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…
Tag: crime fiction
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…
The Final Detail
I’ve recently been asked how the challenge is coming along. So unfortunately with only 2 weeks left to go its probably time to admit defeat, I am not going to manage to read a book by every author. However I’ve always believed that it is better to try and fail than never bother trying in…
The Glass Room by Ann Cleeves – a review
Of all the books I’ve bought in preparation for the TOPCWFC, this was one that I’d put right to the top of the pile. I haven’t read any other Ann Cleeves books before. However we have recently bought tickets for the murder mystery night at the festival and it is based around the setting in this book…
A crime readers blog 