The Long Fall by Julia Crouch – a review

As regular readers of my blog will know, Julia Crouch is a definite favourite of mine and a regular at the Theaksons Old Peculier Crime Festival. So her new novel was one of the first books I bought at this year’s event and I’m pleased to say The Long Fall didn’t disappoint. The main character is Kate. She…

Win a copy of Eva Dolan’s novel – Long Way Home

I’m delighted to announce that the lovely people at Vintage, to celebrate the release of Eva Dolan’s novel ‘Long Way Home’ in paperback last week, have offered 3 copies of the book as prizes to UK readers of acrimereadersblog. This was an excellent book and a review can be found here.     If you would like…

A dark redemption by Stav Sherez – a review

One of the problems I find with a kindle is that I am much less discerning when it comes to buying books. As those who know me can no doubt testify if I visit a bookshop I take my purchasing of books very seriously. Whilst I tend to buy one or two at a time…

Lonely Hearts by John Harvey – a review

I have recently read my first novel by John Harvey who is one of the main speakers at the Festival this year. Never having read anything by him before I decided to start with his first novel Lonely Hearts. According to the nice people at Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Festival this novel was named by…