Series Love: The Chronicles of Carlingford by Margaret Oliphant

For some reason I haven’t found much to enjoy in newly published books recently, and have instead been losing myself … More

Book review: Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout (Amgash #3)

What a joy it is to have a new Elizabeth Strout novel! This is the third featuring Lucy Barton. Lucy … More

Ruth Downie’s crime series set in Roman Britain is my current favourite comfort read. Gaius Petreius Ruso is a Roman … More

The Drowned City is the first in a new series, and under a new name, by historical mystery writer Karen … More

The latest Slough House novel is always a treat. This one — which is actually called Slough House — eviscerates … More

Vera Kelly is posing as a Canadian student in Buenos Aires in 1966, but she is actually working for the … More

The Coffinmaker’s Garden is the third in the Ash Henderson series but also features the ‘Misfit Mob’, the team of … More

I don’t often take part in group giveaways. Sometimes I feel overwhelmed by a wall of books with very little in … More

Still Life has an intriguing plot, a twisty and convoluted tale of a body found off the Fife coast. The … More

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