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The Separation – Dinah Jefferies

The Separation – Dinah Jefferies

Published 22 May 2014 by Penguin From Goodreads: What happens when a mother and her daughters are separated, and who do they become when they believe it might be forever?  Malaya 1955. It’s the eve of the Cartwright family’s departure from Malaya. Eleven-year-old Emma can’t […]

‘Before the Blog’ Reviews | Deity (Steven Dunne) | Alys , Always (Harriet Lane) | The Promise (Belle #2) (Lesley Pearse) | When You Were Older (Catherine Ryan Hyde) | Siege (Simon Kernick) | Lone Wolf (Jodi Picoult) | Like This, For Ever (Lacey Flint #3) (S J Bolton)

‘Before the Blog’ Reviews | Deity (Steven Dunne) | Alys , Always (Harriet Lane) | The Promise (Belle #2) (Lesley Pearse) | When You Were Older (Catherine Ryan Hyde) | Siege (Simon Kernick) | Lone Wolf (Jodi Picoult) | Like This, For Ever (Lacey Flint #3) (S J Bolton)

A few more reviews from the archive…… Deity – Steven Dunne Published January 2012 by Headline (Originally reviewed July 2012) When four Derby College students are reported missing, few in Derby CID, least of all DI Damen Brook, pay much attention. But then a film […]

Dark Tides – Chris Ewan

Dark Tides – Chris Ewan

Published 16 October 2014 by Faber & Faber From Amazon: From the number one bestselling author of Safe House comes a story about friendship, family, secrets, lies, and the things we do for love. When Claire Cooper was eight, her mother disappeared during Hop-tu-naa, the […]

Guest Post & Competition: Chris Ewan – author of ‘Dark Tides’

Guest Post & Competition: Chris Ewan – author of ‘Dark Tides’

I’m delighted to be taking part in the blog tour for ‘Dark Tides’ and am very pleased to welcome Chris Ewan to My Reading Corner Eight Fascinating Facts about the Isle of Man In 2012, Faber published my first standalone thriller, Safe House, which was […]

The Girl on the Train – Paula Hawkins

The Girl on the Train – Paula Hawkins

Published 15 January 2015 by Doubleday From Goodreads: To everyone else in this carriage I must look normal; I’m doing exactly what they do: commuting to work, making appointments, ticking things off lists.  Just goes to show. Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning […]