Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: Lessons for Idle Tongues Author: Charlie Cochrane Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 247 Pages At a Glance: Just when you think you might have it all figured out… That would be a no. I love it! Reviewed By: Carrie Blurb: Cambridge, 1910 Amateur detectives Jonty Stewart and Orlando Coppersmith seem to have nothing more... Continue Reading →
Title: The Best Corpse for the Job Author: Charlie Cochrane Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 298 Pages At a Glance: More mystery than romance, and a little slow paced for my tastes. Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: Schoolteacher Adam Matthews just wants to help select a new headteacher and go home. The governors at Lindenshaw St... Continue Reading →
Title: Lessons for Suspicious Minds (A Cambridge Fellows Mystery) Author: Charlie Cochrane Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 258 Pages At a Glance: I highly recommend this book and will buy and read the next in the series to see what mystery the author has for us next. Reviewed By: Carrie Blurb: 1909 In the innocent... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach welcomes Charlie Cochrane on the Lessons for Suspicious Minds blog tour. Enjoy Charlie's interview, then be sure to leave a comment right here for the chance to win a title from Charlie Cochrane's backlist (excluding Lessons for Survivors). Entries close at midnight, Eastern time, on April 25, 2015. Contest is NOT restricted... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach welcomes Charlie Cochrane on her Lessons for Survivors tour. Enjoy the deleted scene she's sharing with us today, then be sure to leave a comment to enter for a chance to win an e-book from Charlie's backlist (excl. Lessons for Survivors). Entries close at midnight, Eastern time, on January 31, 2015. Contest... Continue Reading →
Happy Sunday, everyone, I hope you've had a lovely week. Coming up in the week ahead, we've got plenty of great stuff in store for you to enjoy, more guest authors, interesting articles, interviews, reviews, and, thanks to the generosity of our guests, more giveaways just because they appreciate you, their readers. Here's what's on... Continue Reading →
Happy Sunday, everyone, I hope you've had a lovely week. Coming up in the week ahead, we've got plenty of great stuff in store for you to enjoy, more guest authors, interesting articles, interviews, reviews, and, thanks to the generosity of our guests, more giveaways just because they appreciate you, their readers. Here's what's on... Continue Reading →
Title: Lessons for Survivors (A Cambridge Fellows Mystery) Author: Charlie Cochrane Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 265 Pages At a Glance: Like sitting in one's favorite chair on a rainy day with a cup of hot tea and quiet music playing in the background Blurb: A more than professional interest . . . a more... Continue Reading →
A Quick Q&A With Charlie Q: Where are you from? A: Stoke Newington, in London. Just around the very limit of where you can hear Bow Bells so doubtful if I count as a cockney. (And they were mending them at the time I was born so perhaps nobody of my age truly qualifies.) Q:... Continue Reading →
Cheers, everyone, and many thanks for stopping by to see what we have coming up this week at The Novel Approach. As we head into this holiday week here in the states, I want to take a moment to say thank you so much for your support of what we do here each day. Without... Continue Reading →
Cheers, everyone, and many thanks for stopping by to see what we have coming up this week at The Novel Approach. As we head into this holiday week here in the states, I want to take a moment to say thank you so much for your support of what we do here each day. Without... Continue Reading →
My apologies for the delay. We had a bit of an incident in the canteen this morning. Welcome to the THIRDS. I’m Sloane Brodie, Team Leader for Destructive Delta. I appreciate you taking the time to be here. What’s that? I don’t sound very convincing? I agree. I was told to say that. Let’s get... Continue Reading →
My apologies for the delay. We had a bit of an incident in the canteen this morning. Welcome to the THIRDS. I’m Sloane Brodie, Team Leader for Destructive Delta. I appreciate you taking the time to be here. What’s that? I don’t sound very convincing? I agree. I was told to say that. Let’s get... Continue Reading →
Title: Sand Author: Charlie Cochrane Publisher: MLR Press Pages/Word Count: 44 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Andrew Parks has come to Syria to escape potential disgrace in Edwardian England, burying past heartache and scandal among the tombs. Charles Cusiter has travelled here more reluctantly, as chaperone to a friend whose fondness for the opposite sex... Continue Reading →
Title: Sand Author: Charlie Cochrane Publisher: MLR Press Pages/Word Count: 44 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Andrew Parks has come to Syria to escape potential disgrace in Edwardian England, burying past heartache and scandal among the tombs. Charles Cusiter has travelled here more reluctantly, as chaperone to a friend whose fondness for the opposite sex... Continue Reading →
“I’m not sure if it’s been too long a time or too short a time, but it’s the right time.” – Charlie Cochrane Title: Second Helpings Author: Charlie Cochrane Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 146 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Stuart Collins’s life might as well have ended a year ago when his partner died... Continue Reading →
“I’m not sure if it’s been too long a time or too short a time, but it’s the right time.” – Charlie Cochrane Title: Second Helpings Author: Charlie Cochrane Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 146 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Stuart Collins’s life might as well have ended a year ago when his partner died... Continue Reading →
I'm thrilled skinny to be dropping in here as part of the Second Helpings blog tour. A million thanks to The Novel Approach for having me as a guest. What were you reading while working on your Second Helpings? I’m embarrassed to answer this question, as the answer is so predictable. Doubly so. It was... Continue Reading →
I'm thrilled skinny to be dropping in here as part of the Second Helpings blog tour. A million thanks to The Novel Approach for having me as a guest. What were you reading while working on your Second Helpings? I’m embarrassed to answer this question, as the answer is so predictable. Doubly so. It was... Continue Reading →
Hi, everyone! Thanks so much for coming by to see what we have on tap in the week ahead. As always, we’ve got great guests, awesome giveaways, and, of course, a lot of reviews coming up for you. Have a lovely week! Monday – Our lead off guest of the week is Jeff Adams and... Continue Reading →
Hi, everyone! Thanks so much for coming by to see what we have on tap in the week ahead. As always, we’ve got great guests, awesome giveaways, and, of course, a lot of reviews coming up for you. Have a lovely week! Monday – Our lead off guest of the week is Jeff Adams and... Continue Reading →
As part of my non-writing life, I attended a development day, where one of the speakers discussed “Relationship Marketing” and the increasing loyalty as someone moves from being a prospective customer to a brand advocate. (How does this relate to the story behind “Awfully Glad”? Bear with, bear with...) I immediately could relate this concept... Continue Reading →
As part of my non-writing life, I attended a development day, where one of the speakers discussed “Relationship Marketing” and the increasing loyalty as someone moves from being a prospective customer to a brand advocate. (How does this relate to the story behind “Awfully Glad”? Bear with, bear with...) I immediately could relate this concept... Continue Reading →
Hi, everyone, and thanks for stopping in to see what we have in store for you in the week ahead. We've got more guest articles, more exclusive interviews, more excerpts and giveaways galore, not to mention another week of reviews ahead, so we hope you'll come around and take part in all the fun! Here's... Continue Reading →
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