Reviews

‘Footfall is as engaging as it gets. Cassandra James is . . . a terrific character, beautifully honed from seemingly staid academic to feisty heroine . . . a truly breathtaking read.’

- TANGLED WEB

Fourteen degrees below zero . . .

Posted on Dec 8, 2010 in Arnaldar Indridason, Dorothy L Sawyers, The Dead of Winter, The Draining Lake | No Comments

. . . was the temperature outside our back door yesterday morning. Yesterday I wore a thermal vest, a cotton t-shirt, a woollen jumper, a cashmere cardigan and a big Swedish sweater, a hat, and a scarf and that was INDOORS. Outside I look like an extra for DOCTOR ZHIVAGO. Ordinary activities take so much […]

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Rennie Airth

Posted on May 17, 2010 in John Madden trilogy, Rennie Airth, River of Darkness, The Blood-dimmed Tide, The Dead of Winter | One Comment

I may have mentioned Rennie Airth before, but I think he deserves a post all to himself. I have recently read with great enjoyment the last in his John Madden trilogy, THE DEAD OF WINTER. He is one of those writers whose novels I buy as soon as they go into paperback. The first and, […]

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