News and book reviews from award-winning British author K.J. Simmill
Tara was more than a little excited at the thought of six weeks alone while her dad went on his comeback tour. There were rules, but what he didn't know wouldn't hurt him, right? But things don't always go as planned, a few days into her freedom and her life is turned upside down with… Continue reading Book review: Joey Paul – Dying Thoughts: Seventh Death (@MsJoeyBug)
Harriet's life was anything but normal. Since her mum's diagnosis, life had changed. Her home, her responsibilities, and her school, everything was different. She was a student, a carer, and now, it seemed, a time traveller. It happened early one morning, a ghost appeared and beseeched her aid. Back in the 1900s her father had… Continue reading Book review: Destination: Unknown – Joey Paul (@MsJoeyBug)
Tally should never have written that email. Then again, she didn't believe her doctors or her parents when they told her the life she remembered, the friends, the love, the parties, had all just been a dream within her coma. A coma she had slipped into after taking drugs. She knew she wouldn't do that.… Continue reading Book review: Blackout – Joey Paul (@MsJoeyBug )
Hetti's first day in the police started with murder. With her first scene came her first gut instinct. As the days progress more murders occur and there's a nagging feeling she just can't shake. The suspects beat the BF scans, something with a 99% accuracy not only that, but each time the suspect has been… Continue reading Book review: Joey Paul – Walk a Mile (@MsJoeyBug )
Tara's life had been full of change. She was nearly an adult now, she was willingly attending higher education, she had friends, a goal, but there were a few things she could not change, her gift to see a dying person's last moments, and the toll Adam's actions and her past experiences had taken on… Continue reading Book review: Joey Paul – Dying Thoughts – Sixth Change (@MsJoeyBug )
Tara was in trouble. She had been forcing herself to believe it was a joke, perhaps even a cruel scheme from Jody. She would rather believe anything than what she feared to be the truth. It had started with a simple note, I know your secret, it warned. The notes were sporadic at first, but… Continue reading Book review: Dying Thoughts – Fifth Secret by Joey Paul @MsJoeyBug
Our teenage homicide solving 'visionary' is back! But this time she finds herself working against the clock. Her friend has gone missing. No visions give Tara hope she's still alive and well, but they also mean she has no leads as to her whereabouts. Determined to find her friend before it's to late and she… Continue reading Book review: Dying Thoughts – Fourth Week by Joey Paul (@MsJoeyBug )
Since the first day of the new term Tara has eagerly awaited the end of year summer holidays. Six weeks of bliss, minimal study, and free time. She can barely wait for that final bell to ring, her mind was filled with visions of duvet mornings and joy. But her father had other plans. He… Continue reading Book review: Dying thoughts – Third Wish by Joey Paul (@msjoeybug)
Tara is struggling to come to terms with her new gift, okay, well it's not a new gift, she's had it since she was six. The only thing is, she didn't know exactly what is was, other than perhaps a crack in her sanity. Her father, who could have made everything much easier by talking… Continue reading Book review: Dying Thoughts – Second Sight by Joey Paul (@msjoeybug)
Tara Leverton didn't ask for this unusual gift but it started just after her mother died. Tara had been six when cancer had claimed her mother, or at least that was what she had been led to believe. The visions, however, told a different story. She was fifteen now and had learnt these episodes were… Continue reading Book review: Dying Thoughts – First Touch by Joey Paul (@MsJoeyBug)
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