Penguin finds another Star

The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse is an intriguing debut, which combines a police procedural with a locked room mystery. After an incident, Elin goes to her brother Isaac's hotel, where he works, to have a break in Switzerland. As an avalanche hits the hotel everyone inside it realises that there is something dramatic going on …

Nearly Forgotten

On Thursday morning, four days after the fourth series aired, I am finally writing up my opinion of the first episode. Unfortunately for me Unforgotten is normally aired on Monday nights which is my busiest night, when my interviews are streamed live. This means that I was unable to watch the program on the night, …

Gorging on Brolly

As I write this review of Matt Brolly's The Gorge, the book itself is not due to come out until the 25th. It has been really nice to have the physical copies of the books now that the vast amount of my reading is done digitally. This has meant that I have been listening to …

The medical side of Vaughan

Little Disasters by Sarah Vaughan is the story of how a group of mothers at an ante-natal class discover that motherhood is not all it is cracked up to be. As you find out through the story, the problems of motherhood can cause all sorts of different issues. Sarah Vaughan has written a legal thriller …

An honoured reviewer

As I finished Lie Beside Me by Gytha Lodge, I feel very honoured to have heard this at all so early, as it is not due out until next week. Although it was due out on Thursday and I'd planned to have been reading it ready for my interview on Monday, Gytha and her publishers …

Pinborough’s Netflix

Sarah Pinborough's Behind her Eyes is a brand new Netflix series released Wednesday the 17th, based on the book. This book, though, was perfectly made for a Netflix visual series with the dream sequences and was somewhat reminiscent in style in these parts to Stranger Things. The dream sequences within this book are essential, as …

My first live Review

As I write Death in Delft up on Friday morning, I know that it won't be posted until the following week, as I reviewed this live on Bay Tales 3 this Wednesday just gone. However, knowing that they wanted a rehearsal this Sunday I had to read it quickly, which wasn't a problem as its …

My day of Preparation

At 4 o'clock on Sunday afternoon, it's three hours before I am to rehearse for my first live review on Bay Tales on Wednesday, but I still have to do the traditional reviews as well. When it comes to Matt Brolly's The Descent, it has been a lot more traditional than what I am now …

Five readers, one book

A Ruined Girl by Kate Simants, at 370 pages, for someone who is used to reading that length, would take them a short period of time. However, for me, someone who doesn't read hardbacks a lot because I'm dyslexic, it took me five days, instead of my standard three to four, as it has been …

A Little Extra

Tonight I am going to interview Laura Purcell, for UK Crime Book Club. On the day of my interviews I often have to do extra research to ensure I have enough material to cover the one hour event. Because of this, tonight at 7pm I will be able to talk to Laura about the extra …