The Home – Sarah Stovell

One more little secret … one more little lie… When the body of a pregnant fifteen-year-old is discovered in a churchyard on Christmas morning, the community is shocked, but unsurprised. For Hope lived in The Home, the residence of three young girls, whose violent and disturbing pasts have seen them cloistered away… As a police …

Q&A – Matt Costello and Neil Richards

1. How did you and your writing partner meet? Matt: Over two decades ago we were both booked to be mentors at a media lab, exploring the future of storytelling – back when dial-up internet was king. We got along so well at that lab, we decided to ‘stage’ a presentation…on how to do a pitch, …

A Dark Matter – Doug Johnstone

After an unexpected death, three generations of women take over the family funeral-home and PI businesses in the first book of a brilliant, page-turning and darkly funny new series The Skelfs are a well-known Edinburgh family, proprietors of a long-established funeral-home business, and private investigators. When patriarch Jim dies, it’s left to his wife Dorothy, …

Getting To Know You – Joseph Knox

Today, I'm very lucky to be joined by Joseph Knox - author of Sirens, The Smiling Man and The Sleepwalker. Find out more about him below! Name - Joseph Knox  - Twitter handle - __josephknox - Currently reading - Trouble Boys - The true Story of the Replacements by Bob Mehr. One of the best …

2019 and 2020

I thought I'd do a little round up of my first year in bookish online land. It's really just an excuse to say nice things about lots of people. I started my blog in January 2019 in order to make me read more. Having children, my reading had gone by the wayside, so I thought …

Three Hours – Rosamund Lupton

Three hours is 180 minutes or 10,800 seconds. It is a morning's lessons, a dress rehearsal of Macbeth, a snowy trek through the woods. It is an eternity waiting for news. Or a countdown to something terrible. It is 180 minutes to discover who you will die for and what men will kill for. In …

My Books of 2019

It's that time of year. Everyone is making them - lists. Everyone loves an end of year list, but making them is hard! This has been my most prolific year of reading, and Top 10 is traditional, but I couldn't narrow it down any further. And anyway, fuck the rules. So here is my very …

Getting To Know You – M. Sean Coleman

Today, I revive my once thought finished feature 'Getting To Know You'. And what a way to revive it, with none other than author extraordinaire and Mr Red Dog Press himself - M. Sean Coleman. So without further ado, please take the time to find our more! Name Sean Coleman (The M in my writing …

What She Saw Last Night – MJ Cross

Jenny Bowen is going home. Boarding the Caledonian Sleeper, all she wants to do is forget about her upcoming divorce and relax on the ten hour journey through the night. In her search for her cabin, Jenny helps a packed woman with a young girl she assumes to be her daughter. Then she finds her …

Nothing Important Happened Today- Will Carver

Nine people arrive one night on Chelsea Bridge. They’ve never met. But, at the same time, they leap to their deaths. Each of them received a letter in the post that morning, a pre-written suicide note, and a page containing only four words: Nothing important happened today. That is how they knew they had been …