The Cutting Room by Jilliane Hoffman – a review

This was one of the books I treated myself too at Harrogate, so it was a nice change to read a hardback book for once, and as much as I do love my kindle you can’t beat the feel of a proper book. In this story women are being brutally killed which heralds the return…

Catch me by Lisa Gardner – a review

Last week I read ‘Catch me’ by Lisa Gardner. I’ve had this book on my too read pile for months and as she unfortunately was not appearing at the festival this year I’ve held off on reading it. As they say though good things come to those who wait, and this book didn’t disappoint. This…

Revenge of the Tide by Elizabeth Haynes – a review

I picked up Revenge of the Tide by Elizabeth Haynes after seeing her at the festival, and so it was on the top of my pile of signed copies of books to read when I got home. Revenge of the Tide is the name of the boat that Genevieve has bought to live on to…

A necessary end

The Theakstons Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival 2012 is over. The books have been put on the shelf, the ‘tossergate’ explosion on twitter has died down, and the reservations have been made for 2013. Therefore Theakstons Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival Challenge 2012 has come to an end. As I’ve said before technically I failed…