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Medusa by Jessie Burton – Review
By Barney Bardsley In Caravaggio’s stark portrait of Medusa, painted in 1597, she is captured at the moment of her ... -
Cut Adrift by Jane Jesmond – Review
By Sarah Morgan In an over-saturated market, finding a new voice with something compelling to say in the crime writing ... -
All My Wild Mothers by Victoria Bennett – Review
By Elizabeth Stanforth-Sharpe There are some books that you read, knowing that they will stay with you for a long ... -
Final Acts, edited by Martin Edwards – Review
By Sarah Morgan Will the curtain ever come down on the British Library’s Classic Crime collection? Let’s hope not, otherwise ... -
Meantime by Frankie Boyle – Review
By Sandra Callard Frankie Boyle, mainly known for rude comedy and scabrous political satire, has graduated into an extremely fine ... -
Speak of the Devil by Rose Wilding – Review
By Sandra Callard This alarmingly unique debut novel centres on a group of women who all have had damaging issues ... -
Blood on the Crossbar by Rhys Richards – Review
By Karl Hornsey The subtitle of this book – The Dictatorship’s World Cup – is the perfect one to sum ... -
Get A Grip, Love by Kate Lucey – Review
By Helen Johnston We live in pretty depressing times. A cost-of-living crisis, broken health care system, broken railway system, and ... -
Look Both Ways by Linwood Barclay – Review
By Sandra Callard On a small island somewhere off the coast of the USA a car manufacturer is launching a ... -
Murder in the Falling Snow, edited by Cecily Gayford – Review
By Sarah Morgan Band Aid once claimed “It’s Christmas time, there’s no need to be afraid.” Clearly they had no ... -
Am I Normal? by Sarah Chaney – Review
By Clare Jenkins Qatar’s World Cup ambassador recently caused a media storm by describing homosexuality as “damage in the mind”. ... -
Stephen King: A Complete Exploration of His Life, Work, and Influences by Bev Vincent – ...
By Sarah Morgan I love horror, so you might think I was well-versed in Stephen King lore. But you’d be ...
