January 27, 2022 The Second Cut by Louise Welsh Review by Gill Davies Louise Welsh has published eight novels. The only one I had read prior to this was The Cutting Room (2002),…
January 27, 2022 The Village of Eight Graves by Seishi Yokomizo Translated by Bryan Karetnyk Reviewed by Harriet Seishi Yozomizo (1902-1991), whose works are hugely celebrated in Japan, has been described as ‘the Japanese Agatha…
January 25, 2022 A Fatal Crossing by Tom Hindle Review by Terence Jagger This is a modern murder mystery, but is set in 1924 and is explicitly in the grand manner of the…
January 25, 2022 Ariadne by Jennifer Saint Review by Annabel Over recent years, I have been much enjoying the current vogue for the retelling of ancient myths and ancient history, especially…
January 20, 2022 To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara Reviewed by Anna Hollingsworth We like to see history as going forward, progressing towards something better; it’s comforting to think that humankind is improving…
January 20, 2022 The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis by Amitav Ghosh Review by Peter Reason When I was a small child at primary school, we celebrated Empire Day. Children were invited—expected—to take a Union Flag…
January 18, 2022 A Will to Kill by R.V. Raman Review by Max Dunbar Slayer Rules: R V Raman’s A Will to Kill Mysteries are hard to write, and hard to review. Because of…
January 18, 2022 The Invisible Host by Gwen Bristow & Bruce Manning Review by Elaine Simpson-Long When this book arrived and I saw the names of the two authors, Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning, my first…
