ARC Review – A Fatal Crossing

Title: A Fatal CrossingAuthor: Tom HindleRelease Date: 20/1/2022E.S.C.A.P.E Score: 44(see below for breakdown) 4 stars ★★★★ I received a free eARC copy from Century Books ,via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. From Goodreads: November 1924. The Endeavour sets sail from Southampton carrying 2,000 passengers and crew on a…

Mini Review – The ABC Murders

Title: The ABC MurdersAuthor: Agatha ChristieSeries: Hercule Poirot #13 5 stars ★★★★★ From Goodreads: There’s a serial killer on the loose, working his way through the alphabet and the whole country is in a state of panic. A is for Mrs. Ascher in Andover, B is for Betty Barnard in Bexhill, C is for Sir…

Mini Review – Wyrd Sisters

Title: Wyrd SistersAuthor: Terry PratchettSeries: Discworld #6, Witches #2 4 stars ★★★★ From Goodreads: Witches are not by nature gregarious, and they certainly don't have leaders. Granny Weatherwax was the most highly regarded of the leaders they didn't have. But even she found that meddling in royal politics was a lot more difficult than certain…

Diving into Discworld – Review Roundup

Yesterday I formally launched my Terry Pratchett Project where I am aiming to read my way through the various subseries of Pratchett's Discworld books. However, I informally started this project outside of my blog last year so I have a couple of mini reviews to catch you guys up with as I update the project…

Arc Review – The Maid

Title: The MaidAuthor: Nita ProseRelease Date: 20/1/2022E.S.C.A.P.E Score: 37(see below for breakdown) 3.5 stars ★★★★ I received a free eARC copy from HarperCollins UK ,via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. From Goodreads: Molly Gray is not like everyone else. She struggles with social skills and misreads the intentions…

Mini Review – A Murder is Announced

Title: A Murder is Announced Author: Agatha ChrsiteSeries: Ms Marple #5 4 stars ★★★★ From Goodreads: The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Jane Marple, are agog with curiosity over an advertisement in the local gazette which reads: ‘A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30 p.m.’…

Audio ARC review – The Christie Affair

Title: The Christie AffairAuthor: Nina De GramontNarrator: Lucy ScottRelease Date: 20/1/22E.S.C.A.P.E Score: 30(see below for breakdown) 3 stars ★★★ I received a free eARC copy from Macmillian Audio UK and Mantle Books ,via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. From Goodreads: In 1926, Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days.…

Agatha Christie Project Update 2022

In 2021 I relaunched my Agatha Christie Project aiming to read all 66 of Christie's Mysteries. I also aimed to mini review them all and compile them all on my Agatha Christie Project page to track progress. I decided to restart this project in 2021 as I joined a Poirot buddy read that aimed to…

ARC Review – The Twyford Code

Title: The Twyford CodeAuthor: Janice HallettRelease Date: 13/01/2022E.S.C.A.P.E Score: 58(see below for breakdown) 5 stars ★★★★★ I received a free eARC copy from Viper Books ,via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. From Goodreads: It's time to solve the murder of the century... Forty years ago, Steven Smith found…