April 21, 2015 Neverhome by Laird Hunt Reviewed by Harriet I was strong and he was not so it was me went to war to defend the Republic. I stepped across…
April 16, 2015 Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War by Mark Harris Reviewed by Victoria In this outstanding work of cinema history, Mark Harris follows the fortunes of five big name Hollywood directors who enlisted in…
April 9, 2015 Shotgun Lovesongs by Nickolas Butler Review by Susan Osborne I hope you’ll excuse me if this review reads more like a pean of praise – or even a gush…
April 9, 2015 Spotlight on Publishers: British Library Crime Classics By Robert Davies The British Library is younger than you might think for such an august institution – it was only established with a…
April 9, 2015 Billie by Anna Gavalda Translated by Jennifer Rappaport Reviewed by Harriet Anna Gavalda is a greatly admired novelist in her native France. All her books have been bestsellers…
April 9, 2015 Capital Crimes: London Mysteries, edited by Martin Edwards Reviewed by Harriet The relation between Douglas Stone and the notorious Lady Sannox was very well known both among the fashionable circles of which…
April 9, 2015 Our Endless Numbered Days by Claire Fuller Reviewed by Annabel Every photograph tells a story, or sometimes more. When seventeen year old Peggy finds one of her family and Oliver, the…
April 9, 2015 Kolymsky Heights by Lionel Davidson Reviewed by Harriet I must admit that I’d never heard of Lionel Davidson before this novel came my way. I now know him to…
April 9, 2015 Researching ‘A Curious Friendship, by Anna Thomasson I first came across Rex Whistler some years ago at Plas Newydd on Anglesey. There he had painted his largest and most famous mural,…
April 9, 2015 A Curious Friendship by Anna Thomasson Reviewed by Simon The subtitle of Anna Thomasson’s biography, A Curious Friendship: the Story of a Bluestocking and a Bright Young Thing, belies the publisher’s…
