Earlier this year I bought The Language of Birds by Jill Dawson mostly on the back of this great review by Susan at A Life in Books. I do love a fictionalised retelling of a real life story and this, an exploration of infamous Lord Lucan affair, told from the point of view of the…
Read more No 483 Fred & Edie by Jill Dawson – book 2 of #20booksofsummer20
I have a few Laura Lippman books in the 746 but hadn’t read any before trying her most recent book, Sunburn, last year. I loved Sunburn and thought it was stylish and well-written, so decided to have a look and see if her back catalogue contained any other gems. What the Dead Know is a…
Read more No 484 What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman – Book 1 of #20booksofsummer20
Glenn Patterson’s Fat Lad has long been described as one of the quintessential Belfast novels. The title comes from a mnemonic used in Northern Ireland to remember the names of the six counties – Fermanagh, Antrim, Tyrone, Londonderry, Armagh, Down – and yet the entire book is set in the capital city. Drew Linden, Belfast…
Once again I am taking part in Ali’s Daphne Du Maurier Reading Week – a celebration of the work of Cornwall’s finest. I am really grateful to Ali for hosting this event, as I don’t think I would have pushed myself to read so much of her work. The cold walls of Jamaica Inn smelt…
Read more No 486 Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier for #DDMReadingWeek
