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Publication Day Spotlight on Into the Fire by G.D Wright | Linda's Book Bag
It's almost four years since I first 'met' the fabulous G. D. Wright and you'll find a post here when we stayed in together. It has been my pleasure to meet Gaz in real life since, as not only his writing has gone from strength to strength, but he's a smashing man as well as…
Looking Ahead to #CapitalCrime25 | Linda's Book Bag
I cannot believe it's a year since I was enthralled by Capital Crime at the fabulous Leonardo Royal Hotel, St Pauls in London. Having had such a brilliant time, I simply cannot wait for this year's event. Capital Crime is one of my favourite literary festivals because it is intimate and accessible, but equally packed…
Staying in with Alice Fizpatrick | Linda's Book Bag
I love the sound of the latest book in Alice Fitzpatrick's Meredith Island Mystery series and am so disappointed that life has culled most of my reading time so that I haven't been able to review. However, Alice has kindly agreed to stay in in with me and chat about it so let's find out…
The Spa Break by Hannah Doyle | Linda's Book Bag
My grateful thanks to Georgia Hester for sending me a surprise copy of The Spa Break by Hannah Doyle. There's nothing I need more right now so it’s my pleasure to share my review of The Spa Break today. Published by HQ on 22nd May 2025, The Spa Break is available for purchase through the…
Staying in with Steve Aylett | Linda's Book Bag
When Steve Aylett got in touch about his latest book, I knew it was one I simply had to feature on Linda’s Book Bag. I’m so disappointed not to have time to fit in a read yet, but, as many of you know, there’s just too much going on in my life at the moment.…
Chasing Shadows by Rob Bryndza | Linda's Book Bag
My enormous thanks to Robert Bryndza for sending me a surprise copy of his latest Erika Foster novel Chasing Shadows. I’m delighted to share my review of Chasing Shadows today. It’s far too long since I reviewed one of Robert’s books, but you’ll find my thoughts on Devil’s Way here. Chasing Shadows is published by…
By Your Side by Ruth Jones | Linda's Book Bag
I have absolutely no idea which lovely publicist sent me a copy of By Your Side by Ruth Jones, but my enormous thanks to them for doing so. It’s my pleasure to share my review of By Your Side today. By Your Side is published by Bantam and is available for purchase through the publisher…
Love at First Sight by Laura Jane Williams | Linda's Book Bag
My enormous thanks to Aoifke at Penguin Random House for sending me a surprise copy of Love At First Sight by Laura Jane Williams. It’s my absolute pleasure to share my review today. I have previously reviewed Laura Jane Williams’s Enemies to Lovers here. Published by Penguin on 19th June 2025, Love At First Sight…
Barnes Children’s Literature Festival | Linda's Book Bag
Having been a very late reader because no-one actually realised I couldn't see the words on the page, children's fiction feels especially important to me as an adult. Consequently, it's my pleasure today to share details of a festival especially for children - Barnes Children's Literature Festival. Here are the details: On Saturday 21 and Sunday…
Cover Reveal: Black Gold by Rob Starr | Linda's Book Bag
Regular visitors to Linda's Book Bag know how much I like being part of a book's early journey, and so it's my pleasure to help share details of the brand new Kiara Fox thriller, Black Gold, by Rob Starr. My thanks to Maddy Dunne-Kirby at Midas PR for inviting me to participate. Let's find out all…
Dangerous by Essie Fox | Linda's Book Bag
My enormous thanks to Karen at Orenda for a surprise copy of Dangerous by Essie Fox. Having so loved Essie Fox’s The Fascination, reviewed here I was thrilled to receive it. It’s my pleasure to share my review of Dangerous today. Dangerous was published by Orenda on 24th April 2025 and is available for purchase here. …
Breasts: A Relatively Brief Relationship by Jean Hannah Edelstein | Linda's Book Bag
My grateful thanks to Elizabeth Allen at Orion for sending me a surprise copy of Breasts: A Relatively Brief Relationship by Jean Hannah Edelstein. It’s my pleasure to share my review of Breasts today. Breasts: A Relatively Brief Relationship was published by Orion imprint Phoenix on 3rd April 2025 and is available for purchase here. …
Sun Trap by Rachel Wolf | Linda's Book Bag
My enormous thanks to Sophie Ransom for sending me a copy of the thriller Sun Trap by Rachel Wolf. I’m delighted to share my review of Sun Trap today. It’s a while since I read Rachel’s fantastic The Fall under her other persona of Rachel Blok which I reviewed here. Sun Trap was published by…
Only in New York by Melissa Hill | Linda's Book Bag
My enormous thanks to Georgia Hester at Harper Collins for sending me a surprise copy of Only in New York by Melissa Hill. It’s my pleasure to share my review today. Only in New York is published by HQ on 22nd May 2025 and is available for pre-order through the publisher links here. Only in…
Staying in with Rachel Healey | Linda's Book Bag
When Rachel Healey got in touch about her highly pertinent historical novel, I was so disappointed not to be able to fit in reading it. However, I couldn’t resist asking Rachel to stay in with me to chat about it as I thought it sounded fantastic. When you read what Rachel told me I think…
Reblog: The Start of Something Wonderful by Jane Lambert | Linda's Book Bag
Regular visitors to Linda’s Book Bag will know I very rarely reblog about a book, but as HQ are rereleasing my lovely friend Jane Lambert’s The Start of Something Wonderful - a book I loved - I simply had to shout about it today. The Start of Something Wonderful was released by HQ on 8th…
The Case of Dr Dust by Samuel J. Halpin illustrated by Laura Borio | Linda's Book Bag
I’m a huge fan of Sweet Cherry books for children, having reviewed several here on Linda’s Book Bag. Consequently, when a surprise copy of The Agency for All Things Spectral: The Case of Dr Dust by Samuel J. Halpin arrived with illustrations by Laura Borio, I simply had to dive straight in! My grateful thanks to…
The Sister Switch by Charlotte Butterfield | Linda's Book Bag
I so enjoyed Charlotte Butterfield’s The Second Chance (reviewed here) that I was thrilled when her latest novel The Sister Switch turned up in surprise book mail. My huge thanks to Becky Hunter for sending it to me. It was my pleasure to record a podcast with Charlotte that you can listen to here and…
The Names by Florence Knapp | Linda's Book Bag
As someone who would probably have been a very different person had I actually turned out to be the expected boy who would be called Christopher, I have always been fascinated by the link between names and personality. Consequently, when I was sent The Names by Florence Knapp, I was delighted. My grateful thanks to…
Graffiti Girls by Elissa Soave | Linda's Book Bag
I’m delighted to share details today of my latest My Weekly online review. This time it is of Graffiti Girls by Elissa Soave. My huge thanks to Isabel Williams for originally sending me a copy of Graffiti Girls. My enormous apologies to Elissa and HQ for the extraneous 'The' that has crept into my review!…
Cover Reveal: Divinity Games by Lou Gilmond | Linda's Book Bag
It’s always exciting being in at the start of a book’s life and it’s my total pleasure to help launch Divinity Games by Lou Gilmond into the world today. My thanks to Maddy Dunne-Kirby at Midas PR for inviting me to be part of this. Let’s find out more: Divinity Games When opposition MP Harry…
33 Place Brugmann by Alice Austen | Linda's Book Bag
My enormous thanks to Ben McClusky at Bloomsbury for sending me a copy of 33 Place Brugmann by Alice Austen. I’m delighted that this wonderful novel is my latest My Weekly online review. It’s taken a little later than hoped to share the review due to staff restructuring. Published by Bloomsbury on 11th March 2025,…
From Page to Stage: Discussing The Penguin Lessons with Tom Michell | Linda's Book Bag
I was sorely disappointed when I was asked by Kova PR if I'd like to attend a preview screening a couple of weeks ago of the brand new film The Penguin Lessons, starring Steve Coogan and based on the book of the same name by Tom Michell, but I wasn't able to get to Soho…
Staying in with Donna Moore | Linda's Book Bag
I’m hugely grateful to the lovely team at Fly on the Wall for putting me in touch with author Donna Moore as I love the premise of her new book. I’m delighted Donna has agreed to stay in with me to tell me all about it. Let’s find out more. Staying in with Donna Moore…
Staying in with Stephanie Butland on The Second Chance Book Club Publication Day | Linda's Book Bag
Lovely Stephanie Butland has appeared here on Linda’s Book Bag several times (and even forgave me some years ago when I accidentally did a cover reveal for one of her books a week early - an error from which I’ve never quite recovered!) I love her books and with Stephanie’s latest out today, I simply…
Human Remains by Jo Callaghan | Linda's Book Bag
Having adored Jo Callaghan’s In the Blink of An Eye (reviewed here) and Leave No Trace (reviewed here) I was beside myself with excitement when a copy of her latest book, Human Remains, arrived in surprise book mail. My huge thanks go to The Likely Suspects for sending me a copy. It’s my absolute pleasure…
A Trial in Three Acts by Guy Morpuss | Linda's Book Bag
It was my pleasure to meet Guy Morpuss at a wonderful evening organised by Viper Books a little while ago and so I’m thrilled that my latest My Weekly review is of Guy’s A Trial in Three Acts. Again, my apologies that the review has been slightly delayed following the magazine's restructuring. Published by Viper…
Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa | Linda's Book Bag
I think it may be Penguin’s Marie-Louise Patton I need to thank for sending me a surprise copy of Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa, translated by Polly Barton. It’s my pleasure to share my review of Hunchback today. Hunchback was published by Penguin Viking on 6th March 2025 and is available for purchase through the publisher…
What If I Never Get Over You by Paige Toon | Linda's Book Bag
My enormous thanks to Rachel Kennedy of Penguin Random House for sending me a surprise copy of What If I Never Get Over You by Paige Toon. It’s my absolute pleasure to share my review of What If I Never Get Over You today. It’s a little over a year since I reviewed Paige's Seven…
The Ick by Holly McCulloch | Linda's Book Bag
I’m delighted that my latest My Weekly online review is of The Ick by Holly McCulloch. My huge thanks to Izzy Warner of FMcM for originally sending me a copy. Published by Dialogue imprint Renegade on 6th March 2025, The Ick is available for purchase through the publisher links here. The Ick Six foot two…
Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy | Linda's Book Bag
My enormous thanks to Claudia Bullmore at Bedford Square for sending me a surprise copy of Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy. It’s my pleasure to share my review today. Out now in other formats, Sipsworth will be published in paperback by Bedford Square on 8th May 2025 and is available for purchase through the publisher…
You Killed Me First by John Marrs | Linda's Book Bag
I’m a huge fan of John Marrs's writing so nothing could give me more pleasure than to be reviewing his brand new psychological thriller You Killed Me First for my latest My Weekly online review which has been slightly delayed due to staff changes recently. You’ll find other posts featuring John here on Linda’s Book Bag, with…
Murder on Line One by Jeremy Vine | Linda's Book Bag
My enormous thanks to Jeremy Vine for sending me a copy of Murder on Line One. It’s my pleasure to share my review today. Jeremy previously featured here on Linda’s Book Bag when I reviewed his novel The Diver and the Lover. Murder on Line One will be published by Harper Collins on 24th April…
Same Time Next Week by Milly Johnson | Linda's Book Bag
Regular visitors to Linda’s Book Bag will know how much I love Milly Johnson’s writing so you can imagine how excited I am that my latest My Weekly online review is of her latest novel Same Time Next Week, slightly later than hoped because of some restructuring For more of my reviews of Milly's books, see…
Give Him To Me by Dorothy Koomson | Linda's Book Bag
It's such a pleasure and privilege to read and review the latest fiction for My Weekly online and I'm delighted today to share details of my review of Give Him To Me by Dorothy Koomson. My huge thanks to Emma and Katey at EDPR for originally sending me a copy of Give Him To Me.…
A Wilding Year by Hannah Dale | Linda's Book Bag
My enormous thanks to Kate Hambly for sending me a copy of A Wilding Year by Hannah Dale all those months ago in return for an honest review. It’s my pleasure finally to share that review today and my apologies that it is later than hoped. Published by Batsford Books on 13th March 2025, A…
Always You And Me by Dani Atkins | Linda's Book Bag
My enormous thanks to Dani Atkins for sending me a copy of her latest book Always You And Me. It’s my absolute pleasure to share my review today. You’ll find Dani featured on Linda’s Book Bag on other occasions in interview and review here. I had hoped Always You And Me might be one of…
The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey | Linda's Book Bag
My enormous thanks to lovely Jennie Godfrey for sending me a copy of her wonderful novel The List of Suspicious Things. Far later than intended, it’s my pleasure to share my review today. Available in all formats and released in paperback by Penguin on 2nd January 2025, The List of Suspicious Things is available for…
An Interview with C. R. Westbrook on Troublemaker Publication Day | Linda's Book Bag
As you know, I love being in at the start of a new book and with today being publication day for C. R. Westbrook’s debut I’m thrilled to welcome her to the blog to chat all about it. My huge thanks to Sarah Hembrow at Vulpine Press for putting us in touch with one another.…
Celebrating The Dales Detective Series with Julia Chapman on Date With Destiny Publication Day | Linda's Book Bag
I often comment that I love being in at the start of a book’s life (and indeed I hosted a guest post here from Julia Chapman when the first book in her Dales Detective series, Date with Death, was released way back in 2017), but today’s post is somewhat different as Julia celebrates the release of…