Lynda’s Book Reviews and News

🎉🎉 BOOK GIVEAWAY 🎉🎉 Home Before Dark by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir Translated by Victoria Cribb Thanks to @OrendaBooks @RandomTTours I have one copy of this brilliant book to #giveaway To enter ❤️ RP follow tag a friend or two Extra entry on my FB /IG pages T&C’s in comments

📮📮BOOK POST📮📮 Many thanks @canelo_co for this proof copy of #TheSilentOnes by @annamcpartlin Published 4th September this is a dark and gripping Irish crime debut from an international best selling author Looking forward to reading this.

📮📮BOOK POST📮📮 Many thanks @AvonBooksUK for this gorgeous copy of #TheWartimeLibrariansSecret by #MollyGreen Available now this sounds like a wonderful story

📮📮BOOK POST📮📮 Many thanks @ManchesterUP for this proof copy of #WildForAusten by @devoneylooser Published 2nd September and including “ remarkable details never before published” Sounds fascinating

🎉🙌🏻 Let’s help Laura’s book get into the top 100 in the Kindle chart on Amazon!! 🙌🏻🎉 #TheWomanWhoMetHerself by @LauraPAuthor is currently only 99p on Kindle or free to borrow on Prime Reading. Link: amazon.co.uk/Woman-Who-Hers…

📚🍽️TRANSWORLD LUNCH🍽️📚 Was delighted to be invited to the #TransworldBooks lunch in Harrogate The wonderful @alisonbarrow introduced us to 3 debut authors, and wow, what a stellar line-up! 📖 How To Get Away With Murder 📖 Esther Is Now Following You 📖 A Bad, Bad Place

So excited to be joining the @TeamBATC cover reveal for #LetTheBellsRingOut, the new @millyjohnson novel publishing on 23/10/25. Seven people, one snowdrift and a Christmas stuck on board a luxury sleeper train. This festive season getting away from it all takes on a new meaning!

📟Book Review📟 Today it’s my stop on the blog tour for A Crime Through Time by Amelia Blackwell #ACrimeThroughTime #AmeliaBlackwell @panmacmillan @chlodavies97 bookshortie.wordpress.com/2025/07/23/boo…

So excited to be joining the @TeamBATC cover reveal for #LetTheBellsRingOut, the new @millyjohnson novel publishing on 23/10/25. Seven people, one snowdrift and a Christmas stuck on board a luxury sleeper train. This festive season getting away from it all takes on a new meaning!

Thank you so much ⁦@FaberBooks⁩ for my #HarrogateAtHome box of crime! These all look great, and it was accompanied by my favourite soft drink! #TheConfessions #TheGoodPatient #TheChristmasClue #MurderTakesAVacation

🥂PAN MACMILLAN PARTY @ HARROGATE🥂 Yes I know, another Harrogate post, but I couldn’t not mention the wonderful @panmacmillan party event! Was lucky enough to be given a copy of #DissectionOfAMurder by @jomurraywrites (May 2026) - thank you for signing this too Jo!✍️❤️

Harrogate was a blast. Thank you to all the wonderful bloggers I met, the fabulous authors who kept us entertained & signed our books, the amazing publishers and their generosity and the team who put together such a special event @HarrogateFest #TheakstonsCrime See you in 2026

📕📕BOOK REVIEW📕📕 The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon Full review ➡️ t.ly/DaZgF “The story is good, well plotted and well written and encouraged me to look deeper into Martha and her life. A wonderful read, I enjoyed it a lot.” @ArielLawhon @_SwiftPress

📚CELEBRATING 15 YEARS OF DAVID RAKER📚 At Harrogate I had the absolute privilege of attending a very special event to celebrate @TimWeaverBooks & #TheLostWomen, his upcoming 15th book in the #DavidRaker series #Bookblogger #BookTwitter

*NEW BLOG POST* Today on #damppebbles I am sharing this week's #WWWWednesday post. Find out what I've recently finished reading, what I'm currently reading and what I plan to read next! Check out my post here... ➡️ buff.ly/dCwKS6P #BookTwitter #booktwt #bookish #books

📚COVER REVEAL📚 V excited to join the @TeamBATC cover reveal for #LetTheBellsRingOut, the new @millyjohnson coming Oct!📚 Seven people, one snowdrift & a Christmas stuck on board a luxury sleeper train - the festive season get away taking on a new meaning!❄️ #BookTwitter

So excited to be joining the @TeamBATC cover reveal for #LetTheBellsRingOut, the new @millyjohnson novel publishing on 23/10/25.Seven people, one snowdrift and a Christmas stuck on board a luxury sleeper train. This festive season getting away from it all takes on a new meaning!

Thank you #LikelySuspects for introducing me to a new author #RobertCrais here’s my review of #TheBigEmpty ⁦@simonschusterUK⁩ rutherfordreads.wordpress.com/2025/07/23/the…

🍾Book Review🍾 Today it’s my stop on the blog tour for The Serial Killer's Party by Amy Cunningham #TheSerialKillersParty #AmyCunningham @TransworldBooks @PenguinUKBooks @RandomTTours bookshortie.wordpress.com/2025/07/22/boo…

Crazy Rich Asians meets Succession with an interesting take on the immigrant experience - my review of the entertaining #ParkAvenue by #ReneeAhdieh is on Instagram for my stop on the #BlogTour instagram.com/p/DMaq8imISdD/… @RandomTTours @bedsqpublishers

📚TWO FOR TUESDAY - HARROGATE SPECIAL PART TWO!📚 Another #twofortuesdaybooks today to showcase #PartyOfLiars by @kelseycoxwriter & upcoming release #ThisStoryMightSaveYourLife by #TiffanyCrum, both received at a special Book Brunch event held by @HodderFiction ☕️ #BookTwitter