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Author Archives: Andrea Pryke
Find Me by J. S. Monroe – Blog tour dates
I am happy to be taking part in the blog tour for the excellent thriller Find me by J.S. Monroe. Here are the dates of the tour and where you can find information on this new book from Head of … Continue reading
The Wind on his Back and other short stories by Mary Alexander
Published by Matador Synopsis The Wind on his Back is a beautifully-written collection of six short stories that explore different aspects of love. From a furious divorced man who refuses to forgive his errant wife, to the wife faced with … Continue reading
Hollow City bu Ransom Riggs
Synopsis This second novel begins in 1940, immediately after the first book ended. Having escaped Miss Peregrine’s island by the skin of their teeth, Jacob and his new friends must journey to London, the peculiar capital of the world. Along … Continue reading
Ghost Camera by Darcy Coates
Synopsis When Jenine finds an abandoned camera in a lighthouse, she takes a photo for fun. But there’s something very, very wrong with the picture: it contains ghosts. Jenine and her best friend, Bree, realise the camera is capable of … Continue reading
Shepperton Babylon by Matthew Sweet
Synopsis This is a wonderful secret history of British movies that includes the scandals, the suicides, the immolations and the contract killings – the product of thousands of conversations with veteran film-makers. Here you’ll meet, among many others, the 20s … Continue reading
Confessions of a Showbiz Reporter by Holly Forrest
Synopsis Press junkets. Premiers. Dom Perignon. They’re all in a day’s work for your average Hollywood celebrity. But, what’s it like on the otherside of the microphone? In this no-holds-barred memoir, showbiz reporter Holly Forest reveals the less glamorous side … Continue reading
The Romanovs 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore
Published by Widenfeld and Nicolson Synopsis The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world’s surface. How did one family turn a war-ruined principality into the world’s greatest empire? And how did they … Continue reading
Posted in Non-Fiction, Russian History
Tagged Russia, Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Romanovs
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Book buying ban? Not Likely
I have to stop buying books, I have around 580 on my TBR, to be fair the majority of them are on my Kindle, but the stack of unread books in my room is threatening to squash me flat.. But … Continue reading
The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley
Synopsis Two brothers. One mute, the other his lifelong protector. Year after year, their family visits the same sacred shrine on a desolate strip of coastline known as the Loney, in desperate hope of a cure. In the long hours … Continue reading
Posted in Horror, Pyschological Thriller
Tagged Andrew Michael Hurley, Costa Book Awards
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Cleopatra’s Shadows by Emily Holleman
Synopsis Abandoned by her beloved older sister Cleopatra and an indifferent father, Arsinoe, a young Egyptian princess, must fight for survival in the bloodthirsty royal court after her half-sister Berenice seizes power. But despite using her quick-wits to win Berenice’s … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Fiction, Thriller
Tagged Ancient Egypt, Arsinoe, Berenice, Cleopatra, Emily Holleman
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