Mice by Gordon Reece
Mice is the debut novel from Gordon Reece, an English writer who now lives in Australia. Narrated in the first person by a teenager, Shelley, it’s the story of what happens when two of life’s natural...
View ArticleThe Girl on the Stairs by Louise Welsh
Publisher: John Murray ISBN: 978-1848546486 Publication date: 2nd August 2012 I read Louise Welsh’s debut The Cutting Room years ago and thought it was rather good – dark, creepy and peopled with...
View ArticleBooks to Curl Up With, part II
It’s getting colder outside, Christmas-scented candles are being lit and we’ve had the first proper snow of the year. It’s obviously time for two more cosy books! Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers...
View ArticleA Treacherous Likeness by Lynn Shepherd
Publisher: Corsair ISBN: 978-1780331676 Publication date: 7th February 2013 Tom-All-Alone’s was one of my favourite books of 2012 so I was really excited to see that Lynn Shepherd’s third novel also...
View ArticleWin a copy of The Silent Wife!
This giveaway is now ended. HE exists in dual worlds. SHE likes to settle scores. HE decides to play for keeps. SHE has nothing left to lose. The fabulous Ben at Headline has offered me a copy of the...
View ArticleNight Film by Marisha Pessl
Publisher: Hutchinson ISBN: 978-0091953782 Publication date: 29th August 2013 Marisha Pessl arrived on the literary scene in 2006 with the feted Special Topics in Calamity Physics and was hailed...
View ArticleChristmas reading
As ever, my TBR pile is threatening to take over the world my mouse house. A change of role at work has meant that I haven’t had time to do as much reading as I’d like recently (I’m now a pro at the...
View Article150 word(ish) reviews: In Bitter Chill by Sarah Ward
I’m a long-time reader of Sarah’s excellent crime review blog, Crimepieces, and was thrilled when I found out that her first novel had been published last year by Faber. Set in the fictional town of...
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