Book review: Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane

Ask Again, Yes alights on different characters in the Gleeson and Stanhope families at various points through several decades. This … More

Audiobook review: An American Marriage by Tayari Jones, narrated by Sean Crisden and Elsa Davis

Roy and Celestial are a young professional black couple in Atlanta. Life looks good until Roy is falsely accused of … More

Publishers make a lot of claims for their books but describing Night Boat to Tangier as ‘Waiting for Godot meets … More

What comes first for an author, the genre they want to write or the story they want to tell? Here, … More

World War II is a popular theme in fiction at the moment but I haven’t seen many books about Italy … More

I first became hooked on history when I read the Ladybird book The Story of the First Queen Elizabeth. A … More

The Wolf and the Watchman begins in Stockholm in 1793. Sweden is weakened by war and corruption. The king is … More

When Frank drops dead abruptly at Heathrow, his estranged daughter Jem travels to his home in France to arrange his … More

If you’ve read my review of Anthony Good’s novel, Kill [redacted], you’ll know how much I enjoyed it, so I … More

Adèle is a woman living an apparently privileged life in Paris, working as a journalist, married to a surgeon. But … More