Today is International Women’s Day, which apparently started as far back as 1908 when 15 000 women marched through New York City demanding voting rights and better pay, although it was first celebrated in Europe in 1911. In this country women demonstrated in the streets, went on hunger strikes, threw themselves under horses all to fight…
Never Look Back – review
The Theakstons Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival Challenge (TOPCWFC for short) has got off to a flying start. My first book was by Laura Lippman called Never look back. A brand new author for me, the story is about Elizabeth, now Eliza, who is married with 2 children including a teenage daughter. Eliza was kidnapped…
The Silent Girl
This weekend it was lovely to see an old friend and spend a relaxing couple of days rediscovering some of the more touristy aspects of York which locals often overlook such as the underrated Cliffords Tower and the brand new ‘Wheel of York’. (Personally I thought the views were better from the top of the…
Monster in a Box
Yesterday was World Book Day, a fact I disgracefully did not know until I saw two miniature Paddington Bears walking to school ready for dress as your favourite book character day. (Just in case you are interested I once had a Paddington Bear teddy, until my sister needed a pair of wellingtons one winter –…
A crime readers blog 