Reviews

‘Invisible’s got an excellent, tense plot, shifting between the two main characters, with a good number of surprises along the way. Poulson always has great, strong women characters, with real lives and feelings . . .  I liked the fact that the depictions of violence and injury were realistic without being over-detailed or gloating . . . It was a pleasure to find a book that did the excitement, the jeopardy and the thrills without putting off this reader . . .  a very good read for anyone.’

- CLOTHES IN BOOKS

Murder in Mind

Posted on Jan 16, 2020 in Basil Willing, Bodies From the Library, Dance of Death, Helen McCloy, The Deadly Truth, Through a Glass Darkly | 6 Comments

I didn’t get round to posting my talk on Helen McCloy, which I gave at Bodies from the Library last year. So here it is now. The title is ‘Murder in Mind: The Crime Novels of Helen McCloy.’ My attention was first drawn to Helen McCloy when her novel, Mr Splitfoot, was listed by H. […]

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Bodies from the Library 2019

Posted on Jun 18, 2019 in Bodies From the Library, Cyril Hare, Helen McCloy, Martin Edwards | 2 Comments

Not long to go now to the annual British Library event, Bodies from the Library, and I am busy putting together my talk, Murder in Mind: The Crime Novels of Helen McCloy. She is a fine writer who has been unjustly neglected. I intend to put that right. If she is known at all it is for Through […]

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A Forgotten Woman Crime Novelist

Posted on Jun 19, 2017 in Bodies From the Library, British Library, Ethel Lina White, Fear Stalks the Village, Hitchcock, She Faded into Air, The Lady Vanishes, The Spiral Staircase, The Wheel Spins, Wax | 12 Comments

‘Have you locked up, Nurse Cherry?’ ‘Yes, Nurse Silver.’ ‘Every door, every window?’ ‘Yes, yes.’ Yet even as she shot home the last bolt of the front door, at the back of Nurse Cherry’s mind was a vague misgiving. She had forgotten – something. She was young and pretty, but her expression was anxious. While […]

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Bodies from the Library

Posted on May 10, 2017 in Bodies From the Library, British Library, Elizabeth Daly, Ethel Lina White, Sarah Ward | 6 Comments

Bodies from the Library has become an annual event. I went for the first time last year and thoroughly enjoyed it, so I was delighted to be invited to speak this year. Sarah Ward and I will be talking about ‘Forgotten Women Authors’. Sarah’s choice is Elizabeth Daly and mine is Ethel Lina White. I’ve already […]

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