Reviews

‘I opened this book with high expectations. They have been admirably fulfilled.  Here we have a stand alone thriller about two lonely people who pursue a relationship of monthly weekends together in remote spots.  Suddenly one of these two fails to get to the rendezvous-vous and the other realises how very limited her knowledge of her  companion is . . . Gradually the reader pieces together some of the facts as an atmosphere of rising tension envelops everything. The intelligent way Jay, Lisa and others plan their actions is enjoyable and the suspense of the tale is palpable.’

- MYSTERY PEOPLE

Sentimental Journey

Posted on Dec 10, 2016 in At Castle Boterel, Heffer's Bookshop, Peter Blundell Jones, The Old Fire Engine House restaurant, Thomas Hardy | 6 Comments

On Thursday I took part in a splendid event at Heffer’s bookshop in Cambridge. On my way there I took the opportunity of stopping off in Ely where my new series of novels is set to pick up a bit more local colour. I walked around the marina and went into the cathedral. Peter and […]

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I bought a book!

Posted on Dec 13, 2015 in Cambridge, Heffer's Bookshop, Lesley Thomson, The Detective's Secret | 4 Comments

Visiting Cambridge on Friday to do some research for a story, I realise that I should have made an further exemption from my book-buying moratorium: because I can’t be in Cambridge without going to Heffers Bookshop – and I can’t go to Heffers without buying a book. It is one of my favourite book shops, […]

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What to read when you are still not very well

Posted on Jan 4, 2015 in bookshop, Heffer's Bookshop, Lewis Buzbee, Scarthin Books, The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop | 4 Comments

by which I mean still coughing, sneezing and streaming. I know I am not alone: others have been suffering from this exceptionally long-lived virus. Luckily I am not short of reading material. And one book I’ve particularly enjoyed is Lewis Buzbee’s The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop.  ‘November, a dark, rainy Tuesday, late afternoon. This is my ideal […]

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Shakespeare Knew Everything

Posted on May 1, 2014 in Heffer's Bookshop, Kenneth Branaugh, Melvin Bragg, Poems that Make Grown Men Cry, Shakespeare, Sonnet 30 | 2 Comments

Yesterday in Cambridge I was missing a dear friend who died recently. I went into Heffer’s Bookshop (best crime fiction stock of anywhere that I know) and my attention was caught by a book on one of the tables at the front: Poems That Make Grown Men Cry. I’d heard it mentioned on Radio 4. […]

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