Karen Cole

My #readingrecommendation for @ListenToAlfred this week is #TheMissingHour by @rutherfordbooks. thisisalfred.com/podcast/the-al… (from approx 55:54) @HodderBooks

“A modern day thriller featuring fiendish puzzles, secrets and religious conspiracies dating back to ancient times will inevitably invite comparisons with Dan Brown's books – although I'd argue that this is better!” 😱 Thank you @karlou!!!

#BookReview #BlogTour #TheHereticCypher by @MurrayBaileybks 'I was completely engrossed throughout and this intelligent, gripping thriller kept me guessing until the final page.' hairpastafreckle72.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-he…

I've chosen The Heretic Cypher by @MurrayBaileybks as my reading recommendation for @ListenToAlfred this week. thisisalfred.com/podcast/the-al… (from approx 55:14)

I am beyond thrilled to be able to share my love for The Betrayal of Thomas True by @AJWestAuthor again today. I will shout about this spectacular book forever! hairpastafreckle72.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-be… @OrendaBooks @RandomTTours #ThomasTrue #AlwaysTogether

#BookReview #ShatterCreek by #RodReynolds 'Shatter Creek is a nuanced, breathlessly exciting read which encapsulates everything I love in a police procedural.' hairpastafreckle72.blogspot.com/2025/07/shatte… @OrendaBooks

Huge thanks to @FaberBooks for sending me a fabulous #HarrogateAtHome box. It's the next best thing to being at @HarrogateFest! The cat insisted on photobombing and so we did a photo shoot with the dog and tortoises too! #TheakstonsCrime

#TheMissingHour is still only 99p - I’d tell you what a bargain it is but don’t take my word for it - Karen has summed it far better that I can 👇👇👇 amzn.eu/d/0RCGNzW

#BookReview #TheMissingHour by @rutherfordbooks is an exceptional, unmissable thriller – undoubtedly one of my top reads of the year. hairpastafreckle72.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-mi… @HodderBooks

The Betrayal of Thomas True by A.J. West @AJWestAuthor @OrendaBooks @RandomTTours liveanddeadly.net/2025/07/07/the…

Welcome to my stop on the @RandomTTours #BlogTour for the paperback release of the heart-wrenching historical fiction novel #TheBetrayalOfThomasTrue by @AJWestAuthor 🦚 Out now in stunning purple from @OrendaBooks 💜 brownflopsy.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-be…

#BookReview #Blogathon #OneByOne by Chris Carter hairpastafreckle72.blogspot.com/2025/07/one-by… @simonschusterUK @Tr4cyF3nt0n

My book recommendation for @ListenToAlfred this week is the phenomenal Kill Them With Kindness by @will_carver thisisalfred.com/podcast/the-al… (from approx 51:04) @OrendaBooks

Hear, hear! 'Dark, funny and moving, Kill Them With Kindness is Will Carver at his perceptive, provocative best' EXCELLENT review of @will_carver's #KillThemWithKindness! OUT NOW! #Booktwitter #SFF #thrillers #Virus #pandemic

'While we are goaded into reflecting upon our own complicity in accepting the worst from our politicians, embracing the vacuity and manipulation fed to us through traditional and social media…Will Carver then blindsides us with small, quiet moments of self-sacrifice and courage'

'It's not just an outbreak of kindness or entitled, corrupt leaders which threaten the world. Horrifying images are broadcast of people succumbing to a deadly gas in China and now it's headed for Great Britain. With no means to escape, every citizen is prescribed a suicide pill'

'It's not just the great and not-so-good who Will Carver holds a mirror up to and as always, it's discomfiting to recognise many of our own quirks, flaws and failings as the virus spreads and little pockets of kindness begin to be observed' #KillThemWithKindness @will_carver

'Unlike the politicians, he doesn't want to make people sick, scared and compliant, he dreams of a world where people are kinder to one another. He calls his mutation of the deadly Tau virus, CompX and after testing it on himself, unleashes compassion on the world'