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Month: December 2019

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….

Tales of the troubled dead catherine belsey
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…

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