My First Blog Update

Well, what a month it has been since I started my Little Book Worm blog...

I have discovered a whole host of wonderful people within the publishing industry; authors, publishers, fellow bloggers and readers and I must say, what an amazing group they are! All filled with lovely and meaningful advice and always happy to help and promote each other, it really is a joy to be involved with these great people!

My most successful blog post is by far the absolutely amazing The Sister by Louise Jensen, what a flipping book... With over 600 views, I was blown away!

I've read some great books over the last couple of weeks, including:

• Silent Scream by Angela Marsons
• Mummy's Favourite by Sarah Flint
• The Fire Child by S.K Tremayne
• Local Missing Girl by Claire Douglas
• The Step Mother by Claire Seeber
• Willow Cottage (Sunshine & Secrets Part 1) by Bella Osborne

And I even had my first ever book banner quote by Aria Fiction with a quote taken from my review!

I've just added an email subscription option to my site (only just figured out how to do it!) so feel free to sign up!

Over the next few weeks you can expect reviews of the following:

• In the Wake of Death by Billy McLaughin
• The Good Husband by Christobel Kent
• The Lost Girls by Angela Marsons
• Evil Games by Angela Marsons
• Cut To The Bone by Alex Cann
• Play Dead by Angela Marsons

I am certain you may have noticed a theme running through my TBR pile... I read my first Ms Marsons book, Silent Scream last week and boy oh boy, what a book it is! I was gripped, totally and utterly adore the way she wrote and as such, I downloaded the rest of her books on my Kindle immediately, I have these to read for pleasure though as I have a few reviews to do for others first (which is obviously brilliant, but at the same time I want to read more D.I Stone!!)

I am also working on writing some retrospective reviews of the book s I have read in the past, this is taking a while though as I am reading and working on the current book reviews! One thing I have noticed since starting this blog is that I am never not reading, having recently given up a career in sales to start training as a proofreader, all I seem to do at the moment is read, read & read some more!!! I took a little part time job in customer services for a carpet manufacturer and as it's all phone based, I can read in-between calls - which is brilliant!

Well, I'm heading off to start another book, the lovely Shell Barker over at https://www.facebook.com/groups/CrimeBookClub/ has asked for a review so I best get started... Then next on the list is Christobel Kent's The Good Husband which I will be completing for www.TheBookBag.co.uk

Hope you all have a great week get in touch if you would like me to review a book or just to say hi!

Love & all that jazz

Emma x

 

Mummy's Favourite by Sarah Flint

Aria (1 Aug. 2016)

The blurb . . .

He's watching ... He's waiting ... Who's next?

Buried in a woodland grave are a mother and her child. One is alive. One is dead.
DC 'Charlie' Stafford is assigned by her boss, DI Geoffrey Hunter to assist with the missing person investigation, where mothers and children are being snatched in broad daylight.
As more pairs go missing, the pressure mounts. Leads are going cold. Suspects are identified but have they got the right person?
Can Charlie stop the sadistic killer whose only wish is to punish those deemed to have committed a wrong? Or will she herself unwittingly become a victim.
A gripping, heart-stopping crime thriller, introducing new series character DC Charlotte 'Charlie' Stafford of the London Metropolitan Police.

My thoughts . . .

This is an absolutely fantastic debut novel,

I genuinely can't believe this is the first book written by Flint!

Mummy's Favourite introduces us to DC Charlotte Stafford, Charlie, a police officer in London who is called to work on a missing persons case. A mother and her son have disappeared, seemingly having run away from an abusive marriage, but why has she only taken one of her children?

The plot thickens as 2 more women go missing along with one of their children and the men in their lives weave webs of lies and deceit that Charlie must unravel to get to the truth before time runs out for the missing women.

From the very first page this book had me hooked. The prologue alone had my heart in my mouth and covered in goosebumps!

I loved the authors style of writing, giving us the perfect amount of descriptive prose to enable a connection with the characters and locations, without being boring, repetitive or tedious. I was really able to relate to the main character, she's not perfect, she has a past and she has had to prove herself good enough in her male dominated world.

The story line was unlike any I have read before, with twists and turns throughout, you are left thinking you have managed to solve it only to have another spanner thrown in the works and realise you are completely off track!

Without giving anything away, this is a brilliantly written, nail biting, edge of your seat thriller with a pace that never lets up, with breath-taking twists and shocking turns you will be left guessing until the very end! 

Do not start reading this unless you are prepared to read it all in one go!

DC Stafford and her team are so brilliantly written I just can't wait for the next instalment!

I would like to thank the publishers for providing me with an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.