Escape to the dark, menacing shadows of wintertime in end of 19th century #Venice with master storyteller & #Irish author #JohnBanville’s enthralling & transporting gothic noir #VenetianVespers @faberbooks.bsky.social pamnorfolkblog.blogspot.com Review also on Lancashire Post titles later this week.

Crime-writing queen ‪@lyndalaplante.bsky.social‬ is back with #Crucified the fifth breathtaking thriller in her maverick cop #JackWarr series @clarejkelly.bsky.social ‬ ‪@zaffrebooks.bsky.social‬ pamnorfolkblog.blogspot.com Review also ‪@lancashirepost.bsky.social‬ this week!

Join Stitch & his cousins as they blast through space in Five Little Aliens a colourful lift-the-flap book from #DisneyStudios #StudioBooks 
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Discover a dazzling treasure trove of frogs & wetland creatures in #BenHoare and #JasmineFloyd's @jasminefloyd_'s spectacular pop-up book The Incredible Pop-up Frog
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Let little ones venture into robot Roz’s wild world in this gorgeous picture book version of #PeterBrown's classic novel #TheWildRobot bsky.app/profile/picc...
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Music maestro please! #JackPepper & #MicheleBruttomesso hit all the right notes in Raising the Roof! a cool, clever introduction to classical music!
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Light up the darkness with a little firefly who has lost his #Glow in a brilliant sound & light board book #NicolaEdwards & #SophieLedesma @littletigeruk.bsky.social www.lep.co.uk/arts-and-cul...

Little ones will love the ingenious & creative fun of #ingelaparrhenius’ fabulous fold-out book which transforms into a stylish 3D doll’s house! nosycrow.bsky.social/https://www....

Enjoy a dog’s eye view of his amazing world in Jack-Jack, A Dog with a Job fourth & final book of a delightfully cute fiction series from #BenGarrod and #CharliVince zephyrbooks.bsky.social
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Put some added colour, fun & sheer unadulterated joy into your spring with second book of #LizPichon’s dazzling #TheMubbles graphic novel series macmillankidsuk.bsky.social 
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Love is forever! TV Supervet #NoelFitzpatrick tugs on heartstrings with his moving debut picture book Over the Rainbow Bridge illustrated by #AlisonBrown #GalleryKids @simonandschuster.bsky.social
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 Roll up, roll up & collect a ticket to race around the world with #NatHarrison’s dazzling debut novel The Girl Who Raced the World piccadilly-press.bsky.social
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Discover which creatures wake up when you go to sleep with #DaraMcAnulty & #BarryFalls’ stunning & informative gift book A Wild Child’s Guide to Nature at Night 
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Master of creepy sci-fi #DanSmith returns with #TheTheWintermoorLights second of the super-spooky #NightHouseFiles series illustrated by #LukeBrookes barringtonstoke.bsky.social
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Enjoy a dazzling blend of fairytale magic & murder mystery in @petergbell’s glorious wolf-sized cosy crime adventure #TheBigBadWolfMurder #Usborne 
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Enjoy #StephenKing & #MauriceSendak’s dark & thrilling picture book rendition of popular fairy tale Hansel and Gretel…a future classic! #HachetteKids 
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A modern day Bard, a fearsome fairy tale and scintillating sci-fi by various authors – children’s book reviews – Share fun and adventures with William Shakespeare’s last living relative, travel into the deep, dark woods in a terrific new take on Hansel and Gretel, have your spine well and truly tingled by some s...

Superstar author #MazEvans is back to stage #TheLastBard a brilliant comedy with #Shakespeare’s last living relative taking the lead role! #ChickenHouseBooks
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All Wrapped Up by Heidi Swain: inspirational and uplifting tale – book review – After the tragic death of her husband, popular Instagram influencer Clemmie Bennett wanted nothing more than to escape from her grief and move to a place and a home where she could live quietly and an...

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Escape into a gorgeous tale full of autumn’s glories as feelgood queen @heidiswain.bsky.social returns with her romantic & heartwarming new novel #AllWrappedUp simonschusteruk.bsky.social www.lep.co.uk/arts-and-cul...

Evil in High Places by Rory Clements: packed with all the electrifying authenticity – book review – When a famous actress disappears from a Munich film set in the days before the opening of the 1936 Winter Olympics, the city’s captain of police is under pressure to find her fast.

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Enter the menacing world of #Hitler’s #Munich for the start of the 1936 #WinterOlympics as master storyteller #RoryClements returns with his thrilling new #SebastianWolff novel #EvilinHighPlaces vikingbooksuk.bsky.social www.lep.co.uk/arts-and-cul...

Escape into a gorgeous tale full of autumn’s glories as feelgood queen @heidiswain.bsky.social returns with her romantic & heartwarming new novel #AllWrappedUp simonschusteruk.bsky.social pamnorfolkblog.blogspot.com Review also lancashirepost.bsky.social next week!

Enter the menacing world of #Hitler’s #Munich for the start of the 1936 #WinterOlympics as master storyteller #RoryClements returns with thrilling new #SebastianWolff novel #EvilinHighPlaces vikingbooksuk.bsky.social pamnorfolkblog.blogspot.com Review @lancashirepost.bsky.social ‬ later this month!

Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman: playful, charming and a thoroughly entertaining mystery adventure – book review – When an unexpected lottery win makes American widow Muriel Blossom a multi-millionaire, she books her first ever flight out of the States and invites a lifelong friend to join her on one of the famous...

An American widow's cruise down the river #Seine in #Paris takes a deadly turn in #MurderTakesaVacation a brilliant debut cosy crime romp from bestselling author ‪@lauralippman.bsky.social ‪@faberbooks.bsky.social 
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Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman: playful, charming and a thoroughly entertaining mystery adventure – book review – When an unexpected lottery win makes American widow Muriel Blossom a multi-millionaire, she books her first ever flight out of the States and invites a lifelong friend to join her on one of the famous...

An American widow's cruise down the river #Seine in #Paris takes a deadly turn in #MurderTakesaVacation a brilliant debut cosy crime romp from bestselling author ‪@lauralippman.bsky.social ‪@faberbooks.bsky.social 
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An American widow's cruise down the river #Seine in #Paris takes a deadly turn in #MurderTakesaVacation a brilliant debut cosy crime romp from bestselling author ‪@lauralippman.bsky.social‬ ‪@faberbooks.bsky.social‬ pamnorfolkblog.blogspot.com Review also @lancashirepost.bsky.social‬ this week!

Crossfire by Wilbur Smith (with David Churchill): a suspense-packed, fast-moving tale of perilous cat-and-mouse espionage – book review – Still haunted by the ghosts from deadly events in occupied Belgium, Special Operations Executive’s Saffron Courtney is now sailing to America on a mission that could save – or scupper – the Allies’ pl...

As the tide of WW2 turns, SOE agent Saffron Courtney faces one of her toughest & most dangerous mission yet in Wilbur Smith & David Churchill's gripping new #Courtneys thriller #Crossfire @clarejkelly.bsky.social ‬ ‪@zaffrebooks.bsky.social‬ www.lep.co.uk/arts-and-cul...

Every woman's favourite serial killer #Saffy is back on the hunt for #BadMen in ‪@juliecohen.bsky.social‬’s deliciously dark & wickedly funny new feminist rage thriller #BodyCount @zaffrebooks.bsky.social‬ pamnorfolkblog.blogspot.com Review also ‪@lancashirepost.bsky.social‬ later this week!

Crime-writing queen ‪@lyndalaplante.bsky.social‬ finds fertile territory for #TheSceneoftheCrime 1st of a new series set in the fascinating world of forensic science @clarejkelly.bsky.social‬ ‪@zaffrebooks.bsky.social‬ pamnorfolkblog.blogspot.com Review also ‪@lancashirepost.bsky.social‬ this week

Prepare for Austen-style delights as Miss Georgiana Darcy Investigates in Amelia Blackwell's time-travel cosy crime series ‪@libraryofchlo.bsky.social‬ @panmacmillan.bsky.social pamnorfolkblog.blogspot.com Review also ‪@lancashirepost.bsky.social‬ and‪ @yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk‬ later this week