December 12, 2019 Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson Review by Annabel This short novel told in letters took me pleasantly by surprise. Within pages I was hooked, and I read it in…
December 10, 2019 The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo Translated by Louise Heal Kawai Reviewed by Harriet This delightful reprint from Pushkin Press is widely viewed as one of Japan’s greatest murder mysteries….
December 5, 2019 Tales of the Troubled Dead: Ghost Stories in Cultural History – Catherine Belsey Review by Hayley Anderton Tales of the weird have a deep hold on our collective imagination, and of all the things we’ve given credence…
December 3, 2019 The Last Two Maigrets by Georges Simenon Maigret and the Informer, translated by William HobsonMaigret and Monsieur Charles, translated by Ros Schwarz Review by Basil Ransome-Davies Simenon was a supercharged writing…