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Blog Tour/Review: The Boy at the Door by Alex Dahl

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The Boy At The Door Blog Tour

I’m delighted to be hosting today’s stop on the blog tour for psychological thriller, The Boy at the Door by Alex Dahl.  The Boy at the Door is published in hardback on 12th July 2018 but you can snap up an ecopy of the book now by following the purchase links below.

The Boy at the DoorAbout the Book

What would you do for the perfect life?  Would you lie?  Cheat? Or…kill?

Cecilia Wilborg has the perfect life: a handsome husband, two beautiful daughters and a large house in the picture-postcard town of Sandefjord.

Then Tobias arrives.  He’s a small, friendless eight-year-old boy.

But he threatens to bring Cecilia’s world crashing down.

Format: hardback, ebook (384 pp.)                    Publisher: Head of Zeus
Published: ebook (1st May), hardcover (12th July 2018) Genre: Thriller

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My Review

Cecilia Wilborg’s perfect life is in reality built on fragile foundations – if secrets and lies can ever be considered foundations – and Tobias, even though he’s only eight, may be just the person who brings the whole thing crashing down.  ‘I’m overwhelmed by a sensation of the past as a slithering snake sneaking up on me, ready to unleash its poison on this immaculate life I’ve fought so hard for.’

Tobias is perceptive, observant and his childhood experiences have taught him to be self-dependent, self-controlled and to trust no-one.  Above all, he notices things, particularly about Cecilia.  ‘She’s sad.  I don’t know why, because she has the things to make you happy, but she isn’t.’  And he remembers fragments from the past that don’t immediately make sense to him.  That doesn’t mean he’s not also a lost little boy.

Some of the places Tobias has stayed are a far cry from the well-to-do area in which Cecilia, her husband, Johan, and their two daughters live.   And Cecilia’s ‘carefully curated life’ of shopping, managing her interior design business, glamorous foreign holidays, visiting the gym and enjoying the odd glass of wine (or four) is far removed from that of Annika, extracts from whose journal are interspersed through the book.   However, perhaps Cecilia and Annika have more in common than one might think?

The Boy at the Door takes the reader into a dark world of secrets, lies, drugs and violence, all set against a backdrop of Norway’s forests and fjords.  The book takes you on a twisty, suspenseful and compelling journey as the web of lies becomes more complicated and intricate by the minute, before secrets from the past are finally revealed with devastating consequences. If you’re fascinated by the character, Cecilia Wilborg, why not visit her blog?

I received a review copy courtesy of publishers, Head of Zeus, in return for an honest and unbiased review.  Oh, and thanks for the letter, Cecilia…

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In three words: Dark, gritty, compelling

Try something similar…Our Kind of Cruelty by Araminta Hall (click here to read my review)

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About the Author

Alex Dahl is a half-American, half-Norwegian author.  Born in Oslo, she currently divides her time between London and Sandefjord.  The Boy at the Door is her first novel.

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Cover Reveal: A Woman’s Lot (Meonbridge Chronicles #2) by Carolyn Hughes

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I loved the first book in the Meonbridge Chronicles series, Fortune’s Wheel, so it’s a real pleasure to be taking part in the cover reveal for the next book in the series, A Woman’s Lot.  A Woman’s Lot is due to be published on 4th June 2018.  Do look out for my review as part of the blog tour running from 4th and 8th June.  I can’t wait to read it!

And there’s a chance to win ebook copies of Books 1 & 2 of the Meonbridge Chronicles!  Click here to enter.

Bloggers, do you like the sound of A Woman’s Lot? You can review it as part of the review tour on 4th – 8th June 2018! Just email brookbooks@hotmail.co.uk to register your interest and with details of your blog!

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A Woman's LotAbout the Book

How can mere women resist the misogyny of men?

When a resentful peasant rages against a woman’s efforts to build up her flock of sheep… Or a husband, grown melancholy and ill-tempered, succumbs to idle talk that his wife’s a scold… Or a priest, fearful of women’s “unnatural” power, determines to keep them in their place…

The devastation wrought two years ago by the Black Death changed the balance of society, and gave women a chance to break free from the yoke of chatteldom, to learn a trade, build a business, be more than just men’s wives.

But many men still hold fast to the teachings of the Church, and fear the havoc the daughters of Eve might wreak if they’re allowed to usurp men’s roles, and gain control over their own lives.

Not all men resist women’s quest for change – indeed, they want change for themselves. Yet it takes only one or two misogynists to unleash the hounds of hostility and hatred…

Format: ebook, paperback   Publisher: SilverWood Books
Published: 4th June 2018       Genre: Historical Fiction

Carolyn HughesAbout the Author

Carolyn Hughes was born in London, but has lived most of her life in Hampshire. After a first degree in Classics and English, she started her working life as a computer programmer, in those days a very new profession. It was fun for a few years, but she left to become a school careers officer in Dorset. But it was when she discovered technical authoring that she knew she had found her vocation. She spent the next few decades writing and editing all sorts of material, some fascinating, some dull, for a wide variety of clients, including an international hotel group, medical instrument manufacturers and the Government. She has written creatively for most of her adult life, but it was not until her children grew up and flew the nest, several years ago, that creative writing and, especially, writing historical fiction, took centre stage in her life. She has a Masters in Creative Writing from Portsmouth University and a PhD from the University of Southampton.

Carolyn blogs at The History Girls on the 20th of every month.

A Woman’s Lot is the second of the MEONBRIDGE CHRONICLES, her series of historical novels set in fourteenth century England. The first, Fortune’s Wheel, was published in 2016. The third in the series is well under way.

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