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Haven’t They Grown by Sophie Hannah – Review
By Sandra Callard Sophie Hannah, writer of mystery novels, has a prolific output of books and is fast becoming one ... -
Requiem for a Knave by Laura Carlin – Review
By Sandra Callard In Requiem For a Knave Laura Carlin has produced a book of great beauty and lyricism. Although ... -
Strange Affairs, Ginger Hairs by Arthur Grimestead – Review
By Sarah Morgan Hull, 1998. It doesn’t have quite the same ring to it as London, 1966 or San Francisco, ... -
A Stranger in My Grave by Margaret Millar – Review
By Rachael Popow Thanks to Facebook, it’s now possible to get reminders of what you were doing on a given ... -
The Marquise of O– by Heinrich von Kleist – Review
By Barney Bardsley Pushkin Press, at just over twenty years old now, is one of our livelier publishers of new ... -
Evil Roots: Killer Tales of the Botanical Gothic – Review
By David Schuster Any gardener who’s ever done battle with brambles knows that all weeds want to take over the ... -
Chocolate House Treason by David Fairer – Review
By Sandra Callard David Fairer, Lecturer and Professor of Eighteenth Century Literature at Leeds University for forty years, has written ... -
Then She Vanishes by Claire Douglas – Review
By Charlotte Broadhead As someone who spends endless hours stuck between headphone cladded robots and interesting body odours on consistently ... -
Starve Acre by Andrew Michael Hurley – Review
By Sarah Morgan Whenever a new writer bursts onto the literary scene, critics and publishers attempt to pigeonhole them into ... -
We Don’t Die of Love by Stephen May – Review
By Sandra Callard Stephen May’s fifth novel is a mass of contradictions. It is both gritty and sentimental, sad and ... -
Caging Skies by Christine Leunens – Review
By Eve Luddington The first words of Caging Skies, in the preface, intrigued me: ‘The great danger of lying is ... -
Doorway to Dilemma edited by Mike Ashley – Review
By Sarah Morgan The British Library’s ‘Tales of the Weird’ is an ever-expanding collection, but its editor, Mike Ashley, must ...