"It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas . . . For most people, that means a time of celebration, relaxation and inebriation, but not for the staff of The Stranger Times. While a book club meeting ending in a triple murder isn’t unprecedented, it is at least noteworthy. It quickly emerges that this is … Continue reading #BookReview: Ring the Bells by C.K. McDonnell @transworldbooks.bsky.social @cobaltdinosaur @cobaltaxolotl.bsky.social #RingtheBells #GuestReview #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles
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#BookReview: Relight My Fire by C.K. McDonnell @cobaltdinosaur @TransworldBooks #RelightMyFire #GuestReview #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #damppebbles
"Some comebacks can be murder . . . Stella is enjoying life as an almost student, or at least she is until a man falls from the sky right in front of her, leaving a big old hole in the pavement for Manchester Council to fill. The obvious question of how he ended up in … Continue reading #BookReview: Relight My Fire by C.K. McDonnell @cobaltdinosaur @TransworldBooks #RelightMyFire #GuestReview #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #damppebbles
#BookReview: Love Will Tear Us Apart by C.K. McDonnell @TransworldBooks @cobaltdinosaur #LoveWillTearUsApart #GuestReview #BookTwitter #damppebbles
"Love can be a truly terrible thing. Marriages are tricky at the best of times, especially when one of you is dead. Vincent Banecroft, the irascible editor of The Stranger Times, has never believed his wife died despite emphatic evidence to the contrary. Now, against all odds, it seems he may actually be proved right; but … Continue reading #BookReview: Love Will Tear Us Apart by C.K. McDonnell @TransworldBooks @cobaltdinosaur #LoveWillTearUsApart #GuestReview #BookTwitter #damppebbles
#BookReview: This Charming Man by C.K. McDonnell @TransworldBooks @cobaltdinosaur #ThisCharmingMan #GuestReview #damppebbles
"Vampires do not exist. Everyone knows this. So it's particularly annoying when they start popping up around Manchester . . . Nobody is pleased about it. Not the Founders, the secret organisation for whom vampires were invented as an allegory, nor the Folk, the magical people hidden in plain sight who only want a quiet … Continue reading #BookReview: This Charming Man by C.K. McDonnell @TransworldBooks @cobaltdinosaur #ThisCharmingMan #GuestReview #damppebbles
#BookReview: The Stranger Times by C.K. McDonnell @TransworldBooks @cobaltdinosaur #TheStrangerTimes #damppebbles #GuestReview
"There are dark forces at work in our world (and in Manchester in particular), so thank God The Stranger Times is on hand to report them . . .A weekly newspaper dedicated to the weird and the wonderful (but mostly the weird), it is the go-to publication for the unexplained and inexplicable.At least that's their pitch. … Continue reading #BookReview: The Stranger Times by C.K. McDonnell @TransworldBooks @cobaltdinosaur #TheStrangerTimes #damppebbles #GuestReview
#GuestReview: Don’t Play Dead with Vultures by Jack Leavers (@jackleavers) #TheBookGuild @cobaltdinosaur #DontPlayDeadWithVultures #damppebbles
"Summer 2008 sees former Royal Marine John Pierce lured from running convoys in Iraq to a lucrative contract in the steamy jungles of French West Africa. He soon discovers this new theatre is even more dangerous than the war zone he left behind. Corrupt officials, drug cartels, and competing military factions rub shoulder-to-shoulder in a … Continue reading #GuestReview: Don’t Play Dead with Vultures by Jack Leavers (@jackleavers) #TheBookGuild @cobaltdinosaur #DontPlayDeadWithVultures #damppebbles
#BookReview: The Christmas Carrolls by Mel Taylor-Bessent, illustrated by Selom Sunu @FarshoreBooks #TheChristmasCarrolls #mglit #kidlit #damppebbles
"Funny festive middle grade about the world's most Christmassy family from the founder of Authorfy, perfect for 8+ readers and fans of Matt Haig, Ben Miller, Sibeal Pounder’s Tinsel, and the Nativity! films Wish it could be Christmas every day? Well, for nine-year-old Holly Carroll and her family, it is! Living her merriest life in … Continue reading #BookReview: The Christmas Carrolls by Mel Taylor-Bessent, illustrated by Selom Sunu @FarshoreBooks #TheChristmasCarrolls #mglit #kidlit #damppebbles
#BlogTour | #GuestReview: Yearn To Fear by Chas Murrell (@MurrellChas) @cobaltdinosaur #YearnToFear #damppebbles
"The greatest scientific invention of modern times… Capable of curing humanity… But more adept at controlling it… Sydney scientist, Marcus Hall, is developing a radical 5G Wi-Fi receiver for CSIRO. With access to secretive Lamarr computer chips - this technology promises billions to repair Australia's ravaged economy. On a caffeine boosted whim, he inadvertently discovers … Continue reading #BlogTour | #GuestReview: Yearn To Fear by Chas Murrell (@MurrellChas) @cobaltdinosaur #YearnToFear #damppebbles
#BlogTour | #GuestReview: Comeback by Chris Limb (@catmachine) @unbounders @cobaltdinosaur #Comeback #damppebbles
"Genie has everything – a BRIT award, a singing career, the attention of the press and Oliver Fox, a pretty boy who looks good on her arm. Until he dies. His death brings Genie’s long buried feelings bubbling to the surface. Her grief over the death of her lover Wendi who introduced her to this … Continue reading #BlogTour | #GuestReview: Comeback by Chris Limb (@catmachine) @unbounders @cobaltdinosaur #Comeback #damppebbles
#BlogTour | #GuestReview: Subterfuge (A Tom Stone Detective Story #5) by Don Simkovich and Lon Casler Bixby (@DonSimkovich @LonBixby) @cobaltdinosaur #Subterfuge #damppebbles
"A wounded man, fiberglass wreckage, and mysterious blue barrels wash up on a secluded beach north of Los Angeles in Malibu, California. Detective Tom Stone jumps into action in this gripping thriller novel and uncovers human trafficking as drug smugglers try a new trick. The Ojos Negros cartel forms an uneasy alliance with LA mob … Continue reading #BlogTour | #GuestReview: Subterfuge (A Tom Stone Detective Story #5) by Don Simkovich and Lon Casler Bixby (@DonSimkovich @LonBixby) @cobaltdinosaur #Subterfuge #damppebbles
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