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Craig Holden is the author of several novels including The River Sorrow, The Last Sanctuary, Four Corners of Night, The Jazz Bird and...

I recently read Lies Behind the Ruins by Helen Matthews. I had enjoyed all the previous books by her that I had read, so I thought this...

Justice be Damned is a gripping by Rosemary J Kind, whom I have met many times at Swanwick Writers’ Summer School. When I bought it, I...

My mother gave me a series of Agatha Christie books as a gift. Some of them I had read before, but The Hollow was new to me. I really...

I had read The Time Detective by author Mark Carnelly previously and enjoyed it so much that I bought a second copy for my nephew, so...

Those of you who read this blog regularly will know that my go-to genre is crime. However, I will not pass up a good book whatever the...

Fabergé is the third book in Jo Fenton's Becky White series of thrillers. I had enjoyed the first two book in the series, Revelation and...

I first came across Janet Paisley, who is an award winning poet and author, when I was studying Creative Writing in Stirling, Scotland. ...

I cannot really remember how or where I came by this book, Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin. Now, the method of his experiment may be...

I don't often re-read books these days. However, during the holiday season when life was busy, I looked for the familiarity of a book...

My daughter gave me The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles for Christmas. She often gives me a selection of books that she has read during...

“Losing My Virginity: How I’ve Survived, Had Fun and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way” This philosophy has allowed Sir Richard...

I was thrilled when bestselling American author Jenna Morrison sent me an early copy of her second novel, A Brother's Tragedy, in...

I am always thrilled when I learn that a reader has enjoyed one of my books, but occasionally, there is a review that just shows that the...

It is lovely to welcome the bestselling historical fiction author, Lesley Field back to the blog to discuss her new novel, Dangerous...

I really didn't read science fiction until I had the opportunity to read To Dream (Anatomy of a Humachine by Louis K. Lowy and realised...

The Blurb In 1944, a German Jewish refugee is sent to Wales to interview Rudolf Hess; in Snowdonia, a seventeen-year-old girl, the...

I was on holiday when I finished the book I was reading. Luckily, the hotel I was staying at had a library for the use of guests. I chose...

Let me be honest, I had never heard of Nadine Matheson but like the title of the novel, The Jigsaw Man. So, when I saw the book on sale...

I chose The Dinner Guest by B.P. Walter to take on vacation with me. It is always fun to explore the work of an author new to me in sunny...