March 18, 2021• Books
The Absolute Book is a complex and sprawling fantasy novel of a very unusual sort. And it’s all the better for being so. To try to...
February 17, 2021• Books
A year or so ago I read The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells, which laid out in often horrific details, the kinds of things that...
February 16, 2021• Books
Having previously read and enjoyed Convenience Store Woman, it wasn’t a hard decision to pick up Earthlings. As with the previous novel,...
I love a good Scandi-noir, and this doesn’t disappoint with an entertaining tale about a slightly-disgraced Swedish detective who feels...
August 17, 2020• Books
The Green Man is out there, committing crimes across the US in support of the environment. Tom Smith is a junior FBI analyst – can he...
August 6, 2020• Books
I bought this book off the back of an entertaining interview with the author in The Observer a couple of weeks ago, and I’m...
This is a twisty little tale where you’re never quite sure where the story is heading. Una has just got a job as a live-in companion to...
July 26, 2020• Books
Richard Osman’s first novel is as delightful as it is unexpected. Writing a crime novel didn’t seem like the obvious next thing for...
July 22, 2020• Books
The Chalet is a debut thriller, and it’s a great ride. Told from several vantage points, and from two timelines, we are taken to an...
July 14, 2020• Books
Of course I’m going to read a new Michael Connelly book, and it’s interesting that he’s one of the relatively few authors...
