Book review
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Ad/PR. Many thanks to Victory Editing NetGalley Co-op and NetGalley for this ARC. The Ghost of Hightower Pond releases today, Oct 13, 2026. Prepare for a tale of terror. The ghost of Hightower Pond. It is eighteen hundred and something, and the plague is ravaging London. While the poor are left to the mercy of…
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“Aunt Ruby! A man has been murdered in my tearoom, and all you can think about is how good-looking the detective is?” Trinity Bishop is a devoted Jane Austen fan. After divorcing her husband at forty-two, she moves back to her hometown of Sidmouth, Devon, and opens a Jane Austen-themed tearoom, complete with Regency dresses…
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My name is Ishmael Dollah. I am sixty years old. I used to be a CEO. I am now an assassin. I kill people who deserve to die. Ad/PR/Patrocinado. Book review of Assassins Can’t Do It Alone by Shesh, book 3 in the series. Many thanks to Shehs for this ebook, releasing today, Oct 10,…
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Not panicking now, the goblin pointed a claw at Vimes’ left wrist, looked him in the face, and said, ‘Just ice?’ It was a plea. Book 39 in the Discworld series, Book 8 in the City Watch subseries. Sir Samuel Vimes, Commander of the Watch, Duke of Ankh and keeper of the Summoning Dark, may…
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Nothing needed saying. After a while, the silence stopped feeling like a silence that needed filling. Book 1 in the Dock Meridian series. Saoirse Vanthoorn is a mechanical engineer, going from job to job on different space docks. This has been her routine for many years. But when she arrives at Dock Meridian, she finds…
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Ad/PR/Patrocinado. Many thanks to Crooked Lane Books and NetGalley for this ARC of The Chain House by J.H. Markert, publishing today, Oct 6, 2026. Sal Batise, after nearly twenty years on death row, carried an aura of energy some swore they could feel like a subtle, low-level current that made arm hair stand erect and…
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Ad/PR/Patrocinado. Many thanks to Boldwood Books and NetGalley for this ARC of Operation Vienna by Michael Ridpath, book 2 in The Foreign Correspondent series. Set in Vienna in the early 1930s, Operation Vienna follows historian Archie Laverick, and foreign correspondent Esme Carmichael, who are investigating a supposed suicide. The rich American Howland Witherell, who was…
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We need to know the truth, Vimes. Commander Sam Vimes’ truth. It may count for more than you think. Book 34 in the Discworld series, Book 7 in the City Watch subseries. Sam Vimes is no stranger to darkness, be it literal or metaphorical. But in Thud!, he is battling a darkness unlike any he…
