Today’s review concerns a spooooooky Hallowe’en read! Well, not really. In fact, I’m trying, weakly, to make the latest book I read see...

Sorry for the lack of entries to this blog! Due to illness, I’ve found myself with no energy for anything – literally anything – but work l...

A curio today, and one of the shortest texts I've reviewed so far. 'Greedy Night' (1936) is a short send-up of Dorothy L. Saye...

A Blunt Instrument (1938) by Georgette Heyer. Sorry -- I'm not convinced. After a few laugh out loud lines like 'His Lordship did n...

Today’s blog post is a bit of a departure, as I dip an amateur toe into the pool of spy fiction. Generally, I’m not a discerning critic: I ...

Laurence Meynell (1899-1989) was a prolific writer from Wolverhampton, who fell out of vogue almost immediately upon his death. In his 60 ye...

The Man in the Queue (1929) by Gordon Daviot (Joesephine Tey) . Tey’s first detective novel, featuring Inspector Alan Grant, and her most c...