Secrets of the First School (Edinburgh Nights Book 5) by TL Huchu
This is not so much a review as a farewell to an old friend. I've been loving T.L. Huchu's Edinburgh Nights series since watching an interview between him and Ben…
No Friend to This House by Natalie Haynes
I’m a big fan of Natalie Haynes from her radio 4 series Stands up for the classics and have read several of her books. For those who don’t know they…
Am I Having Fun Now?: Anxiety, Applause and Life’s Big Questions, Answered by Suzi Ruffell
I like Suzi Ruffell when I see her on things like The Last Leg but unusually for the comedy aficionado I am I’ve never seen her live so I looked…
Burn After Reading by Catherine Ryan Howard
I first encountered Catherine Ryan Howard, an Irish maestro of the unputdownable plot twist, at Granite Noir. I read her book the Nothing Man and was hooked, in fact she’s…
Like a Bullet (Paperback Sleuth, 3) by Andrew Cartmel
As a long running fan of the Vinyl Detective series I have enjoyed the spin off series, the Paperback Sleuth though I have found it more difficult to connect with…
Playing Dead: Short Stories by Members of the Detection Club edited by Martin Edwards
Playing Dead, edited by Martin Edwards, is an anthology of 22 short crime stories crafted by members of the prestigious Detection Club to honor Simon Brett’s 80th birthday. I’m not…
The Vengeance by Emma Newman
Emma Newman’s The Vengeance is the first book in the The Vampires of Dumas series and is a rollicking, genre-bending adventure that sails far beyond the typical pirate or vampire…
The Rest is Death by James Oswald
James Oswald’s The Rest is Death, the fourteenth installment in the Inspector McLean series, is similar to its predecessors in blending gritty police procedural just the slightest whiff of supernatural…
The Brothers Grimm: A Biography by Ann Schmiesing
Ann Schmiesing’s The Brothers Grimm: A Biography isn’t my normal sort of book but it also felt like a fascinating idea to read the story of the ultimate story tellers.…
Once Was Willem by M. R. Carey
M.R. Carey the writer behind the million-copy bestseller The Girl with All the Gifts and comic runs like Lucifer and X-Men, delivers an interesting and original tale in Once Was…