Back in the dim and distant time that was 2012 when I was but a much younger thing I set myself my first ever Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival Challenge (TOPCWFC). In case you don’t know this was for me to read a book by every author at the festival that year. Well it…
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A time of torment
Now that the Viking invasion of half term has finally departed, this week I treated myself to a trip into town to partake in one of my favourite pastimes – browsing round Waterstones bookshop. I like to head straight to the back of the shop avoiding all the gift buyers and get stuck into the…
Follow you home
When I’m out walking or running I like to listen to books. My latest ‘listen to’ audiobook has been Splinter the Silence by Val McDermid. As with all of her novels this is a great book. It even includes a character called Tamsin which I like to think she has named after my sister having…
The facts of life and death (in Harrogate)
What do the following statements have in common: Patricia Highsmith used to breed snails and was so attached to them that when she moved to France she smuggled them in her bra. The north is better than the south at playing football I am really rubbish at quizzes. The name Jack Reacher came about because…
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