SPOILER review: Tension by E M Delafield

This is one of my occasional series where I share my thoughts on the whole of a book, so if … More

Book review: The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym by Paula Byrne

First Morrissey, now Barbara Pym. They say you should never meet your heroes, perhaps you don’t want to know their … More

I loved this book! It’s funny, clever and moving, with a seaside setting and a rich cast of characters. First … More

This is one of my occasional series where I share my thoughts on the whole of a book, so if … More

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

If you don’t want to know how this book ends, look away now … I don’t normally do spoiler … More

I was surprised when I looked at a few review sites and saw that Anglo-Saxon Attitudes wasn’t particularly popular among … More

It’s an odd feeling when you both really like and really struggle with a book but that’s how I feel … More

Murder in the Mill-Race, first published in 1952, is reissued as a British Library Crime Classic. It struck me as … More

For a book about war, Point of No Return has an oddly gentle pace. It follows a US infantry battalion … More