The Horror of Dunwick Farm

(The Crooked Oak Mysteries) Dan Smith Illustrated by Chris King Mystery and horror with a sprinkling of sci-fi, The Crooked Oak Mysteries have become a firm favourite of mine. So when the latest fast-paced, novella-length adventure landed on my doormat on Christmas Eve, I couldn’t wait to get stuck in. I adored Goosebumps as a

The Forgotten Crown

A Tales of Truth & Treasures Story James Haddell The wait is over! More myth, magic and mystery awaits in the second fast-paced instalment of the highly acclaimed Tales of Truth & Treasures Series. It’s almost a year to the date that I posted about the amazing first book in the series The Lost Child’s

Shadowghast

Thomas Taylor It’s the first weekend of the summer holidays and I’ve just come back from a mini-break in the quirky seaside town of Eerie-On-Sea.  But there was no time for relaxation… forget lazy fish and chip lunches in Seagol’s diner, leisurely strolls around town mooching in Mrs Fossil’s Flotsam Emporium or browsing Eerie’s infamous

The Misadventures of Nicholas Nabb

Jenny Moore Oliver Twist meets The Greatest Showman… I absolutely adored Bauble, Me & the Family Tree by Jenny Moore (if you haven’t read it you really should!) so I was super excited to read The Misadventures of Nicholas Nabb. There’s villanous Victorians, all the fun of the fair, magic shows, sewer rats and generous

Things to do Before the End of The World

Emily Barr 1. Live your best life.2. Uncover family secrets.3. Trust no one One minute you’re walking in the park, hiding from a party. Then you discover that the next nine months will probably be your last. Everyone’s last. You realise that you happen to be alive at the time when your species becomes extinct.

Monstrous Devices

Damien Love ‘Beware of things that go click in the night…’ Action packed adventure at a breakneck pace, Monstrous Devices takes us on a whirlwind tour of Europe, stopping only to explore realms of strange, macabre magic and escape a band of dangerous assasins. This is science-fiction at it’s sensational best! Expect to be perched

The Secret Detectives

Ella Risbridger A marvellous Middle Grade murder-mystery aboard a mail ship makes for a thrilling Victorian voyage. The body seemed to fall for a long time. There was no splash, or if there was it was lost in the waves. Isobel was frozen to the spot for a moment – then her common sense caught

The House on the Edge

Alex Cotter Nosy Crow – publishes 1st July 2021 Ghosts…hidden treasure…disappearances…mystery… Although not publishing until July, I just couldn’t resist The House on the Edge after reading the spine-tingling synopsis. From the moment it arrived through the letterbox, the spooky seaside setting spoke to me from the To Be Read Pile and it is absolutely

The Lost Child’s Quest

James Haddell Emira Press – Published 4th December 2020 History, Mystery, Magic & Adventure An orphaned girl’s quest for truth sparks a hunt for a legendary hoard of magical treasures. Left on the doorstep of a children’s home as a baby, Tia’s only clues to her history are the strange items that were left with

The Midnight Swan

Catherine Fisher Firefly Press – Published 1st October 2020 The Midnight Swan is the third (and possibly the final) instalment in the Clockwork Crow series. Click on the covers below to read my reviews of The Clockwork Crow and The Midnight Fox. Think Tom’s Midnight Garden blended with The Chronicles of Narnia a dash of