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…
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The storyteller by Jodi Picoult – a comment
I’ve read a lot of books by Jodi Picoult and whilst I’ve always enjoyed them, like most things some are better than others. This was definitely one of the best. There are three main characters, the young baker Sage who lost her parents at an early age, her grandmother Minka who was a holocaust survivor…
The Cry by Helen Fitzgerald – a review
After the upheaval of the past few months I’m now back at work as normal which is good (honestly!) Unfortunately this means I’ve had to curtail my addiction to watching back to back episodes of criminal minds. However it does mean lots of train travel again, which if nothing else means good kindle book reading…
Long way home by Eva Dolan – a review
Long Way Home is Eva Dolan’s debut novel. I ordered this book a while ago after seeing it mentioned on twitter. The story sounded good and the setting was interesting. It wasn’t until the book had arrived that I saw the author was appearing at the festival in my favourite New Blood panel. It’s not…
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