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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 ... -
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 ... -
Death and Other Happy Endings by Melanie Cantor – Review
By Helen Johnston This isn’t the book I thought it would be, which isn’t necessarily a criticism but it did ... -
Spring by Ali Smith – Review
By Barney Bardsley This is the third novel in Ali Smith’s seasonal quartet, written in response to – and defiance ... -
The Weird Tales of William Hope Hodgson – Review
By Sarah Morgan The names of some authors live forever, while others are lesser known or maybe even forgotten altogether ... -
That Was a Shiver and Other Stories by James Kelman – Review
By Ela Portnoy When opening this book there is one thing that you just can’t ignore – James Kelman is ... -
From the Depths and Other Strange Tales of the Sea – Review
By David Schuster “Ships stick to narrow and clearly defined lanes as a rule. There are tremendous areas where I ... -
Only Killers and Thieves by Paul Howarth – Review
By Joe Forshaw Only Killers and Thieves is a factional account of a period in Australia’s early settlement history that ... -
Swan Song by Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott – Review
By Rachael Popow As a teenager, I’d fallen under the spell of the movie Breakfast At Tiffany’s (well, apart from ... -
The Spirit Photographer by Jon Michael Varese – Review
By Sarah Morgan As Shakespeare once memorably asked in Romeo and Juliet, what’s in a name? Nothing, apparently. We’re also ... -
The Summer House Party by Caro Fraser – Review
By Helen Johnston Welcome to the world of Downton Abbey, where the posh and the privileged meet in their grand ...











