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Review of Hessman’s Necklace in Yorkshire Evening Post

“Fans of edge-of-the-seat thrillers filled with exotic settings, non-stop action, and a cast of ambitious artistes battling fears, egos, insecurities, and daily disasters, will relish Nicholas Litchfield’s pulse-pounding novel, When The Actor Inspired Chaos and Bloodshed,” writes Pam Norfolk in The Star, one of the most prominent regional newspapers in England. The Star, often known as the Sheffield Star, is a daily newspaper published in Sheffield, England, from Monday to Saturday each week. The first edition was published on 7 June 1887. Today it features a splendid review of When The Actor Inspired Chaos and Bloodshed, a Lowestoft Chronicle Press title scheduled for release on April 1st.

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4-Star Review of ‘When The Actor Inspired Chaos and Bloodshed’ in Indies Today

In a recent review published in *Indies Today*, Nicky Flowers offers an insightful analysis of *When The Actor Inspired Chaos and Bloodshed*, the latest release from Lowestoft Chronicle Press. Flowers describes the novel as a raw and unflinching exploration of the dangers inherent in Hollywood ambition. She writes, “With a steady hand, author Nicholas Litchfield peels back the curtain on cinematic glamour to reveal a gritty, behind-the-scenes look at the blood, sweat, and tears involved in making a movie that was doomed from its inception.”

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4-star Review of ‘When The Actor Inspired Chaos and Bloodshed’ in Reedsy Discovery

In her review for Reedsy Discovery, Karen Siddall writes about When the Actor Inspired Chaos and Bloodshed, Nicholas Litchfield’s “riveting story of a struggling Hollywood actor cast as the ‘career-making’ lead in a South American director’s upcoming action/adventure film.”

This review, originally published on April 1, 2025, is reprinted in the iReporter feature on the local news website Park Cities BubbleLife.

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5-star Review of When The Actor Inspired Chaos and Bloodshed in Literary Titan

In a 5-star review posted on March 27, 2025, Literary Titan writes: “What I really loved is how the book swings between outrageous comedy and deeper, sometimes bleak reflection. Dominic is a washed-up actor carrying guilt, shame, and a streak of self-loathing that sneaks in unexpectedly, like when he reflects on a disturbing sexual encounter with a woman he barely knows, and it genuinely shakes him. These moments add surprising weight to a book that could’ve easily stayed surface-level chaos. And the writing pops. It’s fast, visceral, sometimes poetic, sometimes grotesque, always alive.”

American magazine Kirkus Reviews adds: “Litchfield writes with sardonic vigor.”

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San Diego Book Review Features Lowestoft Chronicle’s Unfamiliar Territory

Yesterday, the San Diego Book Review showcased a favorable review of the latest installment in the Lowestoft Chronicle Anthology Series, titled Unfamiliar Territory. This review comes from the reputable San Diego Book Review, which is licensed by the San Francisco Book Review—a publication that first launched in 2008 and is now part of the expanding City Book Review network.

Book cover image in The Star of When The Actor Inspired Chaos and Bloodshed
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Review of When The Actor Inspired Chaos and Bloodshed in The Star

“Fans of edge-of-the-seat thrillers filled with exotic settings, non-stop action, and a cast of ambitious artistes battling fears, egos, insecurities, and daily disasters, will relish Nicholas Litchfield’s pulse-pounding novel, When The Actor Inspired Chaos and Bloodshed,” writes Pam Norfolk in The Star, one of the most prominent regional newspapers in England. The Star, often known as the Sheffield Star, is a daily newspaper published in Sheffield, England, from Monday to Saturday each week. The first edition was published on 7 June 1887. Today it features a splendid review of When The Actor Inspired Chaos and Bloodshed, a Lowestoft Chronicle Press title scheduled for release on April 1st.

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Bruno Fischer Twofer

Earlier this month, Stark House Press reissued two excellent novels by bestselling author Bruno Fischer (1908 – 1992). Fischer was an incredibly prolific writer of genre fiction during the Forties and Fifties when pulp magazines thrived.
This latest twofer includes the novels Fools Walk In, published in 1951, and So Wicked, My Love, from 1954. The essay “Fischer’s Foolish Teacher and the Wicked Redhead,” by the editor of Lowestoft Chronicle, introduces the collection.