Archive for the ‘Reviews’ Category
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Breaking bad? Review of Graham Greene’s Travels with My Aunt
30 Oct 2020REVIEW: TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT I’m very into re-reading at the moment (if you’re interested there’s a great article on…
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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…
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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…
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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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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…
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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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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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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…