The Dark Room

My newest Kindle related purchase last night proved itself to be completely worth the 99p I spent at Tesco. I’d been looking at the clip on lights on amazon which were about £14, then in the bargain household section of my local store they had pretty much the same thing for the bargain price of…

Originally posted on It's a crime! (Or a mystery…):
From the press release: FROM SECRET AGENTS AND SMASH HIT THRILLERS TO MAGIC IN THE MET: 2012 THEAKSTONS OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR LONGLIST REVEALED A mix of writers old and new will do battle in this year’s Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel…

No time for goodbye

I was in Glasgow last week running an exhibition stand. Our stand was positioned directly opposite the internet area where delegates could sit and check their emails and ensure they kept up to date with all important work related things. Having spent 5 days sat watching the people using these computers I can categorically state…

The Cuckoo by Julia Crouch – a review

Julia Crouch is in the session entitled Deadlier than the Male, which I have to say seems a strange session for her to be in. Having just read her book ‘The Cuckoo’ it wasn’t particularly gruesome, or violent especially when compared to someone like Chelsea Cain  or Jilliane Hoffman and so I wander if she…