June 27, 2019 Cari Mora by Thomas Harris Review by Basil Ransome-Davies The day my review copy of Cari Mora arrived I spent the afternoon strolling on Morecambe’s splendid promenade. The view…
June 27, 2019 The Cracks in our Armour by Anna Gavalda Translated by Alison Anderson Reviewed by Harriet Way back in the early days of Shiny (issue 5 to be exact) I reviewed Anna Gavalda’s…
June 25, 2019 Barcelona Tales, ed Helen Constantine Translated by Peter Bush Review by Karen Langley If you’re an armchair traveller like I am, the “City Tales” collection of books from Oxford…
June 25, 2019 Lisbon Tales, ed. Helen Constantine Translated by Amanda Hopkinson Review by Karen Langley If you’re an armchair traveller like I am, the “City Tales” collection of books from Oxford…
June 20, 2019 Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan Reviewed by Anna Hollingsworth My first reaction was a desperately deep sigh when I heard that Ian McEwan would be taking on human-like artificial…
June 20, 2019 Moder Dy by Roseanne Watt Reviewed by Hayley Anderton I’ve been following Roseanne Watt for a while via twitter and Instagram with the sense that this was somebody worth…
June 18, 2019 Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller Reviewed by Annabel I’ve followed Fuller’s writing career since her marvellous debut, Our Endless Numbered Days, through her second totally different novel Swimming Lessons (reviewed here and here). Her third…
June 18, 2019 Birds in the Ancient World by Jeremy Mynott Review by Liz Dexter Jeremy Mynott is both a classical scholar and a writer on birds, and his love and deep knowledge of both…
June 13, 2019 Stanley and Elsie by Nicola Upson Reviewed by Harriet Nicola Upson is best known to me, and probably to you, as the author of a series of excellent historical crime…
June 13, 2019 Q&A for Nicola Upson on Stanley & Elsie Interview by Harriet Harriet: Thanks for agreeing to do this, Nicola. I have recently finished reading and reviewing Stanley and Elsie and enjoyed it…
June 11, 2019 Death in Captivity – Michael Gilbert Reviewed by Hayley Anderton I’ve enjoyed more or less everything I’ve read in the British Library Crime Classics series (everything has had something to…
June 11, 2019 Chromatopia: An Illustrated History of Colour by David Coles Review by Liz Dexter This truly spectacular book would grace any coffee table with ease, but it’s more than just a pretty face, with…
June 6, 2019 Being Various: New Irish Short Stories, ed. Lucy Caldwell Review by Laura Marriott Ireland is going through a golden age of writing: that has never been more apparent. I wanted to capture something…
June 6, 2019 We, The Survivors by Tash Aw Review by Rob Spence Malaysian novelist Tash Aw’s fourth novel marks a departure in style for him. Rather than the broad canvas he presented…
June 4, 2019 Cold For the Bastards of Pizzofalcone by Maurizio de Giovanni Translated by Antony Shugaar Reviewed by Gill Davies This is the third book in a series of police procedural novels by the successful Italian…
