From the Book Elf

No More Tomorrows  by Olivia Lockhart and Hal Lambert  No More Tomorrows by Olivia Lockhart and Hal Lambert was published early in 2026. My thanks to Olivia for sending me a copy to review and to  Rachel's Random Things for inviting me onto the tour. Synopsis Two eras. One aching heart. 1917 –   At Cambridge University, American scholar Harry Turchin never expects to lose himself to desire. But Annie Mackenzie—soft-spoken, grieving, and luminous—claims his heart from their very first kiss. Their love is swift, fierce, and intoxicating. Married just days before Harry is sent to war, their passion is ripped apart when the trenches claim everything he knows, and Harry is thrown into a future that should not exist. 1967 –   The free-spirited sixties are alive with rhythm, rebellion, and possibility. Harry awakens to a world he doesn’t recognise—and to Annalise Taylor, as bold and captivating as the era itself. Brilliant, independent, and achingly alive, she rouse...

The Sunken Sailor  by Patricia Moyes The Sunken Sailor by Patricia Moyes was published by Farrago  on 2nd April 2026 and is the second book in The Inspector Tibbett series. My thanks to Farrago for sending me a copy to review and to  Random Things Tours for inviting me onto the tour. Synopsis Inspector Henry Tibbett and his wife, Emmy, are enjoying a holiday on a friend's yacht, lazily sailing from one little English sea-town to the next. It should all be delicious indolence... except that Henry can't stop thinking about death. Well, one death in particular. The death of a local sailor. And he really can't stop thinking about it when it starts looking as though the drowned sailor is somehow connected to the robbery at a nearby manor house. My Thoughts The Sunken Sailor is a Cosy Crime Mystery that was written in the late 1950’s/60’s following on from the likes of Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers whose writings were now in the past. In the Inspector Tibbett series Moyes ...

Stories of Hope From Auschwitz by Petra Stevenson Stories of Hope From Auschwitz was published on 26th March 2026 by Summersdale. Thankyou to Random Things Tours for inviting me onto the tour. About the Book An uplifting collection of real-life stories of the rebels, resistance fighters, saboteurs, escapees and survivors who held on to hope through the horrors of the Holocaust When Auschwitz was liberated in 1945, after the horror of one of history's greatest atrocities, the world rejoiced. Although seven thousand people had survived this ordeal, the camp had also been witness to countless others who had resisted, sabotaged and even escaped from their captors. Some fought for their freedom or against injustice, and others disrupted Nazi operations. Then there were those who found ways to hold on to hope and positivity and spread it to their fellow inmates - a source of light in one of the world's darkest places. Stories of Hope from Auschwitz celebrates those heroes of ...

Like Me  by Katharine Light A Huge Thankyou to Katharine for sending me a copy of Like Me to review  and to Rachel at Rachel's Random Resources for inviting me onto the book tour. Synopsis When exhausted single-mum Jess returns to Manchester for her twenty-year school reunion, she’s hoping for nothing more than a well-deserved break from reality. What she’s not expecting is to bump into her secret teenage crush, hot single-dad Sam, or to remember quite how much they have in common.  But they live so far apart, their kids aren’t always easy, and there are events in their shared past it’s best not to revisit. Surely the idea of a future together is just a crazy dream in their messy, adult lives?  Though when Sam invites Jess to accompany him to a mutual friend’s high-profile wedding, the years they spent apart once again melt away. What will it take for them to be together? Can they use their second chance to finally get it right ? My Thoughts This was an easy , thou...

Dead Heat by Sabine Durrant Dead Heat by Sabine Durrant was published on 12th March 2026 by Century. My thanks to the author and publisher for sending me a copy to review and to  Random Things Tours for inviting me onto the tour. Synopsis Former journalist Matt Grimshaw's life is at a low ebb. He's 51, he's been 'let go' by the paper where he's worked for years, and his relationship with his long-term girlfriend has come unstuck. So when an invitation arrives from his two closest friends, Celia and Adam Murphy, to join them at their villa in Greece, he jumps at it. It may be harsh and unwelcoming on the Mani Peninsula but Matt determines to stay there for the whole summer and to write his much put-off screen-play. But then the Murphys plus children arrive, and a wealthy newcomer to the area starts throwing loud and lavish parties in his big house across the bay. As the nights become hotter and the parties wilder, everyone's motivations darken. Envy r...