I’m pleased to announce that my new crime novel, Still You Sleep, will be published on 18 February in paperback…
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Audiobook review: The Last Roundhead by Jemahl Evans, narrated by Bill Allender
Blandford Candy #1 The Last Roundhead is the story of Sir Blandford Candy and his adventures as Roundhead soldier and…
Book review: Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
Twelve-year-old Edward Adler and his clever, unconventional, loving family are flying from Newark to Los Angeles to begin a new…
Audiobook review: Murders of Old China by Paul French
If you’re not familiar with Audible Original audiobooks, they’re an interesting form, somewhere between a book and a podcast. They…
Book review: Luck Is Just the Beginning by Celeste León
In Luck Is Just the Beginning, Celeste León draws on the true story of her father. Ramón León is a…
Book review: The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett at her best takes an ordinary world and makes it unfamiliar, odd and intriguing. That’s how The Dutch…
My books of the year 2019 — crime and literary fiction
When I chose my favourite books of 2018, I wrote separate posts for crime and literary fiction. I’m combining them…
Book review: Anglo-Saxon Attitudes by Angus Wilson
I was surprised when I looked at a few review sites and saw that Anglo-Saxon Attitudes wasn’t particularly popular among…
Guest post: Celeste León, Author of Luck Is Just the Beginning
Fiction writers are often told to test their characters by making bad things happen to them. However good luck presents…
Audiobook review: The Spire by William Golding, narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch
It’s an odd feeling when you both really like and really struggle with a book but that’s how I feel…
