tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59731372094692743662024-03-13T20:39:06.084+00:00The Haphazardous HippoNeatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01445035700548174551noreply@blogger.comBlogger443125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973137209469274366.post-8847442523291196842023-08-27T06:30:00.001+00:002023-08-27T06:30:00.146+00:00 The Best Friend - Susanna Beard It's been a while since I've posted a review and I'm thrilled to be back with a review of The Best Friend by Susanna Beard which I thought was an enjoyable read!Alice and her boyfriend Jason live together, they have a happy life and things are ticking along nicely for them until Jason's childhood friend, Carl, unexpectedly arrives on their doorstep one night. Trouble has always followed Neatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01445035700548174551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973137209469274366.post-92153531363352371652023-01-21T07:30:00.001+00:002023-01-21T07:30:00.188+00:00Blog Tour - A Womb With A View - Mark Tilbury I couldn't wait to get my hands on a copy of MarkTilbury's new book, A Womb With A View and I was intrigued when I heard that he was veering away from his signature twisted genre and venturing into comic crime fiction.Private investigator Bob Blundell has been called to Featherstone Manor by Claudia, the lady of the manor, as she suspects that her husband, Eugene, is having an affair. Neatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01445035700548174551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973137209469274366.post-74613885718253153422022-09-17T06:30:00.001+00:002022-09-17T06:30:00.169+00:00Blog Tour - The Mensch - Leopold Borstinski Alex Cohen has always been a man of integrity, honour and noble character, or Mensch, despite being a gangster, so what a fitting title for the final novel in this exceptional series.Throughout his career Alex has rubbed shoulders with many well known historical figures from Fidel Castro to Frank Sinatra, but he knows that his career is coming to a close and he has several loose ends Neatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01445035700548174551noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973137209469274366.post-19787456881838037032022-09-04T06:30:00.002+00:002022-09-04T08:29:15.195+00:00The Maids of Biddenden - GD Harper I always enjoy reading historical fiction and even more so if it's inspired by real life so when I heard about The Maids of Biddenden I instantly knew it was a book that I wanted to read and I'm so pleased that I did. This book is stunning!The Maids of Biddenden were twins Mary and Eliza Chulkhurst who were born into a wealthy Kent family in 1100, but they were no ordinary twins as they Neatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01445035700548174551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973137209469274366.post-23909493807111766642022-07-17T06:30:00.002+00:002022-07-17T07:03:42.122+00:00Blog Tour - The Liar's Promise - Mark Tilbury Today I'm part of the blog tour for the relaunch of The Liar's Promise by the fabulously twisted author Mark Tilbury. I read this book for the first time back in December of 2017 and I still remember the Tall Man, albeit not fondly! Here is my review from back then.When Mel takes her four year old daughter Chloe to the local theatre,
she is stunned when Chloe starts screaming, refusing to Neatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01445035700548174551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973137209469274366.post-12473421813329779312022-07-03T06:30:00.006+00:002022-07-03T08:59:34.941+00:00The Cottage on Winter Moss - Allie Cresswell Dee is an author who has known huge success with her work but is now finding herself struggling to find a new story to tell. Her situation is made worse by the fact that she is no longer happy in her relationship with actor Ivor. Currently out of work, he is more than happy to let Dee support him while he galavants off to who knows where, doing who knows what and even landing her with a dogNeatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01445035700548174551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973137209469274366.post-2428772419864991322022-07-02T06:30:00.001+00:002022-07-02T06:30:00.181+00:00Blog Tour - The Love of my Other Life - C. J. Connolly The Love of my other Life opens with Josie Cavendish on her way to meet friends to celebrate her birthday when she's knocked off her bike. When she wakes up in hospital shortly afterwards her whole world has changed as somehow she's managed to enter into her very own parrallel universe! Sitting next to her bedside is a gorgeous man who tells her that she's his wife and when he takes her Neatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01445035700548174551noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973137209469274366.post-56945469171544083512022-07-02T06:00:00.001+00:002022-07-02T06:00:00.179+00:00Blog Tour - The Key to Death's Door - Mark Tilbury Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for the relaunch of The Key To Death's Door by Mark Tilbury. I first read this fabulous book in April 2018 and below is my review.
I'm sure you all have your favourites authors, the ones who when you
know they have a new book coming out, you just know that you HAVE to
read it. You don't need to know what it's about, you don't need a blurb .
. .&Neatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01445035700548174551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973137209469274366.post-71283600803066511332022-05-26T06:30:00.003+00:002022-05-26T07:16:27.772+00:00Blog Tour - The Orphanage Girls - Mary Wood I'm always excited to hear that Mary Wood has a new book coming out and even more so when it's the first book of a trilogy. I love meeting new characters and immersing myself in their lives.In The Orphanage Girls we meet Ruth, Amy and Ellen who all reside in Bethnal Green's infamous orphanage. Life is full of horrors for the girls and Ruth dreams of a better life outside the confines of theNeatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01445035700548174551noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973137209469274366.post-17260920169436665002022-03-21T17:21:00.000+00:002022-03-21T17:21:16.559+00:00The Hippo's Hidden Gems - Flowers for the Dead - Barbara Copperthwaite I've been on a little hiatus as I found myself suffering from a severe case of reading slump. I went for days, sometimes even a whole week, without picking up or even wanting to read a book. During this time I went back and revisited some older books I'd previously read and enjoyed and it got me thinking. There is always a buzz around new books but what about those books that have Neatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01445035700548174551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973137209469274366.post-14262662298825256692021-11-20T07:30:00.006+00:002021-11-20T07:30:00.175+00:00Blog Tour - Poetic Justice - Mark Tilbury If you're a regular reader on my little blog then you'll know just how much I love Mark Tilbury's books so I was excited to get my hands on his latest release Poetic Justice. As well as writing novels, Mark also enjoys writing poetry and Poetic Justice is a delightfully twisted collection of five short stories and novella's which all begin with a poem which inspired the story - an ideaNeatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01445035700548174551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973137209469274366.post-3667030470813890542021-10-30T06:30:00.001+00:002021-10-30T06:30:00.191+00:00Blog Tour - The Halfpenny Girls at Christmas - Maggie Mason I couldn't wait to rejoin Alice, Marg and Edith to find out how their stories would progress. Best friends since they were little and affectionately known as The Halfpenny Girls, these three girls, now young women, they have been there for each other through good times and bad.Life is still full of ups and down for the trio, Alice is expecting her first child with husband Gerald and Neatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01445035700548174551noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973137209469274366.post-55315349946410367732021-10-17T07:00:00.002+00:002021-10-17T07:00:05.396+00:00Blog Tour - Hollywood Bilker - Leopold Borstinski Time is ticking by and it's now the 1960's and having made a dramatic escape from Cuba, Alex Cohen is back in America.Alex has moved into a different world - one where he is rubbing shoulders with Hollywood legends like Marilyn Monroe and Frank Sinatra at glitzy parties. He is the 'go-to' guy for those extra special items that will ensure all the guests have a good time and they know that Neatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01445035700548174551noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973137209469274366.post-22062320001231513532021-08-01T06:30:00.001+00:002021-08-01T06:30:00.181+00:00Blog Tour - The Lies I Tell - Joel Hames Polly, Belinda and Emily are all fake online profiles created by Lisa. The aim of each of these profiles is to befriend and eventually defraud unsuspecting people and so far things have been going well for her. Lisa's motivation for her scams is her son, Simon, she wants to give him the secure childhood that she herself never had. When she notices something odd on one of her fake profiles and it Neatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01445035700548174551noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973137209469274366.post-41566705500258627932021-07-18T07:00:00.001+00:002021-07-18T07:00:00.210+00:00Blog Tour - Let Sleeping Murder Lie - Carmen Radtke I loved Carmen Radtke's historical fiction novels so I was excited to hear that she was writing a contemporary cozy mystery and couldn't wait to dive in. In Let Sleeping Murder Lie we meet Eve Holdsworth, a translator, who grew up in Seattle but has spent several years in England. Her latest rental property is Ivy Cottage, in a quaint countryside village, which is perfect for her Neatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01445035700548174551noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973137209469274366.post-69207957622728301052021-07-10T06:30:00.001+00:002021-07-10T06:30:00.179+00:00The Hippo Hangs Out . . . . with Juliane Weber I'm absolutely thrilled to be hanging out with Juliane Weber today here on The Hippo. Juliane's debut historical novel, Under the Emerald Sky, is the first in The Irish Fortune Series and it's getting great reviews. You might also like to know that it's free to downoad today!As always let's start by introducing you to the lovely lady behind the words. Photo courtesy of Juliane Weber
Neatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01445035700548174551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973137209469274366.post-27932259621660079472021-07-03T07:00:00.001+00:002021-07-03T07:00:00.186+00:00Blog Tour - The Silent Listener - Lyn Yeowart I'm delighted to be today's stop on the blog tour for The Silent Listener, the debut novel by Lyn Yeowart. Unfortunately I didn't have time to fit this book into my reading schedule before the tour, but I do have a copy sitting patiently on my TBR and I'm really looking forward to reading it. Let me tell you all about it and maybe you'll want to add it to your library as well. <!--[if Neatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01445035700548174551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973137209469274366.post-70974517378839049312021-06-26T07:00:00.001+00:002021-06-26T07:00:00.192+00:00Blog Tour - One Must Die - Mark Tilbury One Must Die is another must read book by the King of Twisted, Mark Tilbury!Seans wife Laura, was the victim of a hit and run driver and since she passed away his main focus has been his teenage sons, Peter and Ben. Obviously he will do everything he can for the boys, so imagine his horror when one Friday night they don't return home from their weekly army cadets meeting. It doesn't take Neatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01445035700548174551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973137209469274366.post-44008054960298690222021-05-30T07:00:00.001+00:002021-05-30T07:00:00.202+00:00The Hippo Hands Over . . . . to P. A. Crenshaw I'm delighted to be handing over to author P. A. Crenshaw today and I'd like to start by wishing her a very happy publication day! Her debut novel, After Thought, is available from today and P. A. is here to tell you all about it as well as what inspired her to write it. Let's start with an introduction to the lovely lady herself.Photo courtesy of P. A. CrenshawP. A. Crenshaw was born Neatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01445035700548174551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973137209469274366.post-44367422919699253012021-05-15T11:49:00.000+00:002021-05-15T11:49:09.906+00:00Blog Tour - Secrets of the Jam Factory Girls - Mary Wood After reading The Jam Factory Girls earlier this year I couldn't wait to dive into book two to catch up with Elsie, Dot and Millie. The girls have grown closer together, the jam factory is doing well and Millie is looking forward to her upcoming wedding to Len. However, not everything is as rosy as it would appear, as someone close to the girls hasn't got their best interests at Neatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01445035700548174551noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973137209469274366.post-58579684209285758932021-05-09T06:30:00.001+00:002021-05-09T06:30:00.199+00:00The Hippo Hands Over . . . . to Leigh Russell I'm delighted to welcome Leigh Russell to The Hippo today. Leigh is well known for her crime novels but her latest novel, Rachel's Story, sees this successful author head off into the world of dystopian fiction.Before I hand over to Leigh to talk about her inspiration for the book, let me introduce you all to the lovely lady herself. Photo courtesy of Leigh Russell<!--[if gte mso 9]>
Neatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01445035700548174551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973137209469274366.post-69177933342152756052021-05-03T06:30:00.001+00:002021-05-03T06:30:00.183+00:00Then a Wind Blew - Kay Powell Then a Wind Blew is an impressive novel set in the final months of the war in Rhodesia, before it became Zimbabwe, as seen through the eyes of three women. These women are all very different from each other but they find that their lives become intertwined due to circumstances beyond their control.Nanye is with her sister at a guerilla camp, Susan is a white settler and Beth is a nun.Neatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01445035700548174551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973137209469274366.post-50264333887081904372021-05-02T06:30:00.004+00:002021-05-02T06:30:00.209+00:00Blog Tour - Cuban Heel - Leopold Borstinski Cuban Heel is the fifth book in the Alex Cohen series and the books just keep getting better and better. It's now the 1950's and Alex and his friend Meyer Lansky have moved on from Vegas and are now in Cuba looking to replicate their success in the world of casino's. Alex knows that if he plays his cards right (excuse the pun!) he can make enough money in Cuba to set him and his familyNeatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01445035700548174551noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973137209469274366.post-24314734629723539962021-04-19T06:30:00.001+00:002021-04-19T06:30:00.198+00:00ALPHA : VULTURE - Marc Jaytin ALPHA : VULTURE is a very different kind of crime novel. Told from the killer's perspective, whose name we don't discover until the end of the book, this is a brutal tale about a serial killer, unlike anything I've read before.For a relatively short book it defnitely packs one hell of a punch! I read it in one sitting and it blew me away.Our killer had a troubled and violent childhood (Neatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01445035700548174551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973137209469274366.post-82852417318829920022021-04-18T06:30:00.003+00:002021-05-08T15:04:02.444+00:00The Hippo Hands Over . . . . to Joanna Cates
It's a new day on The Hippo and I'm delighted to be
handing over to another wonderful Indie Author to help them spread the book
love!
Today's guest host is debut novelist Joanna Cates
and her book, Love is Crystal Clear, is already getting fabulous reviews, so
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