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Year of the Lynx by Lizzie Lane

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Year of the Lynx by Lizzie Lane  Year of the Lynx by Lizzie Lane was published in 2026.  My thanks to Lizzie for sending me a copy to review and to Rachel's Random Resources for inviting me onto the tour. Synopsis When the news comes of Roman invasion, Morcant the druid, also known as brother of the lynx, heads for home only to find it destroyed, the flames reaching the sky. Overcome by a thirst for vengeance he joins the army of Caradoc, who the Romans call Caractacus. As a druid, he becomes a trusted advisor and his advice is to head west with a view to uniting the disparate tribes. After their main settlement is lost, the bedraggled host head west into action and adventure where not all tribes are willing to fight, and some are too terrible to make allies. My Thoughts Year of the Lynx is the first book in The Celtic Chronicles and is the story of Morcant, a Druid, at the time of the Roman invasion. The first thing the book does is introduce you to the main characters which...
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Call Of The Isles by Tantallon Tìr

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Call Of The Isles  by Tantallon Tìr Call of the Isles is a collection of short stories published by Tantallon Tir on 1st May 2026. My thanks to the publisher for sending me a copy to review and to  Random Things Tours for inviting me onto the tour. Call of the Isles is a Scottish anthology curated and published by Glasgow-based publisher Tantallon Tìr, founded by brothers John Gerard Fagan and Michael Anthony Fagan. From St Kilda to Samoa, Call of the Isles sails into islands beset with grief, violence, hope, regret, and recovery .   My Thoughts This is a very good collection of thought provoking short stories from Scottish writers and writers who are based in Scotland    that will have you thinking outside the box. Each story deserves to be read in its entirety and fully digested and thought about before moving to the next one. Consequently I find it enjoyable as a book to have handy for when I want to read but know I cannot sit down for hours . Even th...
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Nothing Left Behind by Hannah Brennan

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Nothing Left Behind  by Hannah Brennan Nothing Left Behind by Hannah Brennan was published on 23rd April by Harper Collins. 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 ‘Emergency. Which service do you require?’  ‘He’s trying to burn down my house. He’s going to kill me.’  Anne Evans was a 'nuisance caller'. She would repetitively dial 999 in desperate panic, screaming down the phone that 'he' was going to burn her alive… But after years of false alarms, people stopped listening. Now, as the smoke clears, DCI Liz Field can only watch helplessly as Anne’s charred home collapses, her body still trapped inside. The blaze leaves scant evidence behind, but the more Field's team uncover in the rubble, the more disturbing the case becomes. This wasn't merely arson, it was murder, tailored to the victim’s worst nightmare. Everyone thought Anne was just a paranoid recluse. But i...
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The Woman In The Wall by Heidi Amsinck

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The Woman in the Wall by Heidi Amsinck The Woman In The Wall by Heidi Amsinck  Published on 23rd April 2026 by Muswell Press M y 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 A gruesome discovery in a Copenhagen apartment. A desperate author’s dark secret. A stalker who will stop at nothing, to destroy everything…Jensen returns in her most sinister case yet. When human remains turn up behind an apartment wall DI Henrik Jungersen finds himself on the trail of a killer who has been hiding in plain sight. Meanwhile, Jensen should be enjoying maternity leave but life has other plans. Legendary author, Valde Brix, is claiming to be her father. But Brix has an ulterior motive. Then a woman connected to Brix turns up brutally murdered, and Jensen and her teenage apprentice Gustav become embroiled in Henrik’s investigation. It soon becomes chillingly clear that the stalker will stop at nothing....
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No More Tomorrows by Olivia Lockhart and Hal Lambert

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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...
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