Archive for the ‘Books’ Category
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Room 15 launch events
22 Jul 2020ROOM 15 LAUNCH EVENTS At last, it’s preorder day and I can share the cover of my new psychological mystery…
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Everything is copy – review of Nora Ephron Collected
15 May 2020NORA EPHRON COLLECTED I don’t know about you but I am a sucker for Nora Ephron’s screenplay for When Harry…
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Talking with comedy best-seller Paul Bassett Davies
06 May 2020PAUL BASSETT DAVIES I’m really pleased that this week we have a guest appearance by the best-selling comedy writer (and…
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Spies like us – review of Kate Atkinson’s Transcription
22 Apr 2020SPIES LIKE US Fiction writers are liars by trade and spy novelists are the biggest liars of all. Their entire…
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A plague on both your houses
25 Mar 2020So now we are visited by the plague, it seems. Plague is an archetype that goes back deep into our…
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Collateral damage – review of Berta Isla by Javier Marías
19 Feb 2020BERTA ISLA Last month I reviewed the latest, possibly last, novel by one of the giants of spy fiction, Agent…
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John le Carré’s new novel Agent Running in the Field – review
15 Jan 2020AGENT RUNNING IN THE FIELD REVIEW There’s something about books written by masters of their craft towards the end of…
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The 5 Best True Crime Books of 2019
07 Jan 2020For the first post of the year, I’m delighted to welcome guest-blogger Desiree Villena, a lifelong true crime aficionado. Today…
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Interview with award-winning author Louise Doughty
11 Dec 2019LOUISE DOUGHTY Louise Doughty is one of the most interesting authors today. Refusing to be pigeon-holed, every book breaks new…
