Good morning everyone I’m on the blog tour for Redspace Rising by Brian Trent today and I’m excited to have a paperback copy of the book to give away.

Details on how to enter below but first a little bit about the book.

Book Synopsis:

In the far future revenge does not stop with death. For readers of John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War and Neuromancer by William Gibson.

Harris Alexander Pope is the man who ended the Partisan War on Mars. All he seeks now is solitude and a return to the life that was stolen from him. Yet when he learns that the worst war criminals are hiding in other bodies, he is forced into an interplanetary pursuit.

Teaming up with other survivors eager for their own brand of vengeance, Harris begins to suspect a darker truth:

Maybe what he remembers about the war isn’t what happened at all…

UK Giveaway:

As mentioned above I’m excited to have a paperback copy of Redspace Rising by Brian Trent to give away. This giveaway will be running on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

All you have to do to enter is like and share the post (if possible) then comment on the post tagging a friend you think would like to enter too.

Good luck!

About The Author:

Brian Trent’s speculative fiction appears regularly in the world’s top markets, including Analog, Fantasy & Science Fiction, COSMOS, Nature, Galaxy’s Edge, Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show, Daily Science Fiction, Terraform, Escape Pod, Pseudopod, The Year’s Best Military and Adventure Sci-Fi, The Mammoth Book of Dieselpunk, The Cackle of Cthulhu, Third Flatiron, Flame Tree’s Gothic Series, and much more.

The author of the novels Ten Thousand Thunders (hard SF) and the fantasy/historical series Rahotep and its sequel The God and the Gate, Trent is also a winner of the Writers of the Future Contest and received the 2019 Baen Books Readers’ Choice Award for his story “Crash-Site”, which is also set in his popular “War Hero” series of stories and novels. Trent lives in New England. His website is http://www.briantrent.com.

Book Synopsis:

Three unlikely friends. One chance to save the community. It might just be the perfect blend….

The Marjorie Marshall Memorial Cafeteria is at the heart of St Jude’s Hospital. Staffed by successive generations of dedicated volunteers, for over fifty years the beloved cafeteria has been serving up a kind word and sympathetic ear along with tea and scones.

Hilary, the stalwart Manageress, has worked her way up through the ranks; Joy, the latest recruit, is driving Hilary mad by arriving late every day; and seventeen-year-old Chloe, the daughter of two successful surgeons, is volunteering in the holidays and bemused by the older women.

But when they discover the cafeteria is under threat of closure, the unlikely trio must put aside their differences. As they realise the secrets and sorrows they have in common, the women grow closer – but can they bring the community together and save the day?

Full of wisdom and warmth, The Tea Ladies of St Jude’s Hospital is a gorgeously poignant, hilarious story about unlikely friendships, growing old disgracefully, and coming together to save the things we love…

My Review:

I’m a huge fan of this author and have loved all her previous books. So you can imagine my excitement when I heard that she had a new book coming out. The Tea Ladies Of St Jude’s Hospital is a heartwarming, uplifting reading that I really enjoyed.

Firstly I absolutely loved the three main characters that made up the Tea Ladies. They seemed so different to each other and so fractured at the beginning that it was wonderful to see them coming slowly together throughout the book. I enjoyed getting to know them all a little better, gradually learning more about their past and their secrets as the story went on.

The story goes along at a good pace and there always seemed to be something happening to keep my interest. I loved following the girls as they battled to try and save their beloved cafe and not let the big corporations win. The descriptions of some of their actions and some of the food served at the new restaurant was hilarious. I often found myself laughing out loud as I read much to the amusement of my kids.

I have to admit I had guessed the ending fairly early on but that was half the fun of the book for me that I could relax and just enjoy the story. I liked the way the book ended and I closed the book happy but missing my Tea Lady friends.

Huge thanks to Hodder for my copy of this book.

About The Author:

Joanna Nell was born in the Midlands and graduated from Oxford University with a medical degree in 1991.

In 2003 she moved to Australia where she now works as a GP with a passion for women’s health and care of the elderly.

Joanna writes character-driven stories of self-discovery for women of a certain age, creating young-at-heart characters who break the rules and defy society’s expectations.

She lives on Sydney’s Northern Beaches with her husband and two children. THE SINGLE LADIES OF JACARANDA VILLAGE is her first novel.

Book Synopsis:

London, 1944.

Clara Button is no ordinary librarian. While the world remains at war, in East London Clara has created the country’s only underground library, built over the tracks in the disused Bethnal Green tube station. Down here a secret community thrives: with thousands of bunk beds, a nursery, a café and a theatre offering shelter, solace and escape from the bombs that fall above.

Along with her glamorous best friend and library assistant Ruby Munroe, Clara ensures the library is the beating heart of life underground. But as the war drags on, the women’s determination to remain strong in the face of adversity is tested to the limits when it seems it may come at the price of keeping those closest to them alive.

Based on true events, The Little Wartime Library is a gripping and heart-wrenching page-turner that remembers one of the greatest resistance stories of the war.

My Review:

Oh my goodness I absolutely loved this book. It was a really absorbing, gripping read that manages to be both heart warming and heart breaking.

Firstly, as regular members of my blog will know, I absolutely love books set in the Second World War especially if learn about something new. I had never heard of the underground library or the wonderful underground community that existed in Bethnal Green during the war. I was absolutely enthralled by the author’s fabulous descriptions which were so vivid that I felt like I was actually there experiencing everything alongside the characters.

There are some truly fantastic characters in this book some of whom I absolutely loved and others who I loved to hate. I really loved the two main characters Ruby and Clara, especially as they had such a passion for reading. It was really heartwarming to see them engaging so many different people in reading and encouraging them to read whatever they wanted. There was some great supporting characters too and through them the reader learns more about the war and social attitudes towards women at the time, some of which made my blood boil.

Overall, as you can probably tell, I absolutely loved this book and will be recommending it to everyone! I read this book in two days as I just couldn’t put it down as I has to find out what was happening next. I thought it was very clever how the author managed to include so many different parts of the war into the book without it seeming forced or too much and I loved learning more about the Channel Islands, silent bombs and the East End during the blitz. I was very sad when the community and the library had to close at the end of the war as everything started going back to normal. I found I really missed it and am keeping this book in my keep forever shelf so I can return to it soon.

Huge thanks to Anne Cater for inviting me onto the blog tour and to Hodder for my copy of this book. I highly recommend this book!

About The Author:

Kate Thompson an award-winning journalist, ghostwriter and novelist who has spent the past two decades in the UK mass market and book publishing industry. Over the past eight years Kate has written eleven fiction and non-fiction titles, three of which have made the Sunday Times top ten bestseller list.

Good morning everyone and happy weekend! Today I thought I’d share 5 books that are on my TBR pile for September. Some of these have been on my list for ages so I can’t wait to finally read them.

The IT Girl by Ruth Ware

I’m a huge fan of this author so I had this book on pre-order as soon as I heard about it. I’ve been saving it for when I get a chance to read it quietly and now the kids are back at school I’ll finally get the chance!

Book Synopsis:

Everyone wanted her life
Someone wanted her dead

It was Hannah who found April’s body ten years ago.
It was Hannah who didn’t question what she saw that day.
Did her testimony put an innocent man in prison?
 
She needs to know the truth.
 
Even if it means questioning her own friends.
Even if it means putting her own life at risk.
 
Because if the killer wasn’t a stranger, it’s someone she knows…
 

My Other Husband by Dorothy Koomson

I’ve not read much from this author before but I’ve been hearing great things about this book so I can’t wait to read it soon. It’s actually going to be my next read as it’s a library book so I need to give it back soon.

Book Synopsis:

Someone’s trying to frame me for murder. But I can’t prove my innocence. Because then I’d have to confess about… my other husband.

Cleo Forsum is a bestselling novelist turned scriptwriter whose TV series, ‘The Baking Detective’ is a huge success. Writing is all she’s ever wanted to do, and baking and murder stories have proved a winning combination.

But now she has decided to walk away from it all – including divorcing her husband, Wallace – before her past secrets catch up with her.

As Cleo drafts the final ever episodes of the series, people she knows start getting hurt. And it’s soon clear that someone is trying to frame her for murder.

She thinks she knows why, but Cleo can’t tell the police or prove her innocence. Because then she’d have to confess about her other husband . . .

A series of terrifying murders. A set of complex lies.
And a woman with no way to clear her name.

Remarkably Bright Creatures By Shelby Van Pelt

I love the sound of this one, unusual books always appeal to me and what’s not to love about an octopus main character!

Book Synopsis:

After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night cleaner shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium. Ever since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat over thirty years ago keeping busy has helped her cope. One night she meets Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium who sees everything, but wouldn’t dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors – until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.

Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova’s son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it’s too late…

Shelby Van Pelt’s debut novel is a reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible.

The Hidden Palace by Dinah Jefferies

Dinah Jefferies is one of my all time favourite authors so I was hugely excited to be invited onto the blog tour for her latest book, The Hidden Palace.

Book Synopsis:

An island of secrets. A runaway. And a promise…

A rebellious daughter
1925. Among the ancient honey-coloured walls of the tiny island of Malta, strangers slip into the shadows and anyone can buy a new name. Rosalie Delacroix flees Paris for a dancer’s job in the bohemian clubs deep in its winding streets.

A sister with a secret
1944. Running from the brutality of war in France, Florence Baudin faces a new life. But her estranged mother makes a desperate request: to find her vanished sister, who went missing years before.

A rift over generations
Betrayals and secrets, lies and silence hang between the sisters. A faded last letter from Rosalie is Florence’s only clue, the war an immovable barrier – and time is running out…

The People On Platform 5 by Clare Pooley

I absolutely loved this author’s first book so this was another book I had on pre-order as soon as I knew about it. I’ve heard lots of good things about this one too so can’t wait to read it!

Book Synopsis:

Every day at 8:05, Iona Iverson boards the train to go to work with the same group of people who she makes assumptions about, even giving them nicknames. As a seasoned commuter, she knows there are rules that everyone should follow:
· You must have a job to go to
· Don’t consume hot food
· Always pack for any eventuality
· You must never speak to strangers on the train

But then, one morning, Smart-but-Sexist-Surbiton chokes on a grape right in front of Iona. Suspiciously-Nice-New Malden steps up to help and saves his life, and this one event sparks a chain reaction.

With nothing in common but their commute, an eclectic group of people learn that their assumptions about each other don’t match reality. But when Iona’s life begins to fall apart, will her new friends be there when she needs them most?

Are any of these on your TBR pile?

Book Synopsis:

At the heart of a tiny community in a remote village just inland from the Aberdeenshire coast stands an unexpected lighthouse. Built two centuries ago by an eccentric landowner, it has become home to the only bookshop for miles around.
 
Rachel is an incomer to the village. She arrived five years ago and found a place she could call home. So when the owner of the Lighthouse Bookshop dies suddenly, she steps in to take care of the place, trying to help it survive the next stage of its life.
 
But when she discovers a secret in the lighthouse, long kept hidden, she realises there is more to the history of the place than she could ever imagine. Can she uncover the truth about the lighthouse’s first owner? And can she protect the secret history of the place?

My Review:

The Lighthouse Bookshop is an absorbing, heart warming read which I really enjoyed.

Firstly I’ve always had a bit of a fascination with lighthouses (maybe from loving Fraggle Rock as a kid?) so this book instantly appealed. I was instantly drawn into the story and into the fabulous group of friends that has built up around the bookshop. They were all very different to each other but I loved how the bookshop united them and how they supported each other. It’s a group of friends I’d definitely like to know in real life and be a part of.

The mystery side of the story was very interesting especially as it involved something I’d never heard of before. I spent lots of time googling it to try and find out more about it as it sounded so interesting! I loved the way the history of the lighthouse was gradually revealed and that we got to know more about the family behind the build too. There is a bit of everything in its story which helped make the story seem so real.

Overall I really enjoyed this book and can’t wait to read more from this author in future. It’s one of those books that lifted my spirits when reading and that I missed when I wasn’t able to read. I couldn’t wait to get a chance to go back and absorb myself back into their world. I’d absolutely love there to be a sequel as I’d love to find out what happens to the lighthouse and with Rachel and Toby too!

About The Author:

Sharon started her career as an entertainment journalist, writing non-fiction books about film and television. She is also the author of multiple children’s books. Sharon and her husband live in a small village in northern Cumbria. She can be found on Twitter @sharongosling.

Book Synopsis:

Death is just the beginning…
 
The Skelf women live in the shadow of death every day, running the family funeral directors and private investigator business in Edinburgh. But now their own grief interwines with that of their clients, as they are left reeling by shocking past events.
 
A fist-fight by an open grave leads Dorothy to investigate the possibility of a faked death, while a young woman’s obsession with Hannah threatens her relationship with Indy and puts them both in mortal danger. An elderly man claims he’s being abused by the ghost of his late wife, while ghosts of another kind come back to haunt Jenny from the grave … pushing her to breaking point.
 
As the Skelfs struggle with increasingly unnerving cases and chilling danger lurks close to home, it becomes clear that grief, in all its forms, can be deadly…

My Review:

I’m a huge fan of this author, and this series, so I was very excited to be invited onto the blog tour for another visit to The Skelf family.

Firstly I loved being back with the fabulous Skelf Women who have started to feel like old friends throughout this series. The emotions of the family are almost palpable as they struggle with the events that happened in the last book. The author cleverly let’s the reader into the character’s minds so I felt I really understood everything that was happening with them. This made everything that was happening feel more real and made me feel more connected to the characters.

The book does start off a bit slowly as the reader reconnects with the family but soon gathers pace and becomes very intriguing. There are multiple threads running through the story which meant there was always something happening to keep my interest. One moment I was reading about a science discussion and the next helping with a missing person investigation which was very exciting.

Overall I really loved this book and thought it was a great addition to the series. There were lots of twists to keep me guessing and some shocking moments that had me gasping out loud. This is the fourth book in the series and it’s probably best to read the books in order, especially as the roots for some of the events in this book started in earlier books.

Huge thanks to Anne Cater for inviting me onto the blog tour and to Orenda for my copy of this book.

About The Author:

Doug Johnstone is the author of twelve novels, most recently The Great Silence, the third in the Skelfs series, which has been optioned for TV. In 2021,The Big Chill, the second in the series, was longlisted for the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. In 2020, A Dark Matter, the first in the series, was shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Novel of the Year and the Capital Crime Amazon Publishing Independent Voice Book of the Year award. Black Hearts (Book four), will be published in 2022. Several of his books have been best sellers and award winners, and his work has been praised by the likes of Val McDermid, Irvine Welsh and Ian Rankin. He’s taught creative writing and been writer in residence at various institutions, and has been an arts journalist for twenty years. Doug is a songwriter and musician with five albums and three EPs released, and he plays drums for the Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers, a band of crime writers. He’s also player-manager of the Scotland Writers Football Club. He lives in Edinburgh.

Book Synopsis:

Amanda Prowse has built a bestselling career on the lives of fictional women. Now she turns the pen on her own life.

I guess the first question to ask is, what kind of woman am I? Well, you know those women who saunter into a room, immaculately coiffed and primped from head to toe?

If you look behind her, you’ll see me.

From her childhood, where there was no blueprint for success, to building a career as a bestselling novelist against all odds, Amanda Prowse explores what it means to be a woman in a world where popularity, slimness, beauty and youth are currency―and how she overcame all of that to forge her own path to happiness.

Sometimes heartbreaking, often hilarious and always entirely relatable, Prowse details her early struggles with self-esteem and how she coped with the frustrating expectations others had of how she should live. Most poignantly, she delves into her toxic relationship with food, the hardest addiction she has ever known, and how she journeyed out the other side.

One of the most candid memoirs you’re ever likely to read, Women Like Us provides welcome insight into how it is possible―against the odds―to overcome insecurity, body consciousness and the ubiquitous imposter syndrome to find happiness and success, from a woman who’s done it all, and then some.

My Review:

Women Like Us is a wonderfully written, honest and topical memoir that will stay with me for a long time.

Firstly let me start by saying that I’ve been a huge fan of this author for ages so I was hugely excited to read this book. She’s always been so lovely and supportive on social media and I was very intrigued to find out more about her.

Amanda writes beautifully and honestly about the struggles she’s experienced in her life which were very poignant to read about. Some of the problems were ones I could relate to, like the struggle with her weight which I remember feeling very subconscious about as a teenager. All of them were sensitively described though and will help to shed light on some difficult topics. I think I went through all of the emotions whilst reading sobbing one moment and then laughing the next.

Overall, as you can probably tell, I absolutely loved this book and will be recommending it to everyone. I feel it is an important book for all women to read as it helps you feel that you aren’t alone in your struggles and that you don’t have to follow the crowd. I feel I know Amanda much better now with this fascinating glimpse into her life.

Huge thanks to the lovely Kelly from Love Books Tours for inviting me onto the blog tour and to Amazon Publishing for my copy of this book.

About The Author:

Amanda Prowse is an internationally bestselling author of twenty-eight novels published in dozens of languages. Her chart-topping titles What Have I Done?, Perfect Daughter, My Husband’s Wife, The Coordinates of Loss, The Girl in the Corner and The Things I Know have sold millions of copies around the world.

Other novels by Amanda Prowse include A Mother’s Story, which won the coveted Sainsbury’s eBook of the Year Award. Perfect Daughter was selected as a World Book Night title in 2016 and The Boy Between a World Book Night title in 2022. She has been described by the Daily Mail as ‘the queen of family drama’.

Amanda is the most prolific writer of bestselling contemporary fiction in the UK today. Her titles consistently score the highest online review approval ratings across several genres.

A popular TV and radio personality, Amanda is well known for her insightful observations and infectious humour.

Amanda’s ambition is to create stories that keep people from turning off the bedside lamp at night, that ensure you walk every step with her great characters, and tales that fill your head so you can’t possibly read another book until the memory fades…

You can follow her @mrsamandaprowse on all social media or sign up for her newsletter at http://www.amandaprowse.com. Or follow her on Substack: Tangerine by Amanda Prowse.

Book Synopsis:

The year is 1999. Returning to practice after a suspension for stealing opioids, a young Scottish doctor takes the only job he can find: a post as a senior house officer in the struggling east London hospital of St Luke’s.

Amid the maelstrom of sick patients, over-worked staff and underfunded wards a darker secret soon declares itself: too many patients are dying.

Which of the medical professionals our protagonist has encountered is behind the murders? And can our unnamed narrator’s version of the events be trusted?

My Review:

Sometimes People Die is an intriguing book that is part medical memoir and part murder mystery.

Firstly it’s obvious from the beginning that the author has some medical experience as he manages to set the scene perfectly for being an over worked new doctor at a busy hospital. It was quite chilling to realise how much new doctors have to do and the huge responsibility they have. There is lots of details about medical procedure, diagnostic procedures and drug regimes too which was very interesting to learn more about.

There were some very interesting characters in this book who I enjoyed getting to know over the course of the book. The unnamed narrator was very interesting and I felt a lot of sympathy for him as I learned more about his life in the hospital. He had some fantastic supporting characters who I absolutely adored especially the lovely Felix and George.

This was a bit of a slow burner as the author sets the scene but soon gathers pace and becomes very intriguing. There were lots of twists and red herrings that kept making me change my mind as to who was responsible. The ending was very unexpected and I hadn’t managed to figure it out which I always enjoy.

Huge thanks to Midas for inviting me onto the blog tour and to Borough Press for my copy of this book.

About The Author:

Simon Stephenson originally trained as a doctor and worked in London and Scotland. He previously wrote Let Not the Waves of the Sea, a memoir about the loss of his brother in the Indian ocean tsunami. It won Best First Book at the Scottish Book Awards, was a Book of the Week on BBC Radio 4, and a Daily Telegraph Book of the Year.

His first novel, Set My Heart to Five, has been optioned by Working Title Films. He currently lives in Los Angeles, where he works as a screenwriter. He originated and wrote the film The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, and wrote on Pixar’s Luca.

Book Synopsis:

There are two sides to every story.

He came to me for help with his marriage.

I was alone and afraid. She was there when I needed to talk.

I needed to make him understand that he had to get away.

I knew what I needed to do. I just couldn’t do it on my own. I trusted her.

Now it has gone too far. And I can’t tell anyone what I have done.

Now I have nowhere to turn and I just pray they find me before she does.

And then there’s the truth.

The Blame Game is a dark, entertaining and suspenseful thriller from Sandie Jones, the author of The Other Woman and The Guilt Trip.

My Review:

The Blame Game was a fast paced, surprising and gripping read that I couldn’t put down. I raced through this book in a couple of days as I was desperate to find out how it ended. It’s going to be a difficult book to review as I don’t want to give anything away.

Noemi was a very interesting main character who I wasn’t entirely sure I could trust. She’s had a tough childhood and I thought it interesting that she should choose a job that must bring up a lot of bad memories for her. I started off feeling quite frustrated with her and the risks she takes for her client. However as the story continues I started to feel a bit sorry for her as I understood more of why she behaves like she does. I was never sure if I believed her version of events especially as she starts to lie and with hold things from the police.

The story starts off slow as the author sets the scene but soon gathers pace and becomes incredibly gripping. The tension slowly increases as we try and discover what’s going on and Noemi manages to put more and more suspicion on herself. There were lots of twists and a few clever red herrings that kept me guessing. The ending was brilliant and very unexpected which I always love. My only small complaint is I wish the story had continued a tad longer so we could have found out what happened for Noemi next.

Huge thanks to Anne Cater for inviting me onto the blog tour and to Pan Macmillan for my copy of this book.

About The Author:

Sandie Jones is the author of the bestselling The Other Woman. A freelance journalist, she has contributed to the Sunday Times, Daily Mail, Woman’s Weekly and Hello magazine, amongst others. If she wasn’t a writer, she’d be an interior designer as she has an unhealthy obsession with wallpaper and cushions. She lives in London with her husband and three children.

Book Synopsis:

Rachel Savernake investigates bizarre crimes and a baffling locked-room puzzle in this Gothic mystery from the winner of the CWA Diamond Dagger.

Yorkshire, 1606. A man vanishes from a locked gatehouse in a remote village. 300 years later, it happens again.

Autumn 1930. Journalist Nell Fagan knows there’s only one person who can get to the bottom of this mystery: Rachael Savernake. But someone wants Nell dead, and soon, while investigating a series of recent deaths at Blackstone Sanatorium, she’s missing entirely.

Looking for answers, Rachel travels to lonely Blackstone Fell, with its eerie moor, deadly waters and sinister tower. With help from Jacob Flint – who’s determined to expose a fraudulent medium at a séance – Rachel will risk her life to bring an end to the disappearances…

A dazzling mystery peopled by clerics and medics and embellished with science and superstition, Blackstone Fell explores the shadowy borderlands between spiritual and scientific; between sanity and madness; and between virtue and deadly sin.

Blackstone Fell is out now in ebook and hardback. You can purchase your copy using the links below.

My Review:

Blackstone Fell is a gripping, atmospheric historical mystery book that I thoroughly enjoyed. It’s actually the third book in the series which I didn’t realise when I started reading, but it can be easily read as a standalone.

Firstly I loved the setting of this book! Blackstone Fell is a perfect place for a murder mystery story to take place as it’s suitably remote and has an eerie feel to it. The descriptions of the life there from the food served and all the fabulous little objects around the house were fascinating to explore. It’s a house I’d love to be able to explore on my own, though preferable on a bright sunny day. The remoteness of the house helped create a great locked door scenario which I always enjoy as it makes things very interesting.

There are lots of fabulous characters in the book who I enjoyed getting to know and some that I loved to hate. My favourite character was definitely Rachel as she seemed a very strong, determined lady who didn’t suffer fools gladly. She was quite fun and entertaining at times Tok which was a nice contrast.

Overall I loved this book and I am looking forward to going back and reading the previous books on the series. There were lots of different threads to the story which ran alongside each other well, coming together nicely towards the end. The many twists kept me guessing and I loved how some of the storylines didn’t play out like I thought they would. The clue finder at the end was a great addition though I was a little embodiment to discover how many clues I’d missed.

Huge thanks to Sophie for inviting me onto the blog tour and to Head Of Zeus for my copy of this book.

About The Author:

Martin Edwards has won the Edgar, Agatha, H.R.F. Keating, Macavity, Poirot and Dagger awards as well as being shortlisted for the Theakston’s Prize. He is President of the Detection Club, a former Chair of the Crime Writers’ Association and consultant to the British Library’s bestselling crime classics series. In 2020 he was awarded the Diamond Dagger for his outstanding contribution to crime fiction. Follow Martin on Twitter and Instagram (@medwardsbooks) and Facebook (@MartinEdwardsBooks).