One Beautiful Year of Normal starts with August Caine receiving a call from an attorney to tell her that her Aunt Helen has died. However as far as August was aware her Aunt had died years before or so her Mum had always told her. August returns to the Southern town of Savannah to try…
Tag: debut novel
New Blood 2020 at the TOPCWF
Now regular readers of this blog will know that every year at Harrogate one of my favourite panels is always the New Blood panel. 4 debut authors chosen by queen of crime herself, Val McDermid. Therefore you can imagine my delight to be told that this year the panel is going virtual! Just when I…
The Wreckage by Robin Morgan-Bentley – a review
At this year’s festival I was lucky enough to meet debut author Robin Morgan-Bentley who was promoting his novel The Wreckage which I have recently read. The Wreckage begins with Ben, a teacher who is on his way to work as normal. However this day Adam, in a last despairing act, jumps in front of…
The Mother’s by Sarah J Naughton – a review
I find Christmas an odd break. I had two weeks off work, so therefore you’d think I’d have loads of time, yet it always disappears in a flash of seeing people, drinking and the constant round of ‘how was Christmas, what are you doing for new year’. Therefore although I’ve managed to fit in a…
A crime readers blog 