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.’

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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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