#BlogBlitz When The Waters Recede by Graham Smith @GrahamSmith1972 @rararesources #BookReview #CrimeFiction @Joni2345zb

I want to start by saying thank you to Graham Smith and Rachel's Random Resources for a copy of this book and an opportunity to take part in the When The Waters Recede Blog Blitz. 

About The Book

When a car is pulled from raging floodwaters with a dead man in the front and the decapitated body of an evil woman in the boot, Cumbria’s Major Crimes Team are handed the investigation.

The woman is soon recognised, but the man cannot be identified and this leads the team and their former leader, Harry Evans, into areas none of them want to visit.

Before they know it, they’re dealing with protection scams and looking for answers to questions they didn’t know needed to be asked.

Purchase Link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/When-Waters-Recede-Harry-Evans/dp/1910720968/

My Review

This is my second Graham Smith book and I am totally in love with this series. Harry Evans is again working as a police consultant with his old Major Crimes Team. I love the realistic interaction between characters especially Harry and Lauren in this one. Once again the author hooked me from the beginning with a great opening...a stolen car was found semi-submerged in flood waters with a deceased unknown man driving and a decapitated body of a woman in the boot. I would highly recommend this to all who love crime fiction. Harry Evans is one of my all-time favorite characters of crime novels. I can't wait to read more! 

About The Author

Graham Smith is a time served joiner who has built bridges, houses, dug drains and slated roofs to make ends meet. Since Christmas 2000, he has been manager of a busy hotel and wedding venue near Gretna Green, Scotland.

He is an internationally best-selling Kindle author and has four books featuring DI Harry Evans and the Cumbrian Major Crimes Team, and three novels, featuring Utah doorman, Jake Boulder.

An avid fan of crime fiction since being given one of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five books at the age of eight, he has also been a regular reviewer and interviewer for the well-respected website Crimesquad.com since 2009

Graham is the founder of Crime and Publishment, a weekend of crime-writing classes which includes the chance for attendees to pitch their novels to agents and publishers. Since the first weekend in 2013, eight attendees have gone on to sign publishing contracts.

Graham can be found at

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Giveaway

To celebrate the release of When the Waters Recede, Graham Smith is offering one lucky reader the chance to win all six books in the Harry Evans series.

To enter, simply sign up for his newsletter via the link provided before the 5th of June 2018 and you’ll be entered into not just this competition, but all competitions that he runs. Entrants from the whole world are welcome.
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#BlogTour BOOK REVIEW: No Comment by Graham Smith @GrahamSmith1972 @rararesources #BookReview #CrimeFiction

I want to start by saying thank you to Graham Smith and Rachel's Random Resources for a copy of this novella and an opportunity to take part in the No Comment Blog Tour. Other stops on the tour today are Books From Dusk Till Dawn, Damppebbles.com, Bloomin Brilliant Books , Bibliophile Book Club, Dash Fan's Book Reviews, Chasing Dreams Publishing

About the Book:

When a single mother, Julie Simon, is found in her kitchen with a stab wound to her stomach, Cumbria’s Major Crimes Team are handed the case. Under the supervision of DI Campbell and with advice from his former DI, Harry Evans, DC Amir Bhaki fights to discover who assaulted an innocent woman and left her with life-threatening injuries.

Nothing is as it first appears and when the team looks into Julie’s life they uncover a hidden sex-life that may just hold the key to the identity of her attacker.

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My Review:

I am going to start and end this review with one word...WOW!

This is my first time reading anything by author Graham Smith and I was impressed! No Comment is the fifth book in the DI Harry Evans series which is set in Cumbria. I was able to enjoy this novella without having read the previous books. But I will be going back and reading the rest in the series.

First and foremost, as an owner myself of a three-legged cat I just want to give a shout-out to Tripod, the three-legged dog in this story owned by former DI Harry Evans. I loved the realistic and believable characters of the Major Crimes Team. I appreciated how the author was able to express the feelings of former DI Evans. I felt bad for him being in retirement and still wanting to feel that he is needed. Although I liked all the characters my favorite would have to be Harry Evans. I liked his edginess and how he isn’t all about policy and procedure. Harry is just interested in catching the bad guys and if some rules get broken along the way…then so be it. I love books with realistic dialogue between characters and this one was spot-on. 

I spent the whole book trying to figure out who the perpetrators were and why they did what they did. My attention was piqued at chapter one and stayed that way until I finished. Little by little the author gave us more information but I was guessing right until the end. And what about that ending you ask?…again one word…WOW!

No Comment is one of those books that you can’t stop thinking about once it’s over. I would highly recommend it to anyone who loves crime fiction. I will definitely be reading more from author Graham Smith and he is going on my list of favorite authors.

About the Author:

Graham Smith is a time served joiner who has built bridges, houses, dug drains and slated roofs to make ends meet. Since Christmas 2000, he has been manager of a busy hotel and wedding venue near Gretna Green, Scotland.

He is an internationally best-selling Kindle author and has four books featuring DI Harry Evans and the Cumbrian Major Crimes Team, and three novels, featuring Utah doorman, Jake Boulder.

An avid fan of crime fiction since being given one of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five books at the age of eight, he has also been a regular reviewer and interviewer for the well-respected website Crimesquad.com since 2009

Graham is the founder of Crime and Publishment, a weekend of crime-writing classes which includes the chance for attendees to pitch their novels to agents and publishers. Since the first weekend in 2013, eight attendees have gone on to sign publishing contracts.
 

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