I was sent this book months ago courtesy of the generous people at Double Day. In fact as I read this I see that Five…
I wasn’t at all familiar with the writing of Patricia Highsmith until last year when I went to a talk on the Queens of Crime…
This book was bought for me by a friend. She had read a pre release review and immediately thought of me. Now I’m not sure…
I’m often somewhat behind the curve, and just as the Bailey’s Long list for 2017 has been announced I’m reading a book from 2016’s shortlist.…
Margaret Forster died last year leaving a legacy of her work including 25 novels and 14 biographies. As I write this I am astonished that I…
If you don’t know who Vassos Alexander is, you probably don’t watch / listen to much sport or you don’t listen to the Chris Evans…
My first confession is that this is the second time I have tried to read The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier, despite…
Now this is quite a book, and one you should not be deceived by. Its small, just a 114 pages in total and some of…
