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I rarely win anything, so imagine my excitement when, at the end of last year, my name was pulled out of the hat to win a draw for the...

Mark Haddon is a British novelist and poet, although his best known novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time was published...

This book is a great read. My older daughter had recommended it to me years ago when we were on holiday, but I never got around to...

This novel, Half of a Yellow Sun by the Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche,was leant to me by a friend, who told me I should read...

I have a bad habit of treating myself to things just before my birthday or Christmas. it drives family and friends mad! This year, I did...

Kate Bendelow already has an impressive pedigree in crime. She works as a scene of crime officer (SOCO) or crime scene investigator (CSI)...

This is the second book I have read by English author Joy Wood and as I had thoroughly enjoyed the previous novel, I was looking forward...

I had never read any novels by C. J. Cooper but this book was on sale, it was a genre I enjoy and the title amused me, so it seemed to be...

I had never read anything by Paul Kane, but Her Husband's Grave was on sale and the blurb sounded interesting, so I thought I'd take a...

The Granville Legacy is the third book in the House of Grace Trilogy by Patricia M. Osborne. It is not a genre I would normally choose,...

I recently appeared on a literary panel at a crime festival with Gail Williams and, although I had not previously read any of her books,...

I had had Tipping Point, the debut novel,by Michelle Cook in my To Be Read pile for a long time and had heard lots of good things about...

I have known A. J. Roberts for several years, but I had never read any of his writing, so, when his first book, Gentlemen of Fortune - A...

I had had this book on my radar for some time, the title was so intriguing, so I shuffled my ‘to be read’ pile and The Time Detective –...

I think this is the fourth novel by Jo Fenton that I have read and I have enjoyed each one, but in Paparazzi, this author really comes...

I enjoyed Karen Moore's debut novel Torn so much that when I was given the opportunity to read the sequel, Release, early, I jumped at...

I was recently on a panel during a crime festival with Jackie Baldwin. She is a bestselling Scottish crime writer and I was thrilled to...

I had never read any works by Karen Moore, but I had heard a lot about her novel, Torn, and was keen to read it. The Blurb Like any...

My mother had this book, Mrs Zigzag: The Extraordinary Life of a Secret Agent's Wife by Betty Chapman and Ronald L. Bonewitz in her...

It is a great treat for me to take part in the tour for Style and the Solitary, one of my favourite books of this year. Novels by Miriam...