Bibliophile | Define Bibliophile at Dictionary.com bibliophile [bib-lee-uh-fahyl, -fil] /ˈbɪb li əˌfaɪl, -fɪl/ Spell noun 1. a person who loves or collects books, especially as examples of fine or unusual printing, binding, or the like. Expand [bib-lee-of-uh-list] /ˌbɪb liˈɒf ə lɪst/ (Show IPA). Origin of bibliophile [bib-lee-oh-fil-ik] /ˌbɪb li oʊˈfɪl ɪk/ (Show IPA), adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged Examples from the Web for bibliophile Expand Contemporary Examples What did he, a classically trained actor and bibliophile, really see in her? Waiting for Daylight Henry Major Tomlinson Diane de Poitiers, a true chasseresse des bouquins, was herself the daughter of a bibliophile. The Great Book-Collectors Charles Isaac Elton and Mary Augusta Elton What bibliophile does not prefer the companionship of his books to that of all other friends? The Book-Hunter at Home P. B. M.

Allan Charles was more of a bibliophile than might be guessed from his orthography. The Book-Hunter at Home P. B. M. Allan He had been the underbidder, but what chance had a poor devil of a bibliophile against the wealthy captains of industry? The Unpublishable Memoirs A. S. W. Rosenbach Bibliography is perhaps the subject nearest to the heart of every bibliophile. The Book-Hunter at Home P. B. M. Allan It may be readily surmised that he had not many of the tastes of a bibliophile, nor time in which to indulge them. bibliophile - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com Random Word bibliophile You can call a book lover a bibliophile. If you find it impossible to leave a book store without buying at least one book, you might be a bibliophile. A bibliophile usually has a huge collection of books and loves nothing more than browsing in a used book shop or a library. A love of books or a deep knowledge about them makes a person a bibliophile.

The earliest use of the word bibliophile was in 1820s France, and it came from the Greek prefix biblio, or "book," and the word philos, or "friend." If you consider books to be your true friends, you are definitely a bibliophile. bibliophile - definition of bibliophile in English | Oxford Dictionaries Definition of bibliophile in English: bibliophile A person who collects or has a great love of books.

Example sentences ‘Art books make excellent gifts for your favorite bibliophile.’ ‘But then surprises always await bibliophiles at a book fair.’ ‘A haven for bibliophiles - mainly because you can browse leisurely without being disturbed - the place has that friendly feel which not every bookstore can boast of, and which probably only booklovers can recognise.’ ‘The idea behind the renovation in the city is part of OUPs recent drive to provide greater visibility of books and set bibliophiles at ease.’ ‘And like most other bibliophiles, my secret ambition is to earn a living from running the Perfect Bookshop - with squashy leather couches, warm wooden shelves, home-made cakes and, in my case, luxury yarns in the corner.’ ‘The resulting 980 copies of the edition are, of necessity, rare and expensive items in their own right, destined only for the collections of bibliophiles and the world's major libraries.’ ‘The papyri also suggest the presence of a wide variety of scholars, philosophers, poets and bibliophiles in Egypt and present examples of book trade, calligraphers and Greek literature in the villages.’ ‘Set up by the city's most famous poet in 1919, it still retains

 the musty, order-through-chaos atmosphere of a true bibliophile's den.’ ‘It was only with the proliferation of bibliophiles who often had to step over books to reach their beds, and who were at a loss to contain their books, did bookshelves become a necessity, an invention.’ ‘And the collectors included not only bibliophiles and affected interior decorators but also biographers of famous men and the thousands of amateurs who participated in the era's terrific quest to collect and compile useful knowledge.’ ‘The British Library is asking bibliophiles to adopt a book and save it for the nation.’ ‘Being a bibliophile of non-fiction books has also led me to a worrying conclusion.’ ‘My grandfather, a solicitor, was an amateur geologist and anthropologist with a special interest in Aboriginal languages, and a bibliophile who passed on his passion for books and reading to my father.’ ‘What becomes clear is that today's book buyer is different from the patient bibliophile of yesteryear.’ ‘Between these, a narrow, winding rivulet-track of rugs leads up to the armchair of the happy bibliophile, who is to be seen dimly manifest amid clouds of tobacco smoke by the fireside.’ ‘I'm a bibliophile by

 day and… well, the same thing by night.’ ‘There were always plenty of books in our house, because my mother was a passionate bibliophile.’ ‘Though many bibliophiles would love to have a look at this collection, it has not been available in the market for long.’ ‘While an average visitor to these fairs may leave with two or three books at the most, these seasoned bibliophiles will settle for nothing less than an armload of books each time they come to the fair.’ ‘A knowledgeable bibliophile, he also assembled a collection of books utilizing various photomechanical processes that he eventually sold to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.’ Synonyms Quotes About Bibliophile (36 quotes) Quotes About Bibliophile Quotes tagged as "bibliophile" (showing 1-30 of 36) “Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable.

For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.” Like “I grabbed my book and opened it up. I wanted to smell it. Heck, I wanted to kiss it. Yes, kiss it. That's right, I am a book kisser. Maybe that's kind of perverted or maybe it's just romantic and highly intelligent.” Like “I took my time, running my fingers along the spines of books, stopping to pull a title from the shelf and inspect it. A sense of well-being flowed through me as I circled the ground floor. It was better than meditation or a new pair of shoes- or even chocolate. My life was a disaster, but there were still books. Lots and lots of books. A refuge. A solace. Each one offering the possibility of a new beginning.” Like “We lusty bibliophiles know that reading, unlike just about anything else, is both good for you and loads of fun.” Like “When you sell a man a book you don’t sell him just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life.

Love and friendship and humour and ships at sea by night - there’s all heaven and earth in a book, a real book I mean.” Like “I spent much of my prison time reading. I must have read over 200 large books, mostly fictional stories about the American pioneers, the Vikings, Mafia, etc. As long as I was engrossed in a book, I was not in prison. Reading was my escape.” “Page after page she read She cried and laughed She fell in love with simple characters She loathed imaginary enemies She read and read saying one more chapter She fell asleep with the books in her grasp She got lost in the words and escaped the world” Like “Shara was already an avid reader by then, but she had never realized until that moment what books meant, the possibility they presented: you could protect them forever, store them up like engineers store water, endless resources of time and knowledge snared in ink, tied down to paper, layered on shelves.... Moments made physical, untouchable, perfect, like preserving a dead hornet in crystal, one drop of venom forever hanging from its stinger. She felt overwhelmed.

It was--she briefly thinks of herself and Vo, reading together in the library--a lot like being in love for the first time.” Like “In reading, friendship is restored immediately to its original purity. With books there is no forced sociability. If we pass the evening with those friends—books—it’s because we really want to. When we leave them, we do so with regret and, when we have left them, there are none of those thoughts that spoil friendship: “What did they think of us?”—“Did we make a mistake and say something tactless?”—“Did they like us?”—nor is there the anxiety of being forgotten because of displacement by someone else. All such agitating thoughts expire as we enter the pure and calm friendship of reading.” Like “Never before had I felt trapped, so seduced and caught up in a story,' Clara explained, 'the way I did with that book. Until then, reading was just a duty, a sort of fine one had to pay teachers and tutors without quite knowing why. I had never known the pleasure of reading, of exploring the recesses of the soul, of letting myself be carried away by imagination, beauty, and the mystery of fiction and language.

For me all those things were born with that novel. This is a world of shadows, Daniel, and magic is a rare asset. That book taught me that by reading, I could live more intensely. It could give me back the sight I had lost. For that reason alone, a book that didn't matter to anyone, changed my life.” What does bibliophilia mean? This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word bibliophilia Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: bibliophilia(Noun) Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Bibliophilia Bibliophilia or bibliophilism is the love of books. Accordingly a bibliophile is an individual who loves books. A bookworm is someone who loves books for their content, or who otherwise loves reading. The -ia-suffixed form "bibliophilia" is sometimes considered to be an incorrect usage; the older "bibliophilism" is considered more correct. The adjective form of the term is bibliophilic. A bibliophile may be, but is not necessarily, a book collector.

Numerology The numerical value of bibliophilia in Chaldean Numerology is: 8 Pythagorean Numerology bibliophile | Definition, meaning & more | Collins Dictionary 1. a person who loves or admires books, esp. for their style of binding , printing , etc. 2. a collector of books Also ˌbibliˈophilist (ˌbɪbliˈɑfəlɪst ; bibˌlēäfˈəlist) Webster’s New World College Dictionary, Fourth Edition, compiled by the editors of Webster’s New World Dictionaries. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Derived forms Bibliophile Book Club | Crime, Thriller and Mystery books and reviews site Crime, Thriller and Mystery books and reviews site Menu Posted in Blog Tour , Books by bibliophilebookclub Hi everyone! So today is my stop on the blog tour for Lies by TM Logan, which incidentally, is out today. I’ve got a great guest post from the author about his favourite opening lines, but more on that in a bit.

Here’s all the important bookish info first: About the book: When Joe Lynch stumbles across his wife driving into a hotel car park while she’s supposed to be at work, he’s intrigued enough to follow her in. And when he witnesses her in an angry altercation with family friend Ben, he knows he ought to intervene. But just as the confrontation between the two men turns violent, and Ben is knocked unconscious, Joe’s young son has an asthma attack – and Joe must flee in order to help him. When he returns, desperate to make sure Ben is OK, Joe is horrified to find that Ben has disappeared. And that’s when Joe receives the first message… Click HERE to get your copy! About the author: TM Logan was born in Berkshire to an English father and a German mother. He studied at Queen Mary and Cardiff universities before becoming a national newspaper journalist. He currently works in communications and lives in Nottinghamshire with his wife and two children. LIES is his first novel – published on January 17th 2017 (ebook) and May 4th 2017 (paperback).

Follow him on Twitter @TMLoganAuthor And now I’ll hand you over to the author… Seven favourite first lines in fiction ‘An opening line should invite the reader to begin the story. It should say: listen. Come in here. You want to know about this.’ I didn’t say this (I wish I had) – it was Stephen King. As usual, he’s spot on. The first line is so important in hooking the reader, pulling them in and making a connection with them. The first line sets the stage, gives a hint to the reader about what’s in store – and why they should stick around to find out. The first line of my debut novel LIES was inspired by my son, Tom. He was obsessed with cars from a very young age and would recite their names in traffic whenever he saw the badges – just like the son of my protagonist, Joe Lynch. In LIES, this seemingly innocent habit is the trigger for a terrifying chain of events that send Joe’s life spiralling out of control in a whirlwind of betrayal, obsession, lies and revenge. Here are some opening lines that I love, from some of my favourite books.

‘You never meant to kill him.’ – The Innocent, by Harlan Coben Coben is the master. Just six words in his opener here, but he’s already given you situation, subject, death and regret. Not bad going. He’s written a lot of great thrillers – The Innocent is just one of many. ‘It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.’ – 1984 by George Orwell One of the all-time classic openings, combining the familiar and the unfamiliar, hinting at a world that has somehow tilted on its axis. This was one of my favourite books as a teenager. ‘In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.’ – The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien Another one of my childhood favourites. For me it came after CS Lewis’s seven Narnia books (I still have the box set) and before the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

I’ve cheated a bit here because it’s two sentences, but Tolkien was a master at painting pictures with words. ‘I was arrested in Eno’s diner. At twelve o’clock. I was eating eggs and drinking coffee. A late breakfast, not lunch. I was wet and tired after a long walk in heavy rain. All the way from the highway to the edge of town.’ – Killing Floor by Lee Child OK, I’ve cheated again here. This is the opening paragraph rather than just the first sentence. But he manages to convey so much about Jack Reacher in a few dozen words that we feel we’re on the way to knowing him already. This is the first time readers met Reacher, but 20 books later, he’s still going strong (and still drinking coffee). ‘We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold.’ – Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson One of my favourite journalist-authors. Hunter S Thompson’s gonzo journalism style is way out there – part fact, part fiction, part drug-induced hallucination – and this opener gives you a taste of the craziness in store.

You know right from the first line that it’s going to be a wild ride. ‘The old lady had changed her mind about dying but by then it was too late.’ – City of Bones by Michael Connelly I’m a massive Michael Connelly fan. To be honest I could have chosen almost any of his books, but the City of Bones opener is a fine example, taking us inside the mind of LA cop Harry Bosch. ‘I’m pretty much f***ed. That’s my considered opinion.’ – The Martian by Andy Weir This is a great adventure story. But it’s also got healthy doses of humour and a sheer bloody-minded refusal to give up in the face of impossible odds that makes you root for the hero from the very first line. These are just a few of my choices, but everyone has their own favourites opening lines. What are yours? Let me know @TMLoganAuthor Huge thanks to Emily at Bonnier Zaffre and TM Logan for having me on the blog tour! Make sure to follow the blog tour! I also read and reviewed Lies last year, you can click Lies by T. M. Logan to read it!

Posted in Blog Tour , Books by bibliophilebookclub Hey everyone, Today is my stop on the blog tour for The One by John Marrs. I haven’t gotten around to reading it (YET!!!) but I’ve heard nothing but positive praise so I will be reading it ASAP. I’m lucky enough to have a guest post from John for you all today, but first, here’s all of the super important bookish info! About the book: How far would you go to find THE ONE? One simple mouth swab is all it takes. One tiny DNA test to find your perfect partner – the one you’re genetically made for. A decade after scientists discover everyone has a gene they share with just one person, millions have taken the test, desperate to find true love. Now, five more people take the test. But even soul mates have secrets. And some are more shocking – and deadlier – than others… Out in ebook on January 27th, click HERE to pre-order your copy! About the author: John Marrs is a freelance journalist based in London, England, who has spent the last 20 years interviewing celebrities from the world of television, film and music for national newspapers and magazines.

He has written for publications including The Guardian’s Guide and Guardian Online; OK! Magazine; Total Film; Empire; Q; Gay Times; The Independent; Star; Reveal; Company; Daily Star and News of the World’s Sunday Magazine. His debut novel The Wronged Sons, was released in 2013 and in May 2015, he released his second book, Welcome To Wherever You Are. In July 2016 came his most recent novel, The One. And now, I’ll hand you over to John… I have loved the world of books for as long as I can remember. The first to really kickstart my imagination were The Hardy Boys series of novels. I’d lock myself away in my bedroom and devour them within a day, as the two brothers (who were also amateur sleuths) attempted to solve crimes in no more than twenty chapters. It was my ambition to be like their American-based writer, Franklin W Dixon and come up with amazing adventures of my own. It was only as an adult that I discovered Dixon didn’t actually exist – he was a collective pseudonym of novelists all writing under the same fictitious name. Such a disappointment!

I was born and raised in Northampton, and when my parents did their monthly grocery shop in Tesco, they’d drop me off at the library opposite where I’d spend an hour or so flicking through the new releases and modern-day classics that were new to an eight-year-old me. It was there that I discovered The Hobbit and the Lord Of The Rings trilogy, along with anything by Jules Verne. I’d pay for a postage stamp and fill in a postcard request form and order books and couldn’t wait until it dropped through the letterbox informing me my next read was ready to pick up. One of the books on my GCSE curriculum was one that remains with me to date – J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher In The Rye. It almost feels like a cliché to claim how much it inspired me as it’s now the default favourite of writers and celebrities whenever they are asked to pick a novel that changed their lives. But it really is such a timeless, heart-breaking story about the end of innocence, struggling to find a connection and loss – all universal experiences.

The sheer depth of emotion in protagonist Holden Caulfield and his gradual realisation the world is not the wonderful place he’d been led to believe has inspired some of the journeys I’ve put my own characters on. The book that inspired my second novel, Welcome To Wherever You Are, is Alex Garland’s The Beach. His book was released four years after I went backpacking around America as a 21-year-old. Never has the wanderlust that I felt then been so perfectly encapsulated by a character in novel as it was with Garland’s main character, Richard. I even mention the book in Welcome as a homage to such an inspiring novel. I still have my very battered copy of it, and I was lucky enough to meet Alex many years ago and asked him to sign it for me. There are many other novels that even though they haven’t inspired me directly with my own output, I have carried their characters around with me in my head ever since. For example, since reading American Psycho – which is still such a harrowing, ground-breaking read – I’ve always wanted to explore writing a character with psychopath traits. In my latest book, The One, I had the chance to do that.

And while my character Christopher is less detached from the world than Patrick Bateman, you still wouldn’t ask him to join you for a pint at the local pub. I’m inspired also by authors themselves. I’ve twice had the pleasure of interviewing Tom Rob Smith, author of Child 44 and The Farm for magazine profile pieces and he’s always a very giving, interesting man to chat to. His best selling Child 44 trilogy could have ran and ran but he nipped it in the bud and his fourth book, The Farm, was worlds apart from its predecessors. Such a change in direction gave me the courage to write The One, which is very different to my first book The Wronged Sons and also Welcome. Smith demonstrated to me that you shouldn’t be afraid to experiment with different genres and that you can still retain a loyal audience even if you mix it up. Many other books have stimulated me directly and indirectly, from the beautiful poetic descriptions of the surroundings in Carlos Ruiz Zafon’s The Shadows Of The Wind and Paul Theroux’s The Mosquito Coast, to the creative dystopia of Hugh Howey’s Wool trilogy and the dark pathos of John Niven’s Kill Your Friends.

This year, the two books that I am going to clear my diary to read are Peter Swanson’s Her Every Fear, the follow up to the brilliant A Kind Worth Killing and Gregg Hurwtiz’s sequel to Orphan X, The Nowhere Man. Huge thanks to the folks at Ebury and to John Marrs for today’s fab blog post. Make sure to follow this epic blog tour: Posted in Books , Review by bibliophilebookclub About the book: Ring-a-ring o rosie . . . How far would you go? Jen Harper likes to play it safe. She is settling into life on the outskirts of a sleepy fishing village with her little boy, Danny. Life by the sea just how she wanted it. When she meets Andy, she feels the time has come to put her baggage and the scars of the past behind her. Then she is introduced to Scott, Andy s best friend, and is stung by his obvious disdain for her. Why is Scott so protective of his best friend? What is the dark secret that threatens all of them? In her attempt to find answers, Jen must confront her demons and push her relationships to their limits. By digging up the past, she puts Danny and herself in danger.

Will she succeed in uncovering the truth before they all fall down? They All Fall Down was published in 2016, click HERE to get your copy! About the author: Cat Hogan was born into a home of bookworms and within spitting distance of the sea. Her father, Pat, a lightship man, instilled in her a love of the sea and the stars. Her mother, Mag, taught her how to read before she could walk. Writing, storytelling and a wild imagination is part of her DNA. The beautiful County Wexford, Ireland is home to Cat, her musician partner Dave, two beautiful sons Joey and Arthur, and her tomcat Jim Hawkins. There they live a life of storytelling, song and adventure. The other love of Cat’s life is food. A self-professed foodie, there is nothing she loves more than feeding a houseful of friends round her kitchen table. When she is not conjuring up imaginary friends, she can be found supporting local musicians and writers of which there is an abundance in her home town. One of her first endorsements for her novel is also her favourite and comes from fellow Wexfordian of Artemis Fowl fame.

‘If the Gone Girl met the Girl on the Train, they would have come up with They All Fall Down’ -Eoin Colfer. They All Fall Down is Cat’s debut novel. My thoughts: I had seen Cat’s book knocking around social media but knowing I didn’t have the time to read it, I bought it and shelved it until I had a chance to read it in my own time. I did manage to take part in the blog tour last year though, and had a Q&A with the lovely lady herself, you can read that HERE . Anyway, I picked this up after agonizing for ages about what to read, and I was pleasantly surprised. They All Fall Down is a psychological thriller, with a strong emphasis on friendship and trust. Following Jen Harper, and her son Danny as they settle in to a sleepy fishing village, it becomes obvious that there is definitely something a bit sinister in the offing for them. I’m not going to go into the plot for fear of the dreaded spoilers. However, what I will say is that Cat Hogan has shown great promise in her writing.

Capable of creating hateful characters, while balancing them out with the likes of Jen and her friends, I’d be intrigued to see where she goes with her next book. I won’t lie, there were a few niggles for me with They All Fall Down. The main one, which is completely my issue, is that I don’t read Irish fiction. Yes, I’m Irish, shame on me. The author has the Irish mannerisms down with this book though, even the “bye,bye,bye,bye” that we’re all guilty of when we’re hanging up from a phone call. However, I am so used to reading US, Scandi and UK fiction, that it all threw me a little. I’m used to it in life, but not in fiction I guess! That being said, They All Fall Down is definitely a good read. I had it read in less than 24 hours, it was the kind of book that you have to keep reading. I read a lot (A HELL OF A LOT) of books in the psych thriller genre, so there was nothing new for me with this one, but it was enjoyable all the same! Cat Hogan is definitely one to watch out for. Recommended!

Posted in Books , Review by bibliophilebookclub About the book: Adultery. Murder. Something worse, set in Des Moines, IA, modern day. A private detective determined to unravel it all. When an adultery investigation takes a violent turn, Fred Dunsmore lands in the hospital with a near-fatal stab wound and private investigator Moses Winter lands in jail. Moses is not alone, though. He’s there with his unstable client, Sharon Dunsmore, and Fred’s mistress, a Bosnian refugee who just happens to be related to the DCI agent investigating the case, Raif Rakić. After Rakić secures their release, Fred disappears, and Moses Winter must find the man his client tried to kill, and in doing so navigate the murky depths of the Des Moines criminal underworld run by the local Bosnian mafia syndicate. Made Safe is published on Jan 17th! Ellen’s review: A chilling read – literally as the book is set in the depths of an Iowan Winter. This really added to the atmosphere of the book including at one point the body of a young girl frozen to the street. I was glad to be reading it tucked up under a blanket at home!

Moses Winter is the private investigator that gets drawn into the criminal underworld of Des Moines and deeper into a situation that is out of his league. I liked Moses as a character; his determination to get to the bottom of what seemed like a straight forward adultery case gone wrong was laudable. DCI Rakic is the agent in charge of the case that evolves from Moses’ adultery case taking a violent turn. This ends up being the tip of the iceberg and he helps Moses unravel the tangled web of deceit which results in them stumbling upon the most heinous crimes of their careers. Rakic has family ties to the case and his dedication to trying to keep them safe whilst bringing others to justice was admirable. A hard hitting thriller with intriguing characters, a must read for fans of this genre. Four stars from me! *Many thanks to Grace at Little Brown UK for my review copy* Hi everyone, I’m one of the stops on The Dry blog tour today and I finally get to share my review with you all! About the book: After getting a note demanding his presence, Federal Agent Aaron Falk arrives in his hometown for the first time in decades to attend the funeral of his best friend, Luke.

Twenty years ago when Falk was accused of murder, Luke was his alibi. Falk and his father fled under a cloud of suspicion, saved from prosecution only because of Luke’s steadfast claim that the boys had been together at the time of the crime. But now more than one person knows they didn’t tell the truth back then, and Luke is dead. Amid the worst drought in a century, Falk and the local detective question what really happened to Luke. As Falk reluctantly investigates to see if there’s more to Luke’s death than there seems to be, long-buried mysteries resurface, as do the lies that have haunted them. And Falk will find that small towns have always hidden big secrets. The Dry is out now! Click HERE to get your copy! About the author: Jane Harper was born in Manchester in the UK, and moved to Australia with her family at age eight. She spent six years in Boronia, Victoria, and during that time gained Australian citizenship. Returning to the UK with her family as a teenager, she lived in Hampshire before studying English and History at the University of Kent in Canterbury.

On graduating, she completed a journalism entry qualification and got her first reporting job as a trainee on the Darlington & Stockton Times in County Durham. Jane worked for several years as a senior news journalist for the Hull Daily Mail, before moving back to Australia in 2008. She worked first on the Geelong Advertiser, and in 2011 took up a role with the Herald Sun in Melbourne. In 2014, Jane submitted a short story which was one of 12 chosen for the Big Issue’s annual Fiction Edition. That inspired her to pursue creative writing more seriously, and that year she applied for the Curtis Brown Creative online 12-week novel writing course. She was accepted with a submission for the book that would become The Dry and wrote the first full draft during the three-month course. Jane lives in St Kilda with her husband. My thoughts: I had been watching the chat about The Dry with interest on social media, so I was thrilled to find out I was on the blog tour for it. Set in Kiewarra, Detective Aaron Falk arrives back in his hometown to attend the funeral of his friend Luke Hadler.

Luke, his wife and their son Billy were all shot and killed in a murder-suicide by Luke himself. However, upon is arrival home, Falk suspects all is not what it seems. What follows is a tense read. Falk essentially returned home under a cloud. Exiled from Kiewarra twenty years ago when his childhood friend Ellie was found drowned, the people in the town still hold him responsible. He, along with Luke, were both suspected of having a part to play in her death, but nothing was ever proven and Ellie’s death was pronounced a suicide. I love nothing more than reading about small town claustrophobia, and you get that and more in The Dry. There is so much going on behind closed doors and twitching curtains. It is this sense of unease that ramps up the tension for the reader. I think the author has done a great job capturing the small -mindedness and tunnel vision of Kiewarra and its inhabitants. Exacerbating this, there is a serious drought and pretty much everyone is on edge in The Dry. I really enjoyed the dual timeline in The Dry. The reader gets to know Falk past and present, along with many other supporting characters too.

It really added to the story to see the past and present versions, giving the reader in insight into how past decisions shaped their futures, for better or worse. This is definitely not a fast paced read, but it is still worth reading. It is tense, character-rich and with plenty to make the reader keep turning the pages. I would definitely recommended The Dry! Posted in Books by bibliophilebookclub Hi everyone, Today is my stop on the blog tour for Simon Kernick’s new book, The Bone Field, and I have a great post further down for you all! Here’s all the bookish info first: About the book: When the bones of a 21-year old woman who went missing without trace in Thailand in 1990, are discovered in the grounds of an old Catholic school in Buckinghamshire, an enduring mystery takes on a whole new twist. Her boyfriend at the time, and the man who reported her missing, Henry Forbes, now a middle-aged university lecturer, comes forward with his lawyer and tells DI Ray Mason of the Met’s Homicide Command that he knows what happened to Kitty, and who killed her.

So begins a hunt for the truth that will focus on a ruthless crime gang, a rich, dysfunctional family with a terrible past, and a highly ambitious man so cruel and ruthless that he must be brought down at any cost… The Bone Field is out TODAY! Click HERE to pick up your copy! About the author: Simon Kernick is one of Britain’s most exciting thriller writers. He talks both on and off the record to members of the Met’s Special Branch and the Anti-Terrorist Branch and the Serious and Organised Crime Agency, so he gets to hear first hand what actually happens in the dark and murky underbelly of UK crime. To find out more about his thrillers, visit , and Read on to find out about one of Simon’s newest characters… CHARACTER BIOGRAPHIES: RAY MASON BIRTHNAME: Wilfred Piers Webster (changed by deed poll to Ray Mason in 1995) BIRTH DATE: March 1977 BIRTH PLACE: Tetbury, Gloucestershire, UK. SIBLINGS: Two brothers, James and Oliver, both deceased.

EDUCATION: Dauntseys School, Wiltshire 1988-1995 CAREER 1998-2004 1 Military Intelligence Battalion 2004- Present Metropolitan Police 2004-2009 Special Branch (now Counter Terrorism Command) 2009-12 Serious and Organized Crime Agency (SOCA) 2012-15 Counter Terrrorism Command (rank Detective Inspector) 2015-2016 Ealing Murder Investigation Team Known in the media as ‘The boy in the burning house’, Ray Mason witnessed the murders of his mother and two brothers, Oliver and James, at the hands of his father, when he was only seven years old. He was forced to jump from a second floor window to save himself while his father perished in the flames and, although he escaped serious injury, the mental scars have stayed with him ever since. Subsequently, he was brought up by his mother’s brother and his wife, and inherited the family estate at the age of twenty-one, a total of two million pounds, making him financially independent.

However, against his uncle and aunt’s wishes, he changed his name by deed poll to Ray Mason, and joined the British army, serving as an infantryman in the Royal Anglian Regiment before transferring to Military Intelligence in 1998. During his time in Military Intelligence, Ray served tours in Kosovo and Afghanistan, and in 2003, he was involved in a sting operation against a Saudi radical looking to buy nerve gas for Al Qaeda, which ended with the radical and a number of other people being killed. The operation, which took place in the Turks and Caicos Islands, was covered up and Ray was forced to leave the army, even though he’d obeyed orders and acted in self defence. Ray went on to join the Met, and during his time there he’s mainly been involved in both Counter Terrorism and Organized Crime, helping to secure a number of high-profile convictions. Three years ago, there was an attempt kidnap him at gunpoint by a gang of three would-be jihadists, which failed when Ray disarmed one of the men, shot him and the other gunman dead, and arrested the third member of the gang.

Although Ray was cleared of any wrongdoing, a private prosecution was brought by the families of the dead men, something which hung over his head until it was finally thrown out of court in early 2016. Late in 2015, Ray, then a Detective Inspector in CTC, was involved in an unofficial operation that left two of his colleagues dead. Although the operation led directly to the foiling of an imminent terror attack, Ray was suspended from CTC and eventually demoted to Detective Sergeant and transferred to Ealing Murder Investigation Team, where he’s currently working when The Bone Field begins. I have a copy of this on my TBR, so make sure to keep an eye out for that review! And also, make sure to catch up on the blog tour for some great content! Posted in Blog Tour , Books by bibliophilebookclub Hi everyone, Thrilled to be a stop on the blog tour for Steph Broadribb’s debut novel, Deep Down Dead, published by Orenda Books. I was lucky enough to get my hands on an early copy to review, but first, here’s all the bookish info!

About the book: Lori Anderson is as tough as they come, managing to keep her career as a fearless Florida bounty hunter separate from her role as single mother to nine-year-old Dakota, who suffers from leukaemia. But when the hospital bills start to rack up, she has no choice but to take her daughter along on a job that will make her a fast buck. And that’s when things start to go wrong. The fugitive she’s assigned to haul back to court is none other than JT, Lori’s former mentor – the man who taught her everything she knows … the man who also knows the secrets of her murky past. Not only is JT fighting a child exploitation racket operating out of one of Florida’s biggest theme parks, Winter Wonderland, a place where ‘bad things never happen’, but he’s also mixed up with the powerful Miami Mob. With two fearsome foes on their tails, just three days to get JT back to Florida, and her daughter to protect, Lori has her work cut out for her. When they’re ambushed at a gas station, the stakes go from high to stratospheric, and things become personal.

Breathtakingly fast-paced, both hard-boiled and heart-breaking, Deep Down Dead is a simply stunning debut from one of the most exciting new voices in crime fiction. DEEP DOWN DEAD IS PUBLISHED BY ORENDA BOOKS AND IS AVAILABLE NOW, CLICK HERE TO GET YOUR COPY! About the author: Steph Broadribb was born in Birmingham and grew up in Buckinghamshire. Most of her working life has been spent between the UK and USA. As her alter ego – Crime Thriller Girl – she indulges her love of all things crime fiction by blogging at Steph is an alumni of the MA in Creative Writing (Crime Fiction) at City University London, and she trained as a bounty hunter in California. She lives in surrounded by horses, cows and chickens. My thoughts: It’s a rarity these days to see a female character who can kick ass with the best male protagonists out there. Say hello to Lori Anderson!!!! Smart, quick and ballsy, she is a rival to the Jack Reachers of the fictional world. Everyone knows that I love an action thriller. Deep Down Dead is all this and so much more. Full of brilliant characters, a cracking plot and plenty of violence, this book is definitely one to put on your list.

Lori is a bounty hunter, a single mom and an all-round independent woman. She knows what she likes, she’s great at her job and she’s fiercely protective of her daughter, Dakota. When she takes a job that could give her the cash she needs to look after her daughters medical care, Lori has no idea just how much danger she has put them in. What follows is a nail-biting game of cat and mouse between Lori and the man who taught her all she knew. JT, her former mentor, is her charge. However, in getting to JT, Lori winds up dredging up the past, and creating serious trouble for all involved. I’m not going to say any more about it. Deep Down Dead is an ass-kicking thriller of the highest order. I can’t recommend it highly enough! Make sure to keep up with the blog tour:

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