Whoop!
As we count down to MY LITTLE EYE launching in paperback later this week, the blog tour has started!
Do check out each of these fabulous book bloggers – their tour stops include reviews, exclusive content, and interviews about me and My Little Eye…
Today in my feature series – three word book reviews – I’m reviewing DON’T MAKE A SOUND, a thriller from crime writer David Jackson. Don’t Make A Sound will be published in May 2018 by Bonnier Zaffre.
My verdict: CREEPY. SUSPENSEFUL. PAGE-TURNING.
(I’m using that hyphen to make ‘page turning’ into one word – my blog, my rules!).
To find out more and pre-order the book in ebook, hardback or paperback click this link to AMAZON
Today in my feature series – three word book reviews – I’m reviewing THE OLD YOU, a psychological thriller from crime writer Louise Voss. The Old You will be published in May 2018 by Orenda Books.
My verdict: INGENIOUS. TWISTY. SECRETS.
To find out more and pre-order the book in ebook and paperback click this link to AMAZON
Today in my new feature series – three word book reviews – I’m reviewing DARK PINES, a debut scandinoir-esque thriller from crime writer Will Dean. Dark Pines was published in January by Point Blank books (Oneworld).
My verdict: CLAUSTROPHOBIC. TENSE. ENTHRALLING.
To find out more and buy the book in ebook, paperback or audio format click this link to AMAZON
Today is the second post in my new feature series – three word book reviews – where I review the books I’ve read in just three words (it’s more than a challenge than you might think!).
Today I’m reviewing THIS IS HOW IT ENDS, a psychological thriller from crime writer Eva Dolan, published by Raven Books.
My verdict: DYNAMIC. HARD-HITTING. MESMERISING.
(Yes, I know I’m kind of cheating with ‘hard-hitting’ but i’ve added a hyphen so I’m counting it as one – it’s my blog, so my rules!)
To find out more and buy the book in ebook or hardback format click this link to Amazon
Today is the first post in my new feature series – three word book reviews – where I’ll be reviewing the books I’ve read in just three words (it’s more than a challenge than you might think!).
First up is ANACONDA VICE, a debut thriller from crime writer James Stansfield published this month by new-kids-on-the-block Manatee Books.
My verdict: FAST-PACED. DAZZLING. ACTION.
(Yes, I know that technically ‘fast-paced’ could be counted as two words, but i’ve added a hyphen so I’m counting it as one!)
To find out more and buy the book in ebook or paperback format click this link to Amazon
True Crime Addict?
Aspiring crime writer?
Love reading crime fiction?
In a few weeks I’ll be hosting a series of podcasts talking all things crime fiction and looking into the facts behind the fiction with a bunch of experts including online behaviour specialist academic Dr Chris Carter, former MET police officer, Rob, the best selling crime writer Angela Clarke and fabulous blogger and reviewer Emma Mitchell.
We’re almost ready to go – but first we need YOUR questions!
So fill out the form using the link below, and if your question is picked you’ll be in with a chance to win a copy of my new book MY LITTLE EYE.
Submit your questions for the #MyLittleEye podcast now at: http://bit.ly/MyLittlePodcast
Phew it’s Friday!
To celebrate the start of the weekend I’m running a competition on my Steph Broadribb Facebook page and giving away two paperbacks – thriller master Lee Child’s No Middle Name (short story collection) and my own latest thriller Deep Blue Trouble.
For a chance to win, hop over to Facebook, like my page and tell me in the comments below what your favourite Friday night treat is – here’s the link: Steph Broadribb on Facebook
Ps. mine’s a glass of prosecco, an orange scented candle, and great company).
I’ll draw the winner at random at 8pm on Sunday 28th January 2018.
Good luck!
Quick, listen up… the ebook of My Little Eye – my brand new ‘hunt for a serial killer’ thriller is on a special £1.99 price promotion on Kindle.
My Little Eye came out last month in ebook and I’ve been thrilled at the rave reviews it’s been getting from readers, bloggers and fellow crime writers. Here’s a couple of examples of what people are saying:
“My Little Eye is an enthralling, intriguing and twisty tale for all of us armchair detectives who think we know it all.” Liz Nugent, author of LYING IN WAIT and UNRAVELLING OLIVER.
“The first novel in what promises to be a riveting new series, My Little Eye is a one-sitting read: gripping, clever and worryingly plausible.” Mick Herron, author of SLOW HORSES and SPOOK STREET
“My Little Eye is a bang on psychological thriller of the most addictive kind.” Goodreads
“Beautifully paced writing that had me speeding through every chapter at a rate of knots. Easily one of my favourite reads this year so far.” Goodreads
Fancy finding out what My Little Eye is all about? Well, here’s the blurb…
Can a group of true crime addicts take on the police to catch a serial killer? Could you catch the killer?
Clementine Starke thinks she can. As a string of young women are found dead in their homes surrounded by rose petals, it’s becoming clear that London has a new serial killer; ‘The Lover’. Reeling from her own disturbing past, Clementine bands together with an online crime collective and immerses herself in the case, desperate to beat the police and catch The Lover before he kills again. But with the body count rising, Clementine discovers that trying to catch a killer is safer from behind a keyboard.
If My Little Eye sounds like your sort of read then click on this link to Amazon UK to grab it at the bargain price of £1.99.
Here’s the blurb: “It looks like a regular advent calendar. Until DC Becky Greene starts opening doors… and discovers a crime scene behind almost every one. The police hope it’s a prank. Because if it isn’t, a murderer has just surfaced – someone who’s been killing for twenty years. But why now? And why has he sent it to this police station? As the country relaxes into festive cheer, Greene and DS Eddie Carmine must race against time to catch the killer. Because there are four doors left, and four murders will fill them…”
I’ve never read a serial killer book set at Christmas time before, but there’s something creepily macabre and don’t-you-dare-look-away compelling about the combination of Christmas tunes, tinsel and blood splatter.
In The Deaths of December, Susi Holliday introduces a great new police pairing – DC Becky Greene and DS Eddie Carmine. Becky is fresh into the job and as enthusiastic as she is tenacious. Eddie has more experience, and is more measured, thorough – or at least he believes he always has been. They make for a great duo, not always seeing eye-to-eye, but getting on and recognizing each other’s strengths nonetheless. And that’s important, because the case they’ve been assigned is a tricky one.
How do you catch a serial killer who’s been killing for twenty years undetected? He doesn’t have a specific victim ‘type’ and he kills in different ways, in different towns, on different days. The only thing that seems to connect the crimes is the gruesome advent calendar he sent to the police – but why send it?
As Becky and Eddie investigate the case it takes them away from their loved ones just as the festive period is beginning in earnest. They’re focused on the case, on catching the killer before he strikes this Christmas. They assume that there’ll be able to spend time with their families afterwards. But will they? Because the closer they get to the killer, the closer he gets to the ones they love…
Peppered with sharply observed Christmas holiday and habit references, this is a sparkly and blood-splattered read. It’s the perfect antidote to too much turkey and Christmas pudding – creepy, tense and twisty-turny as hell. I loved it!
Fans of police procedurals are going to want to make sure they’ve got a copy of The Deaths of December in their Christmas socking.
THE DEATHS OF DECEMBER is out on 16th November.
You can pre-order it from Amazon HERE
And find out more about Susi Holliday and her books by hopping over to her website and blog HERE
Steph Broadribb 