The Drums of War (Thomas Tallant Mysteries #3) by Michael Ward #BookReview

London 1642. The King has fled London with the drums of war ringing in his ears. Across the country, lines are being drawn and armies raised. Influential royalist Lady Carlisle switches sides and presses spice trader Thomas Tallant and his partner Elizabeth Seymour into Parliament’s service.  Soon Thomas faces double-dealing in his hunt for a lethal hoard

Nowhere to Run (DC Constance Fairchild 3) by James Oswald #BookReview

On compassionate leave following the death of her mother, Detective Constable Constance Fairchild thought renting a cottage near Aberystwyth, Wales would get her far enough from London to finally relax. But trouble always seems to find Con, and it’s not long before she is cooling off in a police station cell after defending herself from

The Dark Side of Midnight (Spy Girl Book 1) by Carol Hedges #TuesdayBookBlog #RBRT

Jazmin Dawson is a super-cool secret agent with hi-tech kit and a hi-octane life of crime-busting … in her dreams! In reality, Jazmin Dawson is a fourteen year old teenager, whose biggest battles are with her homework and her addiction to snacks. But suddenly, everything changes. Jazmin’s mother works for the London branch of GID

A Web of Air (Fever Crumb Trilogy Book 2) by Philip Reeve #FridayReads

Two years ago, Fever Crumb escaped the war-torn city of London in a travelling theatre. Now she arrives in the extraordinary crater city of Mayda, where buildings ascend the cliffs on funicular rails, and a mysterious recluse is building a machine that can fly. Fever is the engineer he needs – but ruthless enemies will