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Month: June 2019

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…

cracks in our armor anna gavalda
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…

Barcelona Tales Helen Constantine
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…

lisbon tales helen constantine
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…

machines like me ian mcewan
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…

moder dy roseanne watt
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…

Birds in the Ancient World jeremy mynott
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…

Chromatopia: An Illustrated History of Colour david coles
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…

Bring Various new irish short stories
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…

cold for the bastards of pizzafalcone
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…

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