Lilja Sigurðardóttir - Betrayal (Blog Tour) Author Lilja Sigurðardóttir Published by Orenda Books, paperback £8.99. Betrayal is translated by Quentin Bates. I received a proof copy of the novel from the publisher for review purposes. Many thanks to Anne Cater at Random Things Tours for inviting me to take part in the blog tour. First, the official blurb: Burned … Continue reading Review: Betrayal
Category: Orenda Books
Review: Changeling
Matt Wesolowski - Changeling Published by Orenda Books, paperback £8.99. I bought this book new. Matt Wesolowski's podcast-structured Six Stories series has gone from strength to strength, and in Changeling, he turns his attention to one of life's most emotionally charged incidents: a missing child. Each Six Stories book is a standalone bar one connection: podcaster … Continue reading Review: Changeling
Review: A Dark Matter
Doug Johnstone - A Dark Matter Published by Orenda Books, paperback £8.99. I received a proof copy from the publisher for review purposes. I've long been a fan of Doug Johnstone's exquisitely crafted novels, whether on the breathlessly tumbling plot-heavy side such as Hit And Run or Crash Land, or the heartbreaking character work of … Continue reading Review: A Dark Matter
Review: Ash Mountain
Helen FitzGerald - Ash Mountain Published by Orenda Books, paperback £8.99. I bought an early release copy of this at the Orenda Roadshow in February 2020. Helen FitzGerald's last novel, Worst Case Scenario, was based in her adopted home of Glasgow and was a blackly funny yet slightly bleak tale of a probation officer unravelling … Continue reading Review: Ash Mountain
Review: Containment
Vanda Symon - Containment Published by Orenda Books, paperback £8.99. I received a proof copy from the publisher for review purposes. The third of Vanda Symon's Sam Shepherd novels to be published in the UK, Containment opens as shipping containers lost from a cargo ship are washing up on the beach at Aramoana, a village … Continue reading Review: Containment
Review: Blood Red City
Rod Reynolds - Blood Red City Published by Orenda Books, paperback £8.99. I received a proof copy from the publisher for review purposes. Rod Reynolds set his first three novels, a series, in America in the 1940s. All of them slices of pure period noir with a modern eye to pace and characterisation, they are … Continue reading Review: Blood Red City
Review: Violet
SJI Holliday - Violet Published by Orenda Books, paperback £8.99. I received a proof copy from the publisher for review purposes. SJI Holliday's last book, The Lingering, has done as the title suggests - the tale of a couple who get a lot more than they bargained for on trying to start their lives afresh … Continue reading Review: Violet
Review: Hydra
Matt Wesolowski - Hydra Published by Orenda Books, paperback £8.99. I bought this book new. I've never listened to the kind of true crime podcast that Matt Wesolowski uses as his structural template for the Six Stories series (Hydra is the second, after Six Stories). And I've never been a fan of horror novels or … Continue reading Review: Hydra
Review: The Ringmaster
Vanda Symon - The Ringmaster Published by Orenda Books, paperback £8.99. I received a proof copy from the publisher for review purposes. Firstly, a tip of the hat to Craig Sisterson, a New Zealander living in London, a huge champion of crime fiction from his homeland who has brought many writers to my attention. And … Continue reading Review: The Ringmaster
Review: Breakers
Doug Johnstone - Breakers Published by Orenda, paperback £8.99. I received a free proof copy from the publisher for review purposes. Much of Doug Johnstone’s work falls into two camps: action-packed (Smokeheads, Crash Land) or psychologically powerful (Gone Again, The Jump). Last year’s Fault Lines saw him weld these strands together and in Breakers he … Continue reading Review: Breakers
