So tomorrow is July, which mean’s it’s TOPCWF month, and what better way to celebrate than with the announcement of the the shortlist for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2022: Presented by Harrogate International Festivals, the coveted award, now in its eighteenth year, celebrates crime fiction at its very best, with…
Mr Jones by Alex Woolf – a review
When this book dropped through my door courtesy of Indie Novella it was definitely intriguing. The cover being a suited and booted man with a panda head. Mr Jones begins with Ben and his daughter on their way to school. It’s ten months since the sudden disappearance of Ben’s wife and he’s still struggling to…
City of the Dead by Jonathan Kellerman – a review
Sometimes I find that with the fabulous amount of new books on offer the longer running series can fall off my radar even if I have loved the previous ones. This is what had happened with Jonathan Kellerman and the Alex Delaware series. Therefore I was really pleased to be sent his latest one City…
The List
We all know I love a list. List writing bizarrely always cheers me up and makes me feel on top of things. Even writing a list of cleaning that needs doing makes me feel like I’ve been productive. Admittedly I normally spend more time writing the list than actually doing anything on it but it…
A crime readers blog 