Single: A totally gripping psychological thriller full of twists 

‘I keep feeling like I’m being watched – dropping the boys off at school, choosing wine at the supermarket – but when I turn around there’s nobody there…’

When single mother Darcy’s son falls from a rope bridge at a local playground, life stands still. She clutches his small, limp body, frozen, until a pair of strong hands push her aside, and she watches as George, a local doctor, saves her son’s life.

George is a single parent too, and with his twinkling hazel eyes, easy charm, and lack of wedding band is almost too good to be true, but coffee becomes lunch, lunch becomes dinner, and soon they can’t go an evening without seeing each other. When he invites her to move into his beautiful home with its sprawling garden for her boys, Darcy doesn’t hesitate.

But as Darcy is settling in, she receives a bunch of flowers with a chilling message. George says they’re from an obsessed ex-girlfriend, Opal, and days later Opal turns up at Darcy’s son’s football match. She claims to have shocking information that could threaten George’s custody of his daughter.

Darcy doesn’t know who to trust, but she’s starting to suspect that, whatever the truth, she might have put her beloved boys into terrible danger …

From the million-copy-bestselling author K.L. Slater this utterly gripping psychological thriller will make you gasp out loud as you race towards the unforgettable twist. If you loved The Girl on the Train and The Wife Between Us this book is for you.

• File Size:1776 KB
• Print Length:383 pages
• Publisher:Bookouture (November 25, 2019)
• Publication Date:November 25, 2019

About K.L. Slater

Kim is the million-copy bestselling author of nine psychological crime thrillers. Her tenth thriller, SINGLE, is published November 2019 and is now available.

Other Books by K.L. Slater

Order of publication:
SAFE WITH ME (2016)
BLINK (2017)
LIAR (2017)
THE MISTAKE (2017)
THE VISITOR (2018)
THE SECRET (2018)
CLOSER (2018)
FINDING GRACE (2019)
THE SILENT ONES (2019)

SINGLE (2019)
THE APARTMENT – AN AUDIBLE ORIGINAL PRODUCTION (2019)

Her titles are published in eBook by Bookouture and in paperback by Sphere (UK) and Grand Central (USA).

For many years, Kim sent her work out to literary agents and collected an impressive stack of rejection slips. At the age of 40 she went back to Nottingham Trent University and now has an MA in Creative Writing.

Before graduating in 2012, she had gained literary agent representation and a book deal. As Kim says, ‘it was a fairytale … at the end of a very long road!’

Kim is a full-time writer. She has one daughter, two stepsons and lives with her husband in Nottingham.

You can follow K.L. Slater on Social Media:

Author website: http://www.KLSlaterAuthor.com

Twitter: @KimLSlater
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I just bought this and cannot wait to start reading this.  Have any of you read it?  How was it?  I am looking forward to starting it.  Have a great Saturday.

I was searching through some book blogs the other day and came across this…

First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?

So I thought I would share it with all that follow

2016

The e-mail arrived in my inbox like an unexploded bomb:  Maria Weston wants to be friends on Facebook.

For a second I miss the Facebook reference, and just see “Maria Weston wants to be friend.”  Instinctively I slam the Laptop shut.  It feels as though a sponge has been lodged in my throat, soaking up water, swelling and clogging, leaving me struggling for breath.

I attempt to breathe deeply, trying to get myself back under control.  Perhaps I was mistaken.  I must have been mistaken because this cannot possibly be happening.  Slowly I raise the lid of my laptop.  Hands shaking, I go back into the e-mail and this time there is no denying the bad fact of it.  Maria Weston wants to be friend with me.

I have been hearing so many good reviews on this book, and I just had to read to see for myself.

Are you ready to find out what it is?

I’m thankful for all of YOU!

Writing this blog has very quickly turned into my favorite hobby. I love sharing my thoughts and my love of all things books (and sometimes life) with you! Thank you for reading, thank you for interacting, and thank you for sharing my little corner of the Internet with me and with others.

Publishers Blurb:

In 2017 Andrew Smith, then Director, now Chair of the Scottish Writers’ Centre, came up with a dynamic idea to run a Twitter campaign inviting poets to pitch an idea and the winner would have a poetry pamphlet published by the SWC’s publisher partner, Red Squirrel Press. Poet, critic, essayist, editor, designer and typesetter Gerry Cambridge, poet Sheila Templeton, writer, musician and Editor of both Postbox Press (the literary fiction imprint of Red Squirrel Press) and Postbox International Short Story Magazine, Colin Will, and myself took part in a panel at the SWC, ‘How to get published’ in October 2017. Andrew received many entries, a shortlist was drawn up, Stephen Watt subsequently won and persuaded me to publish a full-length collection.

— Sheila Wakefield, Founding Editor, Red Squirrel Press

Glasgow is correctly lauded for its wonderful characters and hospitality but at the turn of the Millennium it was dubbed the ‘Murder Capital of Europe’ with sectarian divisions and organised crime rife in the city. Four of its natives have been raised around the city’s Bridgeton area, cultivated by its ill-omened beliefs, and now have to separately find a way to subsist. But one crime family firmly believes in the tradition of torture and a novel way of disposing of its detractors. Who will emerge smelling of roses—or end up pushing the roses up from the earth below?

Buy Link 

https://www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page/fairy-rock-stephen-watt

About Author:

Stephen Watt was born in the Vale of Leven in 1979. His awards include first prize in the Poetry Rivals Slam, the StAnza International Digital Poetry Slam, and the Tartan Treasures award. Notable collections which he has curated include the Joe Strummer Foundation collection Ashes To Activists (2018) and the James Watt bicentenary booklet Horsepower (2019). He is Dumbarton Football Club’s Poet-in-Residence and was appointed the Makar for the Federation of Writers (Scotland) in 2019. He lives in Dumbarton with his wife Keriann and pug Beanz.

You can follow Stephen Watt on Social Media

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My Review:

I must say this was an interesting read, this is the first that I have read anything from this author.  This is a awesome crime  read but in a different way.  I liked how the author captures the readers attention and keeps you wanting more.

I had another book that I had to read for a review, I loved that this had short chapters and I could put it down and I pick this one up right where I left and not get lost..  I liked how the author caught your attention at the beginning and all the way through the book.

I will look into finding some of this author books.  If you are looking for a short but interesting read you might want to try this author.  I recommend this author.  I giving it 4 stars.

WWW Wednesday

So, here we are with another WWW Wednesday which was originally hosted by A Daily Rhythm & then revived by Taking on a World of Words.

– What are you currently reading? –
– What did you finish recently reading? –
– What do you think you’ll read next? –

Let’s jump right in…

What Did You Recently Finish Reading?

Shadows From The Past – Helen Pryke

I really enjoy this author, I have read all of her books so far, and I am hoping she will continue with the series.  Full Review Here:

Dead In Venice – Fiona Leitch

This is the first that I have read anything by this author, it was quick and fast paced.

What Are You Currently Reading?

The Women Behind Her – Anna Willett (e-Book)

I’m about 3/4 of the way through this and I’m really enjoying it.  I’m looking forward to see how it ends

Sometimes I Lie – Alice Feeny (eBook)

I’m only about 50 pages in and I don’t think I’ve picked it up in over a week, it’s really slow paced and I find myself wanting to pick other books up rather than this.

What Do You Want To Read Next?

Friend Request – Laura Marshall

I have been hearing so much about this book, I had to buy as my local library has it on such a long wait list.  I will be starting this one soon.

What are you Read?

Have you read any of these?

I would love to hear what you are reading and if you have read any of those I just finish.

See you in the next one…

Rochelle

Dead in Venice By Fiona Leitch

Bella Tyson is a famous 40-something crime writer suffering from writer’s block ever since a bitter divorce two years before. When a fan offers her the use of an apartment in Venice, Bella jumps at it, hoping a change of scene will have her writing again. Once there, she soon meets Will, a charming Englishman, who shows her around the city.

Enchanted by both Will and her new surroundings, Bella decides to write a supernatural murder mystery and begins researching local legends and the city’s more sinister side, including an illicit visit to the island of Poveglia, spooky former home of Venice’s asylum. Soon Bella uncovers more than she has bargained for and finds herself enmeshed in a series of gruesome real-life murders that uncannily mirror the legends she is researching.

As she and Will join forces to investigate, real life and local lore merge disconcertingly – for nothing in Venice turns out to be what seems, including Will….

• Paperback:234 pages
• Publisher:Independently published (October 8, 2019)

You can follow Fiona Leitch on Social Media

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17187049.Fiona_Leitch

My Thoughts:

I received a copy of this book from The Fiction Cafe – Review Group and publishers for an honest review – Thank you

This is the first that I have read from this author.   It was well-written and well-paced novel and kept me wanting to know more about Venice.

This is a great romantic tour of the sights of Venice….not, although it is obviously set in Venice, and there is a smattering of romance, it is also a grotty tale of intrigue and murder.  I enjoyed it, and it was a fast read.  I am hoping that there will be a sequel to this.  If you are looking for a fast – paced book, then give this one a try.  I am giving this 5 Stars.

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Rochelle

I follow this book blog and seen this so, I thought I would share it with you all. 

Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme that was started by @Lauren’s Page Turners. The meme is pretty easy to follow, to participate simply choose a random book from your TBR and explain why you want to read it!

After randomizing via Goodreads (going to my to-read shelf, scrolling down and putting sort order by random) the following book tumbled first from that crowded shelf…

So I have this one book that I finally decided to buy since I was having a hard time getting it at my local library…..

Friend Request by Laura Marshall

Summary from Goodreads :

Maria Weston wants to be friends. But Maria Weston is dead. Isn’t she?

1989. When Louise first notices the new girl who has mysteriously transferred late into their senior year, Maria seems to be everything the girls Louise hangs out with aren’t. Authentic. Funny. Brash. Within just a few days, Maria and Louise are on their way to becoming fast friends.

2016. Louise receives a heart-stopping email: Maria Weston wants to be friends on Facebook. Long-buried memories quickly rise to the surface: those first days of their budding friendship; cruel decisions made and dark secrets kept; the night that would change all their lives forever.

Louise has always known that if the truth ever came out, she could stand to lose everything. Her job. Her son. Her freedom. Maria’s sudden reappearance threatens it all, and forces Louise to reconnect with everyone she’d severed ties with to escape the past. But as she tries to piece together exactly what happened that night, Louise discovers there’s more to the story than she ever knew. To keep her secret, Louise must first uncover the whole truth, before what’s known to Maria–or whoever’s pretending to be her–is known to all.

Surprised to see this one pop up randomly as I was checking to see if it was available on Kindle Unlimited and my local library.  But still no luck, its not available at my local library, and I haven’t seen it on Kindle Unlimited.  But I did find it on my Ibooks, so you guessed it I bought it.

I have heard and read so many good things about the book and author.  I also have seen great reviews for this book.  So now that I have purchased it I will see just how great it is.  Can’t wait to start this one.

Hello and welcome to Thursday.  I hope that everyone is having a great day, Its over cast and looks like it might pour any minute.  A good day to be home and curled up with a great book.  My last book was an awesome read.  And now for the review of…….

When your life is falling apart…
…who can you trust?

My brother and I had our future all mapped out. Until that fateful night destroyed it. Now those responsible must pay.

When Maggie receives an anonymous letter, she realises she’s being stalked. The only connection is a Hampshire gang she helped put in prison thirteen years earlier. As the stalking intensifies, Maggie suspects everyone around her. Even those she loves.

Maggie becomes more and more paranoid, unable to trust anyone, while one by one the gang members are involved in a series of horrifying attacks. Someone from her past is out for revenge, and Maggie is next…

Shadows from the Past is the second book in the Maggie Dupont series. Don’t miss this gripping sequel to The Lost Girls!

Books in the Maggie Dupont Suspense Series (in reading order):
The Lost Girls
Shadows from the Past

• Print Length:188 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage:Unlimited
• Publisher:Pink Quill Books (November 8, 2019)
• Publication Date:November 8, 2019

You can purchase it HERE

About Author

Helen Pryke is a British author who has been living in the north of Italy for almost 30 years, learning everything about Italians, their culture, and their way of life. She now considers herself more Italian than British, even though she has never lost her British accent. Addicted to coffee and chocolate, she has also developed a passion for good food, having married an Italian who is a wonderful cook!

Helen writes emotional women’s fiction set in Italy that deals with the difficult subject of abuse in a sensitive way.
She also writes middle grade fiction under the pen name, Julia E. Clements. You can find her books here: author.to/JuliaEClements

When she’s not writing, she works as a proofreader for indie authors and a translator (from Italian to English). She loves reading, and will read anything and everything.

You can follow Helen Pryke on Social Media

http://helenprykeauthor.zohosites.com

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https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16066242.Helen_Pryke

My Thoughts

I would like to thank the Fiction Care Review and the publishers for a ARC copy of this book for an honest review.

WOW another great read.  I recommend that you read the Helen first Book Lost Girls before you read this one, as there are several references to the previous story and there is an assumption throughout that you know who each of the characters mentioned are.  This book was fast paced and kept my interest till the end.

A perfectly paced supense/thriller that keeps you hanging on right till the end. A must read series.  I am giving this a 5-star review, and I can’t wait to see if there is a continuation of this series.  I highly recommend this Author and her books.

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