The Burning Soul by John Connolly – a review

The TOPCWFC is continuing in earnest and due to lots of recent long train rides I’ve read many more books than I’ve had chance to write reviews for. At least it is this way round rather than not having chance to read the books as I’m loving every minute of it. It is just a…

A judgement in stone

 This weekend I was asked by a friend to recommend what I thought was the best ever crime book. She has recently got back into crime fiction via way of Lisa Gardner and was asking what to read next. This is quite possibly one of the hardest questions I’ve ever contemplated (after do you want…

The Cuckoo by Julia Crouch – a review

Julia Crouch is in the session entitled Deadlier than the Male, which I have to say seems a strange session for her to be in. Having just read her book ‘The Cuckoo’ it wasn’t particularly gruesome, or violent especially when compared to someone like Chelsea Cain  or Jilliane Hoffman and so I wander if she…

The Leopard – Jo Nesbo a review

My latest book (read in two halfs around Gillian Flynn due to train equalling kindle and home equalling real books!) was The Leopard by Jo Nesbo. I’ve read the Redeemer by the same author previously so had an idea that I was going to like it. Jo Nesbo is an author based in Norway, and…