We so agree with this! 'The atmosphere created by the author along with the description of the body make it one of the most horrifying I’ve read, emphasising that this is a human being clearly emaciated and treated with extreme violence.' #DeadmansPool

'I love the idea of thin places, that ghosts are not necessarily trying to haunt you, they’re just going about their business. In fact you’re probably as much of a fright for them as they are for you. It’s just that the veil between us and them has worn so thin...' #DeadmansPool

*NEW BLOG POST* Deadman’s Pool by Kate Rhodes lotuswritingtherapy.com/2025/10/02/d... #booksky #deadmanspool @orendabooks.bsky.social #blogtour #benkittoseries

*NEW BLOG POST* Sunday Spotlight: Banned Books Week - Lady Chatterley’s Lover lotuswritingtherapy.com/2025/10/05/b... #booksky #bannedbooksweek #ladychatterleyslover

I pre-ordered this months ago so I’m very happy to see it turn up today. I’m looking forward to catching up with this writer. #allthewaytotheriver #lizgilbert #booksky @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

Thank you for this #bookpost I’ve been looking forward to @valmcdermid's latest #KarenPirie thriller #SilentBones - out 23rd October from @BooksSphere I can’t wait to catch up with the Historic Cases Unit with the lovely @Squadpod3 gang next month. #booksky #silentbones @valmcdermid.bsky.social

WWW Wednesday 17th September 2025: what am I reading? | #WWWWednesday #amreading #bookrecommendations #BookSky 💙📚 portobellobookblog.com/2025/09/17/w... - via @portybelle.bsky.social

'The historical silencing of women has clearly created an appetite for angry and vengeful female characters that doesn’t look like it will be going away any time soon.' Lucy Nichol explores narratives of female vengeance in Issue 107 mslexia.co.uk/magazine/lat... #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

People are raven about my latest book - read it here: #crimefiction www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...

Fantastic day at the printer recently, signing the special Indie bookshops edition of #TheChristmasClue, out @faberbooks.bsky.social 25th September. Thanks to everyone who helped me put in a very respectable signing time of 2 hours 12 minutes!

*NEW BLOG POST* The Bride Stone by Sally Gardner lotuswritingtherapy.com/2025/09/17/t... #booksky #thebridestone #bookreview #sallygardner

*NEW BLOG POST* Don’t Let Him In by Lisa Jewell lotuswritingtherapy.com/2025/09/15/d... #booksky #bookreview #dontlethimin

*NEW BLOG POST* Watching You by Helen Fields lotuswritingtherapy.com/2025/08/29/8... @squadpod2021.bsky.social #booksky #avonbooks #watchingyou

*NEW BLOG POST* Dear Miss Lake by A.J.Pearce lotuswritingtherapy.com/2025/08/12/d... #dearmisslake #booksky #netgalley #emmylakechronicles #bookreview

*NEW BLOG POST* Favourite Reads -July lotuswritingtherapy.com/2025/08/10/b... #favouritereads #booksky #summerbooks #julywrapup

*NEW BLOG POST* Death Or A Little Light Maiming by Kathy Lette lotuswritingtherapy.com/2025/08/02/d... @squadpod2021.bsky.social #deathoralittlelightmaiming #ariafiction #kathylette #booksky #squadpodfeaturedbook

*NEW BLOG POST* #ThrowbackThursday: The Darkest Water by @markedwardsauthor.bsky.social A brilliant thriller opening with Cumbrian beach and a man buried to the neck in sand and left for the tide to come in ⬇️⬇️ lotuswritingtherapy.com/category/per... #thedarkestwater #booksky #bookreview

What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in July

*NEW BLOG POST* The Betrayal of Thomas True by A.J.West lotuswritingtherapy.com/2025/07/22/t... #RandomThingsTours #BlogTour #TheBetrayalOfThomasTrue @orendabooks.bsky.social @ajwestauthor.bsky.social #booksky

*NEW BLOG POST* Havoc by Rebecca Wait lotuswritingtherapy.com/2025/07/22/h... @squadpod2021.bsky.social #Havoc #RebeccaWait #booksky #riverrunbooks

*NEW BLOG POST* A Cornish Holiday in a Book lotuswritingtherapy.com/2025/07/13/s... #bookssetincornwall #bookrecommendations #booksky #cornwall

*NEW BLOG POST* The Names by Florence Knapp Check out my review of this extraordinary debut and sign up for my blog too ⬇️⬇️ lotuswritingtherapy.com/2025/07/18/t... #thenames #phoenixbooks #bookreview #booksky #debutnovel

What gorgeous #bookpost from #manderbarrowpr Can’t wait to read #TheTarotReaderOfVersailles by #anyabergman #booksky #bookmail

*NEW BLOG POST* The Homemade God by Rachel Joyce lotuswritingtherapy.com/2025/07/09/t... @doubledayuk.bsky.social #thehomemadegod #racheljoyce #booksky

*NEW BLOG POST* Best Reads June 2025 lotuswritingtherapy.com/2025/07/01/b... #monthlyreadingwrapup #booksky #junereading

*NEW BLOG POST* We Live Here Now by Sarah Pinborough lotuswritingtherapy.com/2025/06/24/w... #weliveherenow @sarahpinborough.bsky.social #bookreview #gothicfiction #thriller #booksky

*NEW BLOG POST* A deep dive into Love Sex and Frankenstein by Caroline Lea lotuswritingtherapy.com/2025/06/25/l... #lovesexandfrankenstein #booksky #michaeljosephbooks #historicalfiction #gothicfiction #bookreview

*NEW BLOG POST* River of Stars by Georgina Moore #booksky #riverofstars #bookreview #georginamoore lotuswritingtherapy.com/2025/06/27/r...

I’m loving #RiverOfStars by @georginamoore1.bsky.social and @hqstories.bsky.social Iwas a fishing widow last night so I started it and I’m just finishing the last few chapters. #currentread #booksky

*NEW BLOG POST* Girl Falling by Hayley Scrivenor ‘A compelling and character driven mystery that ends with a final twist.’ For full review⬇️⬇️ lotuswritingtherapy.com/2025/06/18/g... #girlfalling @panmacmillan.bsky.social @squadpod2021.bsky.social

*NEW BLOG POST* #ItsAlwaysTheHusband by C.L.Taylor lotuswritingtherapy.com/2025/06/17/c... #squadpodfeaturedbook #booksky

Sorry I’m not posting this week but I’m on my sick bed with rotavirus - not usually an issue for adults but I have auto-immune diseases so it got me good! I’ll be back soon 😊

Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order Day 18: Anne Cleeves #Writers #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge #writing #women #womenwriters 📚💙

Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order. @lotusbooks.bsky.social ( this challenge was originally posted by Lotus Books😎) Day 17: Silvia Moreno Garcia #Writers #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge #writing #women #womenwriters 📚💙

Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Day 14: Emma Donoghue #Writers #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge #writing #women #womenwriters 📚💙

*NEW BLOG POST* May Best Reads lotuswritingtherapy.com/2025/06/02/b... #monthlywrapup #bestreadsmay #booksky

Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Day 13: Erin Morgenstern #Writers #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge #writing #women #womenwriters 📚💙

*NEW BLOG POST* #SundaySpotlight Going Down Under lotuswritingtherapy.com/2025/06/01/s... #booksky #bookrecommendations

Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Day 12: Hilary Mantel #Writers #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge #writing #women #womenwriters 📚💙

Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Day 11: Fay Weldon #Writers #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge #writing #women #womenwriters 📚💙

*NEW BLOG POST* Vianne by Joanne Harris lotuswritingtherapy.com/2025/05/30/v... #vianne #booksky @orionbooks.bsky.social @joanneharris-re.bsky.social

On the blog today I am shining the book spotlight on Boy with Wings by #author @markmustian.bsky.social @cathiedunn.bsky.social

20 Books of Summer 2025 - Sign Up Post #20booksofsummer25 #SummerReading #BookSky #SecretLibraryBookBlog secretlibrarybookblog.com/2025/05/29/2...

via @portybelle.bsky.social The Mourning Necklace by Kate Foster #historicalfiction #bookreview #booksky

Poor Woolf #poorpaperback #booksky

#BlogTour – #BookReview of #TheMistake by M.J. Arlidge @mjarlidge and Lisa Hall @LisaHallAuthor @orionbooks @Tr4cyF3nt0n #CompulsiveReaders I’m delighted to welcome you today to my stop on the blog tour for The Mistake, the brand new thriller by M.J. Arlidge and Lisa Hall. Thank you to Tracy…

Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Day 10: Val McDermid #Writers #Authors #BookSky #mafiaromance #AuthorChallenge #writing #women #womenwriters 📚💙

*NEW BLOG POST* #ThrowbackThursday - Midnight and the Pearler’s Daughter by Lizzie Pook lotuswritingtherapy.com/2025/05/29/t... #MidnightandthePearlersDaughter #booksky