One of the bonuses of volunteering for a book charity is that you often get to borrow books that are donated before they go out (obviously so that you can then recommend them to those who want recommendations!) and this was one of those that I hadn’t heard about before. Seven Lies introduces us to…
The Birthday Girl
So this month I turned 50. To be honest I was actually quite pleased to reach this milestone. 40 I was not happy about, 40 just felt old (you can read about that meltdown here) Whereas 50 didn’t bother me. I know that shouldn’t be the case. I’d been warned that waking up at 50…
Tell Tale by Claire Parkin – a review
It’s the 1980s in a small Welsh village and Debbie is in trouble again. In her mind all she is doing is telling the truth as she records it in her kajagoogoo notebook, but to the rest of the village she is just a trouble maker. This time she is in so much trouble that…
One Beautiful Year of Normal by Sandra K Griffith – a review
One Beautiful Year of Normal starts with August Caine receiving a call from an attorney to tell her that her Aunt Helen has died. However as far as August was aware her Aunt had died years before or so her Mum had always told her. August returns to the Southern town of Savannah to try…
A crime readers blog 