twisted tribe! So when the After Dark Investigation Team invited fellow author, Noelle Holten, and …

#BookReview #DeathOfAPainter Matthew Ross @mattwross @RedDogTweets

Source: Purchase via Amazon Ok, so I am late to the party with this one, Death of a Painter has been on my TBR for a while now and the publication of the second in the series by Matt Ross (The Red Admiral's Secret) prompted me to get my butt in gear and to get …