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#Bookreview THE NEVER GAME (A COLTER SHAW NOVEL BOOK 1) by Jeffery Deaver (@JefferyDeaver) (@HarperCollinsUK). Twists, turns, a fascinating backdrop and a new hero

Posted on June 24, 2019 by OlgaNunez 6 Comments

Hi all: Today I bring you the latest novel by a very well-know author. The Never Game (A Colter Shaw Novel Book 1) by Jeffery Deaver From the bestselling and award-winning master of suspense, the first novel in a thrilling new series, introducing Colter Shaw. “You have been abandoned.” A young woman has gone missing

Posted in Book review, Book reviews adventures, Colter Shaw, Haper Collins UK, kidnapping, new series, Silicon Valley, survivalist, The Never Game, thriller

#TuesdayBookBlog WILL RISE FROM ASHES by Jean M. Grant (@JeanGrant05). An ambitious road-novel about a woman who finds herself among the chaos #RBRT

Posted on June 18, 2019 by OlgaNunez 26 Comments

Hi all: Today I bring you one of my reviews for Rosie’s Book Review Team. I think many of you will enjoy this book. Will Rise from Ashes by Jean M. Grant Living is more than mere survival. Young widow AJ Sinclair has persevered through much heartache. Has she met her match when the Yellowstone

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog anxiety, autism, driving, grief, road-movie, super volcano, women's fiction, Yellowstone

#Book review BARNSLEY AT WAR 1939–45 (YOUR TOWNS & CITIES IN WORLD WAR TWO) by Mark Green (@penswordbooks). #WWII

Posted on June 17, 2019 by OlgaNunez 17 Comments

Hi all: I bring you another non-fiction book from one of Pen & Sword collections that I think will interest many: Barnsley at War 1939–45 (Your Towns & Cities in World War Two) by Mark Green. A wonderful chronicle for anybody interested in local history The ‘eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the

Posted in Book review, Book reviews Barnsley, bomb raids, bomb shelters, local history, non-fiction, Pen & Sword, Penistone, Spanish Civil War, WWII, Yorkshire

#TuesdayBookBlog #Bookreview THE THIRTEENTH GUARDIAN by KM Lewis (@kmlewisbooks) Dystopia, mythology, apocalypse, and conspiracy theories

Posted on June 11, 2019 by OlgaNunez 14 Comments

Hi all: This is the beginning of a series full of possibilities, although I’m not sure it’s for me. The Thirteenth Guardian by KM Lewis Da Vinci’s secret pales. Michelangelo concealed an explosive truth in his famous Creation of Man fresco in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican. Everything we have been taught about Eve

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog ancient documents, artefacts, Bible, dystopia, mythology, post-apocalyptic, religion, YA

#Bookreview SUFFRAGETTES (IMAGES OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES) by Lauren Willmott (@penswordbooks) #womenshistory

Posted on June 10, 2019 by OlgaNunez 10 Comments

Hi all: I bring you another book by Pen & Sword, and one that I feel remains very relevant. Re-reading the history of the UK suffragettes and the movement to get votes for women, I could not help but notice similarities with the current situation. The struggle is far from over, but we must always

Posted in Book review, Book reviews History, Pankhurst, Pen & Sword, suffragettes, UK history, women's history, women's suffrage, women's vote

#TuesdayBookBlog THE HEAD IN THE ICE: A BOWMAN OF THE YARD INVESTIGATION by Richard James (@RichardNJames). A masterful new Victorian #mystery series. #RBRT

Posted on June 4, 2019 by OlgaNunez 16 Comments

Hi all: I bring you the review of the first book in a new Victorian mystery series, another great discovery from Rosie’s Book Review Team. The Head in the Ice: A Bowman of the Yard Investigation by Richard James (@RichardNJames). Who would send a madman to solve a murder? Just released from a Lunatic Asylum,

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog historical fiction, London, lunatic asylum, mystery, police procedural, PTSD, Scotland Yard, Victorian mystery

#Bookreview VOICES OF THE CODEBREAKERS: PERSONAL ACCOUNTS OF THE SECRET HEROES OF WORLD WAR II by Michael Paterson (@penswordbooks). Personal stories that must be heard

Posted on June 3, 2019 by OlgaNunez 21 Comments

Hi all: I bring you another one of Pen & Sword books that I think will interest many of you. Voices of the Codebreakers: Personal accounts of the secret heroes of World War II by Michael Paterson Alongside the open conflict of World War II there were other, hidden wars – the wars of communication,

Posted in Book review, Book reviews Alan Turing, Bletchley Park, code breakers, Enigma, History, Pen & Sword, WWII

#TuesdayBookBlog DO NO HARM #charity boxset of #Medicalthillers. Unmissable.

Posted on May 28, 2019 by OlgaNunez 18 Comments

Hi all: An author and blogger whose work I love, Christoph Fischer, made a call for bloggers (check it here) to share his newest project, the boxset DO NO HARM where 17 authors have joined forces to support a very good cause, AniCira. I think most of you will be familiar with many of the

Posted in Book launch, book promo, Book review, Tuesday Book Blog Anicira, animal shelter, Book review, charity boxset, medical thriller, multi-author boxset, Tuesday Book Blog, veterinary

#Bookreview 2,000 YEARS OF MANCHESTER by Kathryn Coase (@penswordbooks). Packed with facts and curio, a fun read and an excellent reference book

Posted on May 27, 2019 by OlgaNunez 13 Comments

Hi all: A book I thoroughly enjoyed for this Monday. 2,000 Years of Manchester by Kathryn Coase. This is not a chronological history of Manchester with lists of facts and figures. Rather, it is an eclectic mix of fact, fiction, legend and myth which presents the history of Manchester from its beginnings as a Roman

Posted in Book review, Book reviews buildings, crime, customs, History, Manchester, Pen & Sword, reference book, society, UK

#TuesdayBookBlog #FURIOUS HOURS: MURDER, FRAUD, AND THE LAST TRIAL OF HARPER LEE by Casey Cep (@cncep). Wonderful!

Posted on May 21, 2019 by OlgaNunez 24 Comments

Hi all: I bring you a book that is getting a fair amount of attention, well-deserved, in my opinion. Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep. A great book about a great writer and a mystery (or several). ‘A triumph on every level. One of the losses to

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog Alabama, biography, Harper Lee, History, In Cold Blood, non-fiction, Reverend Maxwell, Southern writing, To Kill a Mockingbird, Truman Capote