Guest post: The 5 best true crime books of 2020 (so far) by Desiree Villena

Today I’m pleased to welcome Desiree Villena to the blog with her pick of some of the best true crime … More

Book review: Who Killed Berta Cáceres? by Nina Lakhani

Berta Cáceres was a Honduran political activist, fighting for environmental and indigenous rights. She was murdered in 2016 by hired … More

I’ve enjoyed Joy Ellis’s DI Nikki Galena police procedurals before. Hidden on the Fens, the 11th in the series, has … More

Alejandro Stern is a recurring character in Scott Turow’s Kindle County thrillers. He was the defence lawyer in his most … More

I’ve been feeling bad that I don’t give series I’ve loved the attention they deserve on the blog. Often I … More

In Pilgrims, an assortment of medieval characters set off to Rome. They come from a range of backgrounds and have … More

Sword is a political thriller from Romania, one of a number of translated titles from new indie publisher Corylus Books. … More

Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven imagined a pandemic and its aftermath, asking what could endure and what we would … More

Sometimes you happen across a book that you feel should have had a lot of attention but somehow didn’t. In … More

Carol Carnac is one of the pseudonyms used by Edith Caroline Rivett, who also wrote mysteries as ECR Lorac. Crossed … More