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Twisted Pike by David Barnett – Review
By Sarah Morgan “Anything with a whiff of the unknown, the uncanny or the impossible appealed to me,” says author ... -
Black Earth by Kate London – Review
By Karl Hornsey Kate London sprung to literary attention almost 10 years ago with the publication of Death Message, which ... -
The Redemption of Isobel Farrar by Alan Robert Clark – Review
By Sandra Callard Set in 1926, this tight-paced and always interesting novel focuses on Isobel Farrar, a rich, elderly but ... -
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 ... -
Mercia’s Take by Daniel Wiles – Review
By Sandra Callard This is a reasonably short story written by Daniel Wiles and set in the Black Country in ... -
School Days by Jack Sheffield – Review
By Sandra Callard The uninspiring title hardly made me eager to start reading Jack Sheffield’s latest – and the first ... -
Thrown by Sara Cox – Review
By Sandra Callard Thrown is the debut novel by broadcaster Sara Cox and mainly concerns a group of local women ... -
Which Way? by Theodora Benson – Review
By Sandra Callard The British Library is republishing selected books by women writers from their vast collection – some of ... -
Test Signal, Edited by Nathan Connolly – Review
By Sandra Callard Test Signal is a new book containing a collection of short stories written by a number of ... -
Without Prejudice by Nicola Williams – Review
By Helen Johnston Black authors matter is the premise behind a new collection of novels curated by Booker prize winner ... -
People of Abandoned Character by Clare Whitfield – Review
By Sandra Callard This unusually named new novel by Clare Whitfield, People of Abandoned Character, is also an unusual story. ... -
The Book Club by C.J. Cooper – Review
By Helen Johnston If you belong to a book club, you might start wondering about the other people in the ...
