Archive for the ‘Reviews’ Category
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Dark night of the soul? Review of Louise Doughty’s Platform Seven
25 Oct 2019REVIEW: PLATFORM SEVEN I like dark stories. I have no problem with light stories, either, but there’s something about a…
Review: Joe Country by Mick Herron
11 Sep 2019REVIEW: JOE COUNTRY BY MICK HERRON Publishers, agents and readers love a running series. Like a fast food outlet a…
Finnish humour. Review of Palm Beach Finland by Antti Tuomainen
14 Aug 2019Review of Palm Beach Finland Last year, I sat with the Finnish novelist Antti Tuomainen on a panel for the…
Paris by noir – Review: Clementina by Simon Cann
13 Jun 2019Paris by noir – review: Clementina by Simon Cann Last week I wrote about honesty in writing – how it…
Has Amazon deleted your reviews?
04 Apr 2019Has Amazon deleted your reviews? A few weeks ago I wrote a blog in which I said how important reviews…
