Published by British Library Publication date – 10 April 2019 Source – review copy “At 8 o’clock in the evening on the 8th November, there was a terrific explosion in Green Lane, Evingden.” The offices of Excelsior Joinery Company are no more; the 3 directors are killed and the peace of a quiet town in…
Month: July 2019
Under the Reader’s Radar – celebrating the quiet novel
There are thousands upon thousands of books published each year. Only a small percentage of those make it to the best-seller list. That doesn’t mean that the rest aren’t worthy of reading. It may be that they are written by self-published authors who don’t have the marketing knowledge or a small independent publisher who doesn’t…
Birthday Girl by Haruki Murakami – review
Published by Vintage Publication date – 24 January 2019 Source – own copy She waited on tables as usual that day, her twentieth birthday. She always worked Fridays, but if things had gone according to plan on that particular Friday, she would have had the night off. One rainy Tokyo night, a waitress’s uneventful twentieth…
Under the Reader’s Radar – celebrating the quiet novel
There are thousands upon thousands of books published each year. Only a small percentage of those make it to the best-seller list. That doesn’t mean that the rest aren’t worthy of reading. It may be that they are written by self-published authors who don’t have the marketing knowledge or a small independent publisher who doesn’t…
Patricia MacDonald – Q&A
Patricia MacDonald is the author of The Girl in the Woods, which was published by Black Thorn Books on 4 July 2019. Patricia kindly answered a few of my questions. 1. Tell us a little about The Girl in the Woods. This suspense novel concerns a young woman named Blair who has escaped her unhappy…
The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra by Vaseem Khan – Review
Published by Mulholland Books Publication date – 13 August 2015 Source – own copy Mumbai, murder and a baby elephant combine in a charming, joyful mystery for fans of Alexander McCall Smith and Rachel Joyce. On the day he retires, Inspector Ashwin Chopra discovers that he has inherited an elephant: an unlikely gift that could…
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