Left on the Shelf

As August draws to a close our streets and lanes already look like autumn. Of course, it isn't yet but this overly hot, dry summer have ...

Hello April. It's lovely to welcome you again with your promise of tulips and sunshine. What are your reading plans for this month? Here...

  September is almost upon us and with it comes some fabulous new books to be released.  Here are just ten that I think look great. Murder o...

  Here we are at the end of another month. It is summertime here in the UK and the weather has not relected the season. We had a few nice da...

Two fresh pig's ears, pink and plump, hang from a rusty wall light. Blood trickles down into a shiny red pool on the yellowing flagstone...

  Just after eleven o'clock on a bright spring morning, the sort of day when the sunshine is almost white and promises a warmth that it ...

  This month, I am a few days early with my reading roundup as things are going to be pretty busy for the remainder of the month. I had a lo...

When Josephine Tey sets out to write a novel about the notorious Finchley baby farmers hanged for their crimes in 1903, she has little ide...