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The Black Spectacles by John Dickson Carr – Review
By Sarah Morgan Looking at the title of this novel, you might imagine that it features someone who wears Buddy ... -
Death of an Author by E.C.R Lorac – Review
By Sarah Morgan As every crime fiction-loving reader knows, many authors have their own detective, a familiar presence, usually with ... -
The Heritage Herbal: Recipes And Remedies For Modern Living by Sonya Patel Ellis – Review
By Elizabeth Stanforth-Sharpe Sonya Patel Ellis has been an established author, writer and publisher, focusing on plants, gardening and horticulture ... -
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 ... -
Dancing in Time by Robert Hylton – Review
By Sandra Callard This unique book takes a startling look at the huge amount and variety of dancing throughout time. ... -
Spectral Sounds: Unquiet Tales of Acoustic Weird – Review
By Sarah Morgan Ghosts, ghouls, phantoms, spectres... there are lots of names for those (usually) nighttime visitors from beyond the ... -
The Lindisfarne Gospels by Eleanor Jackson – Review
By Sandra Callard This new book about The Lindisfarne Gospels is a wonderful way to see one of the most ... -
Death on the Downbeat by Sebastian Farr – Review
By Sarah Morgan What do Les Liaisons dangereuses, Dracula, Carrie and Bridget Jones’s Diary have in common? Top marks go ... -
Death of Jezabel by Christianna Brand – Review
By Sandra Callard Here is another one from the wonderful selection of old books republished by the British Library in ... -
The Lost Gallows by John Dickson Carr – Review
By Sandra Callard The Crime Classics is a collection of books that were all written roughly between the two World ... -
The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley – Review
By Sandra Callard I’ve already confessed my love for these reprints by the British Library of old crime novels from ... -
Breaking the News edited by Jackie Harrison & Luke McKernan – Review
By Clare Jenkins Ten years ago, working as a university lecturer, I set up a 12-week module called The History ...