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Category: Orenda Books

Review: Fallen Angels

November 10, 2020November 9, 2020 ~ crimebookgirl ~ 1 Comment

Gunnar Staalesen - Fallen Angels (Blog Tour) Author Gunnar Staalesen Published by Orenda Books, paperback £8.99. Translated by Don Bartlett. 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: When Bergen … Continue reading Review: Fallen Angels

Review: The Big Chill

October 30, 2020October 30, 2020 ~ crimebookgirl ~ Leave a comment

Doug Johnstone - The Big Chill Published by Orenda Books, paperback £8.99. I received a proof copy of the novel for review purposes. Six months on from the events of A Dark Matter - which saw the Skelf women deal with death and betrayal, alongside running a funeral directors and a private investigation business after … Continue reading Review: The Big Chill

Review: Betrayal

October 21, 2020October 20, 2020 ~ crimebookgirl ~ 2 Comments

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

Review: Changeling

October 16, 2020October 15, 2020 ~ crimebookgirl ~ Leave a comment

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

October 6, 2020October 7, 2020 ~ crimebookgirl ~ 3 Comments

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

October 2, 2020September 29, 2020 ~ crimebookgirl ~ Leave a comment

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

September 24, 2020September 21, 2020 ~ crimebookgirl ~ Leave a comment

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

August 3, 2020August 2, 2020 ~ crimebookgirl ~ Leave a comment

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

December 5, 2019August 18, 2020 ~ crimebookgirl ~ 2 Comments

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

October 10, 2019August 21, 2020 ~ crimebookgirl ~ 1 Comment

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

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