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Tag Archives: Roz Kay
Review: If Looks Could Kill
If Looks Could Kill – Olivia Kiernan The last time I read a book in one day it was several years ago and I was on a six-hour flight (with Jennifer Egan’s brilliant ‘A Visit from the Goon Squad’). Just … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, crime fiction
Tagged Book Reviews, books, crime fiction, detective fiction, Fiction, Frankie Sheehan, If Looks Could Kill, novel, Olivia Kiernan, review, Roz Kay
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Review: The Wizards of Once
The Wizards of Once – Cressida Cowell Wonderful galloping tale of Magic, good and evil. Many influences feed into this, from Roald Dahl to Arthurian legend to fairy tales to Shakespeare, and the result, fired by Cressida Cowell’s imagination, is … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Books, Fantasy
Tagged Book Reviews, books, Cressida Cowell, Fiction, magic, novel, review, Roz Kay, The Wizards of Once
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Inspirational art
What a pleasure it was to run into a neighbour whose nine-year-old daughter read my children’s novel, The Keeper of the Stones. I already knew she liked it and had used it for her school work. It turns out she … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Books, Fantasy, Historical fiction, Time travel
Tagged adventure, book art, book illustration, books, Bronze Age, Children's Books, children's fantasy, children's historical fiction, children's novel, Kelsea Rothaus, Kirkus Star, magic, Roz Kay, stone circles, The Keeper of the Stones, Time travel
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Signed copies – now available!
My debut children’s novel, The Keeper of the Stones, is now available on Amazon at a slightly reduced price, after coronavirus-related distribution challenges affected availability. You can also buy the book directly from me, at a lower price, by emailing me … Continue reading
Review: Murder Most Unladylike
Murder Most Unladylike: A Wells & Wong Mystery – Robin Stevens Thoroughly enjoyed this witty, light-but-not-lightweight middle-grade murder mystery set in a 1930s girl’s boarding school in England. Right from the start the first-person telling through the eyes of Hazel … Continue reading
Kirkus Reviews: The Keeper of the Stones
“Both gripping and lyrical—a fine time-travel tale.” Kirkus Reviews (starred review) If you’re a writer, you know that 99 percent of the time you’re cursed by doubt, wondering whether you can actually write. So when, at about 10 pm UK … Continue reading
About this blog
Hello and welcome! You’ll find quite a few things on this blog, all to do with books and writing as I’m a writer. Books reviews are here. (I’m also on Goodreads, where I review books as well, so please follow … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, Book Reviews, books, Fiction, Goodreads, Roald Dahl, Roz Kay, writing
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Review: Don’t Think A Single Thought
Don’t Think A Single Thought – Diana Cambridge This is a beautifully constructed book. As I read it, I felt I was being slowly wrapped in a python’s coils, being pulled relentlessly into the centre of Emma Bowden’s life. Each … Continue reading
Review: The Crow Trap
The Crow Trap – Ann Cleeves I love Ann Cleeves and that’s the only reason I kept going with The Crow Trap, the first in the Vera series (I’ve read all the Shetland novels and a later Vera mystery). However, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ann Cleeves, Book Reviews, crime fiction, crime novel, Joe Ashworth, murder mystery, Roz Kay, Shetland, The Crow Trap, Vera
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Review: The Killer In Me
The Killer In Me (Frankie Sheehan #2) – Olivia Kiernan Olivia Kiernan goes from strength to strength with the second title in her Frankie Sheehan books. Reading the first and second novel back to back, as I did, highlighted the … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Reviews, books, Olivia Kiernan, Roz Kay, The Killer in Me
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