Today is my stop on the blog tour for Lies Between Us by the wonderful Ronnie Turner!
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​Three people, leading very different lives, are about to be brought together – with devastating consequences . . .
 
John has a perfect life, until the day his daughter goes missing.
 
Maisie cares for her patients, but hides her own traumatic past.
 
Miller should be an innocent child, but is obsessed with something he can’t have.
 
They all have something in common, though none of them know it – and the truth won’t stay hidden for long . . .

​I just want to start off by saying how incredibly honoured I feel to be able to take part in this tour! I’ve always loved Ronnie’s #BookSnaps and brilliant reviews and I think that she’s a wonderful blogger, but now it turns out that she’s a fantastic author too!!
I was gripped from the opening of Lies Between Us and I found it to be very impactful with vivid imagery and dark themes which drew me right in. Yet woven into this darkness and sense of foreboding which ran throughout the book was plenty of emotion which was written so expertly and really pulled at the heartstrings.
Turner manages to get right to the core of her characters and really explore the complexity of human emotions and for me this was fascinating to read.
I’m going to try and avoid talking about the plot as I really don’t want to spoil it and I think that it would be very easy for me to inadvertently give something away, so all I will say, is that it’s brilliant and multi-layered, a little complex at times but if you pay attention you’ll definitely be rewarded.
I must admit that I did guess a big part of the storyline but I thoroughly enjoyed the journey to the end and trying to work out all of the little details in between and actually I think it made reading more exciting for me and added an extra layer of suspense.
As I mentioned earlier, it’s a very dark and sinister read, and one which you may need to prepare yourself for in some scenes, but honestly it’s completely impossible to look away from even during the darkest parts and it’ll have you reading on and on right until the very end.
Overall, I’m giving Lies Between Us 4 out of 5. It’s gripping, sinister and shocking. I think we’ll be seeing plenty more from Ronnie Turner.
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​Ronnie Turner grew up in Cornwall, the youngest in a large family. At an early age, she discovered a love of literature and dreamed of being a published author. Ronnie now lives in Dorset with her family and three dogs. In her spare time, she reviews books on her blog and enjoys long walks on the coast. She is currently working on her second novel.
 
Ronnie's debut novel, Lies Between Us, will be published by HQ Digital in October 2018.
 
Find her on:
 
Twitter: @Ronnie_ _Turner
 
Facebook: @RonnieTurnerAuthor
 
Instagram: @ronnieturner8702
 
Website: www.ronnieturner.wordpress.com
 
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40169201-lies-between-us

Today is my stop on the blog tour for Macbeth by Jo Nesbo where I'm posting a review and a giveaway!
Thanks so much to Mia for organising the tour and don't forget to check out the rest of the stops!

He’s the best cop they’ve got.
 
When a drug bust turns into a bloodbath it’s up to Inspector Macbeth and his team to clean up the mess.
 
He’s also an ex-drug addict with a troubled past.
 
He’s rewarded for his success. Power. Money. Respect. They’re all within reach.
 
But a man like him won’t get to the top.
 
Plagued by hallucinations and paranoia, Macbeth starts to unravel. He’s convinced he won’t get what is rightfully his.
 
Unless he kills for it.

​Whilst I’ve never read Shakespeare’s Macbeth, I am aware of the rough plot outline and it was brilliant to see how Jo Nesbo followed this same plot but still managed to put his own contemporary stamp on his version of Macbeth. He’s created a city full of drugs, crime and police corruption and really brought it to life with such skilled writing. (Translated by Don Bartlett who’s done an absolutely fantastic job.)
Although it did take me a little while to get into at the beginning, suddenly it draws you right in and once this happened, I was absolutely riveted and didn’t want to put it down. It’s very dark and violent and even ruthless at times, but this just contributes to the intensity, tension and very strong atmosphere of the novel as it builds up towards the dramatic end.
This is the first Jo Nesbo book I’ve read and I think it’s the perfect one to start off with if you haven’t read anything by him either as its completely standalone enabling you to dive straight in and really enjoy it.
Overall, I’m giving Macbeth 4 out of 5. It’s dark, atmospheric and riveting. I’ll definitely be reading more by Jo Nesbo.

I'm very lucky to have a copy of Macbeth to give away! To enter, head over to twitter and follow my account (@mistimoobooks) then just retweet the tweet with the above picture. The giveaway will be open from today (22/09/18) for two weeks (6/10/18).
Best of luck!

​Jo Nesbo is one of the world’s bestselling crime writers, with The Leopard, Phantom, Police, The Son and his latest Harry Hole novel, The Thirst, all topping the Sunday Times bestseller charts. He's an international number one bestseller and his books are published in 50 languages, selling over 33 million copies around the world.
 
Before becoming a crime writer, Nesbo played football for Norway’s premier league team Molde, but his dream of playing professionally for Spurs was dashed when he tore ligaments in his knee at the age of eighteen. After three years military service he attended business school and formed the band Di derre ('Them There'). They topped the charts in Norway, but Nesbo continued working as a financial analyst, crunching numbers during the day and gigging at night. When commissioned by a publisher to write a memoir about life on the road with his band, he instead came up with the plot for his first Harry Hole crime novel, The Bat.
 
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Today, I'm kicking off the John le Carré blog tour! I'm so excited to be taking part and even more excited to be celebrating John le Carré's wonderful achievement of becoming the living author with the greatest number of works awarded the classic status on the 27th of September, after Penguin complete a major nine-year project to publish twenty-one of his novels in Penguin Modern Classics.
Like celebrated authors Samuel Beckett, James Joyce and George Orwell, John le Carré's presence on the Penguin Modern Classics list acknowledges him not just as a writer for today but for all time.
For over half a century John le Carré has exposed and interrogated the murky world of espionage, from the Cold War to the War on Terror, creating masterpieces that have come to define the age and change the way we look at the world. A master storyteller, his books grip readers around the world — from his Cold War novels, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, to recent works The Pigeon Tunnel and A Legacy of Spies.
New to the list will be The Little Drummer Girl — a page-turning story of love and loyalty set against the backdrop of the Middle East conflict and the subject of a major six-part BBC adaptation this October. Produced by the award-winning team behind The Night Manager, The Little Drummer Girl will star Alexander Skarsgård and Florence Pugh.

With a novel like this, it’s really easy to see why le Carré’s works have become classics. Smiley’s People is written with such skill and precision that you can’t help appreciating the masterful writing as you read. The plotting is tight and intricate with just the right balance of detail and action that kept me reading on and on.
At 426 pages, it could be quite a long read for some people, but don’t let that put you off, as once you become absorbed in the book it feels like no time at all, so it’s well worth persevering if that sort of length usually scares you.
All of the characters are brilliantly drawn, they’re so human, with their personalities, quirks, strengths and weaknesses captured and explored so very well.
I also loved the fact that le Carré doesn’t give everything away too fast. He slowly builds up to the climax, maintaining the tension throughout.
Overall, I’m giving Smiley’s People 4.5 out of 5. It’s sophisticated, gripping and gritty and I’d highly recommend giving it a read.
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To celebrate John le Carré becoming the living author with the greatest number of works awarded the classic status, I have one copy of Smiley's People to give away! To enter, simply head over to my twitter account here, follow me and retweet the tweet with the above image! Best of luck, it really is a fantastic read!

Today is my stop on the blog tour for The Guilty Dead by P.J. Tracy! Thanks so much to Katie for organising the tour.
Don't forget to check out the other stops too!

​Gregory Norwood, wealthy businessman and close friend of Minnesota's leading candidate for Governor, is found dead on the first anniversary of his son's drug overdose. It seems clear to Detectives Gino and Magozzi that grief drove him to suicide.
 
Until they realise the left-handed man seems to have used his right hand to pull the trigger.
 
And they find the second body.
 
As the seemingly open-and-shut case becomes a murder enquiry, the detectives begin to delve into the dark secrets of one of the city's most powerful families. It seems the murders are not the first in the Norwoods' tragic story - and they won't be the last . . .

​The ninth in a series of thrillers by mother and daughter duo P.J. Tracy and the first written by just Traci after her mother sadly passed away, The Guilty Dead is an absolutely cracking read which had me hooked the whole way through.
It’s the first of this series that I’ve read, and I’m certainly going to go back and read the others. If you haven’t read any of this series previously either, I’d recommend reading the books in order from the beginning if you can, because although I thought the characters were well developed and established and the main story was completely contained in this book, I think I would’ve got even more from the story if I’d been able to watch the characters progress and grow right from the start and I think there were a few little references which I might’ve missed.
The plot was well thought out and felt very topical and relevant to today whilst the more serious moments were well balanced with moments of humour between the characters which I greatly appreciated. The author is also masterful in the way she reveals information gradually to build up the tension until the very end.
Overall, I'm giving The Guilty Dead 4.5 out of 5 stars. It's a thrilling story, which is packed with action and some brilliant unexpected twists.
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​P. J. Tracy was the pseudonym for the mother-and-daughter writing team of P. J. and Traci Lambrecht. Together P. J. and Traci were authors of the bestselling thrillers Want to Play? (a Richard and Judy Book Club pick), Live Bait, Dead Run, Snow Blind, Play to Kill, Two Evils, Cold Kill and Nothing Stays Buried. P. J. passed away in 2016, but Traci is continuing the series with The Guilty Dead.

Today is my stop on the blogtour for The Emperor of Shoes by Spencer Wise. Thanks so much to Anne for organising the tour.
Don't forget to check out the rest of the stops.