#BlogTour #BrokenSilence Helen Vivienne Fletcher @helenvivienne @ngaiomarshaward #NgaioMarshAward #yeahnoir #2018Ngaios

Once again, I am delighted and honoured to be a part of the blog tour celebrating all the finalists in both the Best Novel and Best First Novel categories in the 2018 Ngaio Marsh Awards. The Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel, established in 2010, promotes and celebrates excellence in crime, mystery and thriller writing …

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#BlogTour #BloodTears by Michael J Malone @michaelJmalone1

I was delighted when Michael J Malone announced that he was re-releasing #BloodTears, the first in the Ray McBain series. Having previously devoured all of the books in the series, I was champing at the bit to be involved in the #BlogTour for the re-release of this book! I am over the moon to be …

#BloodyScotlandReader Pint Sized Review #TheManBetween by Charles Cumming @CharlesCumming @HarperCollinsUK @BloodyScotland

This was one of the books I'd read as a Bloody Scotland Reader and I am delighted to see that it has made the longlist for the McIlvanney Prize this year! He risked it all to become a spy. Now he must pay the price. A gripping new standalone spy thriller from the winner of …

#BookReview: #TheRatStoneSerenade from Denzil Meyrick @Lochlomonden @PolygonBooks @BloodyScotland @ButeNoir

I have been bingeing on Denzil Meyrick's DCI Jim Daley series and today I'm sharing my review of "The Rat Stone Serenade". If you want to hear Denzil talking about his books he is appearing at Bloody Scotland and Bute Noir this year! Check the links for details of the events! Here's what the official …

#GiveAway #BlogTour Some They Lie by M.K. Farrar @MarissaFarrar @damppebbles

A blog tour with a difference! No review, only the synopsis of the story and a chance to win a £5 Amazon Gift Voucher! All you need to do is leave a comment below and your name will be entered into the draw to win a £5 voucher; easy! No sign ups, no mailing lists, …

#BookReview #DarkSuitsAndSadSongs by Denzil Meyrick @Lochlomonden @BirlinnBooks

Continuing with a Denzil Meyrick binge today's review is for "Dark Suits and Sad Songs" and this series just gets better and better! Before I share my thoughts, here's what the official blurb says: The third instalment in the bestselling DCI Daley series, packed with accurate police procedure and gritty, dark humour. The best of …

#BookReview #TheLastWitness by Denzil Meyrick @Lochlomonden @BirlinnBooks

Still on my Denzil Meyrick binge in preparation for #ButeNoir I've just finished the second in the DI Daley series, "The Last Witness" You can read my review of Whisky From Small Glasses here Before I share my thoughts, here's what the official blurb says: James Machie was a man with a genius for violence, …

#BookLaunch #TheQuaker Liam McIlvanney Waterstones Sauchiehall St. Glasgow @LiamMcIlvanney @michaelJmalone1 @WaterstonesGla

Thanks to my lovely sister for taking me and picking me up, me and the broken bones were able to make the Glasgow launch of Liam McIlvanney's latest novel, The Quaker tonight! Taking place in Waterstones, Sauchiehall Street, I was glad of the in-store lift to get me to the top floor for the event. …

#BookReview #Damaged by Martina Cole @MartinaCole @headlinepg

I was in the mood to go back to my beginnings in crime fiction; memories of reserving all of Martina Cole's books in the library as a "youngish" thing came flooding back to me and so I decided to treat myself with a wee purchase of Damaged. Before I share my thoughts, here's what the …

#TimeForCrime: getting to the darkest heart of writers and bloggers! With author Gordon Bickerstaff @ADPase

Welcome to #TimeForCrime a new series here at Chapterinmylife. I am inviting bloggers and authors talk about their favourite subject crime, with a set of quick-fire Q&As taking you to the dark heart of the person behind the book or the blog! This week I am delighted to welcome author Gordon Bickerstaff. Name: Gordon Bickerstaff …