Archive for the ‘Reviews’ Category
Will you be gripped by The Singapore Grip? Review
26 Sep 2020GRIPPED BY THE SINGAPORE GRIP – REVIEW As disaster looms, the incompetents in charge can offer only complacency, arrogance and…
Room 15 out today
27 Jul 2020ROOM 15 OUT TODAY It’s here. Publication day for Room 15 – psychological mystery thriller. And to celebrate the day…
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…
Belgravia with batons: Philharmonia, love or hate it?
19 Jun 2020PHILHARMONIA, LOVE OR HATE? There’s a new argument dividing our household? Forget Brexit, Trump or whether social distancing is a…
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…
