Mary Picken
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Mary Picken
@bethsy.bsky.social
Book blogger at Liveanddeadly.net. Book fairy @bethsy everywhere.
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AYE WRITE: MY PICK OF TWO UNMISSABLE EVENTS FROM AYE WRITE 6-16 NOVEMBER 2025 @AyeWrite @Brownlee_Donald

I’m not a big fan of November: too early to look forward to Christmas, too late to enjoy the autumn air. Thank goodness, then, for Aye Write, which fills ten days of the month with plenty of…
AYE WRITE: MY PICK OF TWO UNMISSABLE EVENTS FROM AYE WRITE 6-16 NOVEMBER 2025 @AyeWrite @Brownlee_Donald
I’m not a big fan of November: too early to look forward to Christmas, too late to enjoy the autumn air. Thank goodness, then, for Aye Write, which fills ten days of the month with plenty of bookish goodness across Glasgow. What a delight it is! There’s something for everyone, from science and nature to biography and fiction. There’s crime fiction (hurrah), literary fiction, romantasy, and everything in between.
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Fun days on the road with the brilliant Antti Tuomainen promoting our books “Black as Death” and “The Winter Job.” Lots of travel, laughs, bookshops, and lovely readers. So many moments to remember! 🖤
#booktour #nordicnoir
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November 12, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The Winter Job by Antti Tuomainen trs by David Hackston @anttituomainen @orendabooks @countertenorist

Source: Review copyPublication: 23 October 2025 from Orenda BooksPP: 276ISBN-13: 978-1916788824 My thanks to Orenda Books for a review copy Sofas, secrets and a snowbound road to trouble……
The Winter Job by Antti Tuomainen trs by David Hackston @anttituomainen @orendabooks @countertenorist
Source: Review copyPublication: 23 October 2025 from Orenda BooksPP: 276ISBN-13: 978-1916788824 My thanks to Orenda Books for a review copy Sofas, secrets and a snowbound road to trouble… Helsinki, 1982. Recently divorced postal worker Ilmari Nieminen has promised his daughter a piano for Christmas, but with six days to go – and no money – he’s desperate.
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November 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Reposted by Mary Picken
Now if you were to come to Paris...
But people, these are two of my favourite authors and really lovely people so even if you can't make it, please get to know their books
CAMBRIDGE! We are coming! Come see the wonderful Antti Tuomainen and I this Monday, Nov 10th at 18:30 at Bodies in the Bookshop. Dark Icelandic crime meets funny Finnish thrillers — the north in all its contrasts.
#authorsontour
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November 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
AYE WRITE: MY PICK OF TWO UNMISSABLE EVENTS FROM AYE WRITE 6-16 NOVEMBER 2025 @AyeWrite @Brownlee_Donald

I’m not a big fan of November: too early to look forward to Christmas, too late to enjoy the autumn air. Thank goodness, then, for Aye Write, which fills ten days of the month with plenty of…
AYE WRITE: MY PICK OF TWO UNMISSABLE EVENTS FROM AYE WRITE 6-16 NOVEMBER 2025 @AyeWrite @Brownlee_Donald
I’m not a big fan of November: too early to look forward to Christmas, too late to enjoy the autumn air. Thank goodness, then, for Aye Write, which fills ten days of the month with plenty of bookish goodness across Glasgow. What a delight it is! There’s something for everyone, from science and nature to biography and fiction. There’s crime fiction (hurrah), literary fiction, romantasy, and everything in between.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Black As Death (An Arora Investigation #5) by Lilja Sigurðardóttir translated by Lorenza Garcia @LiljaWriter @OrendaBooks @liljawriter.bsky.social @orendabooks.bsky.social

Source: Review copyPublication: 23 October 2025 from Orenda BooksPP: 300ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1916788848 My thanks to Orenda Books…
Black As Death (An Arora Investigation #5) by Lilja Sigurðardóttir translated by Lorenza Garcia @LiljaWriter @OrendaBooks @liljawriter.bsky.social @orendabooks.bsky.social
Source: Review copyPublication: 23 October 2025 from Orenda BooksPP: 300ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1916788848 My thanks to Orenda Books for an advance copy for review A final reckoning… With the fate of her missing sister, Ísafold, finally uncovered, Áróra feels a fragile relief as the search that consumed her life draws to a close. But when Ísafold’s boyfriend – the prime suspect in her disappearance – is found dead at the same site where Ísafold’s body was discovered, Áróra’s grip on reality starts to unravel … and the mystery remains far from solved.
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November 2, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The Widow by John Grisham @hodderbooks

Source: Review copyPublication: 21 October from Hodder & StoughtonPP: 416ISBN-13: 978-1399703413 SHE NEEDS A LAWYER. HE NEEDS A PAYDAY. Lawyer Simon Latch is struggling with debt, gambling issues and an impending divorce. But when Eleanor Barnett, an…
The Widow by John Grisham @hodderbooks
Source: Review copyPublication: 21 October from Hodder & StoughtonPP: 416ISBN-13: 978-1399703413 SHE NEEDS A LAWYER. HE NEEDS A PAYDAY. Lawyer Simon Latch is struggling with debt, gambling issues and an impending divorce. But when Eleanor Barnett, an 85-year-old widow, visits his office to secure a new will, it seems his luck has finally changed: she claims she's sitting on a $20 million fortune and no one else knows about it.
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October 31, 2025 at 7:00 AM
This is going to be unmissable!
October 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Reposted by Mary Picken
I’m bringing Icelandic crime to Glasgow. Antti Tuomainen’s bringing Finnish humour. What could possibly go wrong? 🔪😂

🎟️Tickets: glasgowlife.org.uk🎟️#AyeWriter#GlasgowsBookFestivali#bookeventsglasgows#crimefictiontion @orendabooks.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Silent Bones (Karen Pirie #8) by Val McDermid @valmcdermid @laurasherlock21 @BooksSphere

Source: Review copyPublication: 23 October 2025 from SpherePP: 448ISBN-13: 978-1408734025 My thanks to Laura Sherlock and Sphere for a review copy The truth is buried just beneath the surface . . . When…
Silent Bones (Karen Pirie #8) by Val McDermid @valmcdermid @laurasherlock21 @BooksSphere
Source: Review copyPublication: 23 October 2025 from SpherePP: 448ISBN-13: 978-1408734025 My thanks to Laura Sherlock and Sphere for a review copy The truth is buried just beneath the surface . . . When torrential rain causes a landslide on a motorway in Scotland, it reveals a crime scene: someone hid a body in the tarmac eleven years before.
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October 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Quantum of Menace by Vaseem Khan @VaseemKhanUK @ZaffreBooks

Source: Review copyPublication: 23 October 2025 from ZaffrePP: 384ISBN-13: 978-1804188651 My thanks to Zaffre for an advance copy for review Vaseem Khan’s Quantum of Menace is a bold, entertaining spin-off that takes the James Bond…
Quantum of Menace by Vaseem Khan @VaseemKhanUK @ZaffreBooks
Source: Review copyPublication: 23 October 2025 from ZaffrePP: 384ISBN-13: 978-1804188651 My thanks to Zaffre for an advance copy for review Vaseem Khan’s Quantum of Menace is a bold, entertaining spin-off that takes the James Bond universe and explores the world of Q, the MI5 gadget genius. The story opens with Major Boothroyd being unceremoniously ejected from MI6. BeHe’s hardly begun to adjust to the quiet calm of his hometown, Wickstone-on-Water, before his forced retirement is interrupted by the death of an old friend, Peter Napier.
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October 24, 2025 at 6:00 AM
The Proving Ground by Michael Connelly (The Lincoln Lawyer #8) @Connellybooks @orionbooks @orion_crime

Source: Review copyPublication: 21 October 2025 from OrionPP: 400ISBN-13:978-1398719064 My thanks to Orion for a review copy Mickey Haller - The Lincoln Lawyer - leaves criminal court behind for…
The Proving Ground by Michael Connelly (The Lincoln Lawyer #8) @Connellybooks @orionbooks @orion_crime
Source: Review copyPublication: 21 October 2025 from OrionPP: 400ISBN-13:978-1398719064 My thanks to Orion for a review copy Mickey Haller - The Lincoln Lawyer - leaves criminal court behind for his first civil lawsuit. But to him, this is still a murder trial. An AI company's chatbot encouraged a sixteen-year-old boy to kill his ex-girlfriend. Can Haller prove the company knew the dangers of its own creation?
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October 23, 2025 at 6:00 AM
One of Us by Elizabeth Day @elizabday @4thEstateBooks

Source: Review copyPublication: 25 September 2025 from Fourth EstatePP: 352ISBN-13:978-0008534912 My thanks to Fourth Estate for a review copyIn the inner circle, where can you hide a secret? In this compulsive story of betrayal, old bonds and…
One of Us by Elizabeth Day @elizabday @4thEstateBooks
Source: Review copyPublication: 25 September 2025 from Fourth EstatePP: 352ISBN-13:978-0008534912 My thanks to Fourth Estate for a review copyIn the inner circle, where can you hide a secret? In this compulsive story of betrayal, old bonds and buried scandals, one British establishment family comes face to face with the consequences of privilege and the true cost of power.
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October 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Legacy by Chris Hammer @Wildfirebks @joe_thomas25 @headlinepg

Source: Review copyPublication: 9 October 2025 from WildfirePP: 496ISBN-13: 978-1035410828 My thanks to Wildfire for a review copy MARTIN SCARSDEN IS ON THE RUN. WILL THE DESERT SAVE HIM - OR BURY HIM?A bomb at his book launch. Gunfire…
Legacy by Chris Hammer @Wildfirebks @joe_thomas25 @headlinepg
Source: Review copyPublication: 9 October 2025 from WildfirePP: 496ISBN-13: 978-1035410828 My thanks to Wildfire for a review copy MARTIN SCARSDEN IS ON THE RUN. WILL THE DESERT SAVE HIM - OR BURY HIM?A bomb at his book launch. Gunfire in his hometown. Someone wants journalist Martin Scarsden dead. Fleeing for his life into the outback, he learns that nowhere is safe.
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October 20, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Reposted by Mary Picken
💫GIVEAWAY❄️

To celebrate next week’s release of #BlackAsDeath the TWISTY finale to @liljawriter.bsky.social Áróra #Series t L Garcia we’re giving away a book bundle!

To enter:
✔️ Follow us & @liljawriter.bsky.social
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📅 Closes 23/10

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October 16, 2025 at 10:02 AM
A Slowly Dying Cause (Linley and Havers #22) by Elizabeth George

Source: Review copyPublication: 25 September 2025 fromPP: 656ISBN-13: 978-1035074624 My thanks to Pan MacMillan for a review copyIn Cornwall, a man suffers a violent death – and the killer may lurk within the community . . . Amid the…
A Slowly Dying Cause (Linley and Havers #22) by Elizabeth George
Source: Review copyPublication: 25 September 2025 fromPP: 656ISBN-13: 978-1035074624 My thanks to Pan MacMillan for a review copyIn Cornwall, a man suffers a violent death – and the killer may lurk within the community . . . Amid the beauty of Cornwall’s coastline, the death of a local man shatters the peace with its violence. The body of Michael Lobb is discovered in his family’s tin and pewter workshop, and Detective Inspector Beatrice Hannaford is brought in to investigate.
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October 13, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Snow Blind / Fade Out by Ragnar Jonasson, translated by Quentin Bates and Larissa Kyzer @ragnarjo @OrendaBooks @Graskeggur @KyzerLarissa @RandomTTours

Source: Review copyPublication: 10th Anniversary Edition 10th October 2025 from Orenda BooksPP: 340ISBN-13: 978-1916788947 My thanks to Orenda…
Snow Blind / Fade Out by Ragnar Jonasson, translated by Quentin Bates and Larissa Kyzer @ragnarjo @OrendaBooks @Graskeggur @KyzerLarissa @RandomTTours
Source: Review copyPublication: 10th Anniversary Edition 10th October 2025 from Orenda BooksPP: 340ISBN-13: 978-1916788947 My thanks to Orenda Books for an advance copy for review. I am thrilled to be participating in this blog tour. I first fell in love with Ari Thor Arason ten years ago, and revisiting SNOWBLIND is such a joy. In this fabulously beautiful 10th Anniversary edition, in hardback with foil and embossing.
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October 9, 2025 at 6:00 AM
*NEW BLOG POST*

Today on #damppebbles I am sharing this week's #WWWWednesday post. Find out what I've recently finished reading, what I'm currently reading and what I plan to read next!

Check out my post here...
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#BookSky #skybrarians #books #bookish #book #booksworthreading
October 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The Cut Throat Trial by S.J. Fleet @SJFleetAuthor

Source: Review copyPublication: 28 August 2025 from PicadorPP: 432ISBN-13: 978-1035046683 My thanks to Picador for a review copy It is one of the biggest trials of the year. Three seventeen-year-old boys are accused of the brutal murder of an…
The Cut Throat Trial by S.J. Fleet @SJFleetAuthor
Source: Review copyPublication: 28 August 2025 from PicadorPP: 432ISBN-13: 978-1035046683 My thanks to Picador for a review copy It is one of the biggest trials of the year. Three seventeen-year-old boys are accused of the brutal murder of an elderly teacher on New Year's Eve. Each boy denies it. Each points the finger at the other two.
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October 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Reposted by Mary Picken
🍂 NEW this month ✨

❄️ #Snowblind by #RagnarJonasson inc. prequel #Fadeout, t Q Bates & L Kyzer: bit.ly/4kvDgER

🕵️‍♀️ #BlackAsDeath by @liljawriter.bsky.social t L Garcia: bit.ly/4kKvI0u

🛋️ #TheWinterJob by #AnttiTuomainen t D Hackston: bit.ly/46q4TLE

#AutumnReads #BookSky #NordicNoir #Translated
October 2, 2025 at 9:12 AM