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• Crippen: A Novel of Murder – John Boyne

  

  Historical Crime Fiction4*s This is now the third book I’ve read by this author and Crippen is a fictionalised version of the case of Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Weekly Wrap Up (May 20)

  

  I do hope you have all had a great week full of sunshine and books. After conquering the ability to listen to audio books my journey home from work has been... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• My Name in TBR Books

  

  It’s a while since I’ve done a tag and this one has been featured on a number of my favourite blogger sites. And of course it was a sure fire winner as I have... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Wrong Way Home – Isabelle Grey #BlogTour

  

  Crime Fiction5″s I was absolutely delighted to be asked to take part in the blog tour celebrating publication of Wrong Way Home, thank you Anne Cater. Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Dead If You Don’t – Peter James

  

  Crime Fiction5*s Well Roy Grace is back for the fourteenth time in Dead If You Don’t which in short is an action packed police procedural that shouldn’t be... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• This Week in Books (May 16)

  

  Hosted by Lipsy Lost Found my Wednesday post gives you a taste of what I am reading this week. A similar meme is run by Taking on a World of Words My current... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• First Chapter ~ First Paragraph (May 15)

  

  Welcome to another Tuesday celebrating bookish events, from Tuesday/First Chapter/Intros, hosted by Vicky from I’d Rather Be At The Beach who posts the opening... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Dissent of Annie Lang – Ros Franey #BlogTour

  

  Historical Fiction 5*s One of the best things about being a book blogger is finding those hidden treasures of a book, one of which is The Dissent of Annie Lang. Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Weekly Wrap Up (May 13)

  

  I hope you my UK readers had a fab and sunny Bank Holiday Weekend last week. I decided to take a few days off blogging to enjoy the sunshine and devoted my... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Brighton Mermaid – Dorothy Koomson

  

  Contemporary Fiction4*s Dorothy Koomson treats us to her darkest book yet in this haunting tale of two teenagers who find the body of a young woman washed up... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Cliff House – Amanda Jennings

  

  Contemporary Fiction4*s This atmospheric story is set on the coast of Cornwall in 1986 where we meet the shy and unhappy Tamsyn as she perches on the cliff-top... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Three-Martini Lunch – Suzanne Rindell

  

  Historical Fiction5*s Unlike the author’s debut novel The Other Typist, Three-Martini Lunch doesn’t rely on one somewhat unreliable narrator to tell the tale,... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Property – Lionel Shriver

  

  Short Stories4*s At last I’ve found a short-story collection that I thoroughly enjoyed. This collection is centred around property be it the real-estate... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Snap – Belinda Bauer

  

  Crime Fiction5*s It’s no secret that I am a huge fan of this author’s work in which she invariably manages to lace her crime novels with a sense of humour. Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Five of the Best (April 2014 to April 2018)

  

  In 2015 to celebrate reviewing for five years I started a series entitled Five of the Best where I chose my favourite five star reads which I’d read in that... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• First Chapter ~ First Paragraph (May 1)

  

  Welcome to another Tuesday celebrating bookish events, from Tuesday/First Chapter/Intros, hosted by Vicky from I’d Rather Be At The Beach who posts the opening... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Lady Audley’s Secret – Mary Elizabeth Braddon

  

  Classic 4*s I added Lady Audlley’s Secret to my TBR back in 2015 after hearing that it contained echoes of the real crime committed by Constance Kent, a case... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Weekly Wrap Up (April 29)

  

  So we are now nigh on a third of the way through 2018… already? And my week has been as normal and non-descript as ever so straight into… This Week on the Blog ... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The House Swap – Rebecca Fleet

  

  Psychological Thriller4*s Now the thought of strangers staying in my house when I’m not there isn’t one that appeals on any level but for Caroline and... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Craftsman – Sharon Bolton

  

  Crime Fiction5*s Oh my! What a brilliant read! This has to be one of the scariest books I’ve read in a long while and yet there a few graphic scenes, what the... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE