Terminal Breach, the fourth book to contain Elliott Sumner, unfortunately for me, was underwhelming. From the synopsis I was expecting a thriller along the lines of Tom Clancy. I will freely admit that I don’t generally read a lot of thrillers. My normal reading choice is often a crime book or a police procedural, but… Continue reading An underwhelming Thriller

On the 18th of February Elly Griffiths will be coming to Sheffield Waterstones to talk about her 11th book in the Ruth Galloway series, The Stone Circle. Thankfully, I’m now only 4 books behind after finishing book 7, The Ghost Fields. As an Elly Griffiths fan I can spot the overlap between this book and… Continue reading My Norfolk comfort Blanket

Now that the Theakstons announcements have started to dribble in and all of the special guests have been announced, I can now give a realistic overview of what to expect in July. The special guest announcements from this year are a mix of those from overseas and prominent UK names. Of these, many have appeared… Continue reading Up and coming at Theakstons

1, Which genre is your favourite to write in and why? Well, I’ve really only written in two genres, westerns at the beginning of my time as a writer – close to 50 of them! – and crime fiction. Of the two I much prefer crime fiction as it gives me the opportunity to write… Continue reading Body and soul of John Harvey

In preparation for Sarah Pinborough’s appearance at Nottingham Waterstones on the 20th of this month where she is due to talk about her latest book, Cross her Heart; I obtained a copy of the book from the library. However, the library copy did cause some issues when reviewing it. Around cd7 the copy began to… Continue reading Pinborough’s heart shows the Unexpected

On Tuesday night I was at Nottingham Waterstones, sat on the front row listening to Will Dean, author of the hit book, Dark Pines and its highly anticipated sequel, Red Snow. He was interviewed by KL Slater. It was evident from the size of the audience that Dean is a popular author within the writing… Continue reading Cold world gets warm Reception

On February 1st I was once again in The Sillitoe Room at Nottingham Waterstones for an event. This was John Harvey talking about his latest book, Body and Soul. When he announced this was to be his final book there were sighs of disappointment from the audience. For many years John has been a big… Continue reading The final bow of a well loved Man