Big Ben is actually the bell inside the clocktower at the Palace of Westminster, but everyone refers to the tower as Big Ben. It is instantly recognisable, worldwide–like the Eiffel Tower, or Sydney Opera House. It’s the writephoto prompt from
Book Review | The Last Remains by Elly Griffiths
The Last Remains comes out today in the UK according to the newsletters I get, although listed as 2nd Feb on Goodreads. If you pre-ordered it from one of the independent booksellers listed by Quercus, you may have got it
Book Review | Marple: Twelve New Stories
Twelve New Stories involving Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple? Purists will be up in arms. Me, I’m delighted my favourite crime authors took part. Thank you,NetGalley and the publishers, HarperCollinsUK, for a chance to read this book. It came out on
Book Review | Dining Out on Planet Mercury
Dining Out on Planet Mercury is the fourth, and probably last of the Dining Out around the Solar System series. A futuristic London is the setting for our intrepid journalists as they fight for the underdogs of the solar system
Book Review | The Razor’s Edge (Zelda Pryce #1)
Zelda Pryce is the only book-related Z title I have for the Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge this year. With three in the series, I’m hoping it’s good enough to supply me for the next two years, as well. The Razor’s
Book Review | Dangerous Women by Hope Adams
Dangerous Women came to me from the publishers via Netgalley, after I fell for the blurb. I’m so glad I did! Dangerous Women by Hope Adams Nearly two hundred condemned women on board a sailing ship bound for Australia. One
Book Review | The Lantern Men by Elly Griffiths @ellygriffiths
The Lantern Men is number 12 in the Ruth Galloway series by Elly Griffiths. You’d think after writing twelve in a series they would be getting stale. Not a bit of it. This one’s a real page-turner! Even when something
Book Review | The Zig Zag Girl by Elly Griffiths
The Zig Zag Girl was the not the only Elly Griffiths in the library when I visited on a whim after getting my flu jab. The doctor’s surgery is in the same complex. But, as all the titles on the
Book Review | A Heaven for Toasters
A Heaven for Toasters was, I’m sure, a special offer from Nicholas C Rossis, who writes fun science fiction and the whole Pearseus series, which I have yet to start. It’s scifi light, and this is a romance. It’s futuristic,
Book Review | Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Moonflower Murders is the second Susan Ryeland Murder Mystery from Anthony Horowitz. I’ve tried not to get too involved with Mr Horowitz’s many series, although I will read the MG one sometimes. There are also James Bond novels and other
Book Review | The Graveyard of the Hesperides
The Graveyard of the Hesperides has been on my TBR for ages. The book has been on my shelf for nearly as long. So when I unpacked it, I put it on my sofa instead of into the bookshelf. That
Book Review | You Beneath Your Skin by Damyanti Biswas
You Beneath Your Skin is the first trad.published novel by Damyanti Biswas. Anyone who has been blogging for any length of time has probably come across Damyanti, one of the most generous and ‘pay-it-forward’ people around. I had the pleasure
Book Review | The Ninth District by Douglas Dorow
The Ninth District by Douglas Dorow has been sitting in my Kindle since 2012. Shame on me! It’s not the only one. And, as happened with others, like Daemon by Doug Dandridge, it’s a gem. These books date from my early
Book of the Year 2019 – the long list!
My Book of the Year for 2019 is… one of the following. Book of the Year 2019 long list I long list nearly all of those I’ve given five stars on Goodreads during the year. So those are (links to
Book Review | The Seagull by Ann Cleeves
The Seagull is the 8th in the Vera novels, and my first. This is thanks to my bookclub reading them out of order. If you’ve seen an episode of Vera on TV, you won’t mind a bit, at least, I