Susan’s Bookshelves: The Swift and the Harrier by Minette Walters
I used to read a lot of Minette Walters’s crime thrillers and have fond memories of, for example, The Scold’s Bridle and The...
I used to read a lot of Minette Walters’s crime thrillers and have fond memories of, for example, The Scold’s Bridle and The...
When Jill Paton Walsh, who died last year, wrote this novel she was already a well established and respected author of...
I first read The Machine Gunners soon after its publication and Carnegie Medal win in 1975. Within a year or two it...
I’ve read A Farewell to Arms only once before many decades ago. So I had forgotten most of the details although, of...
I don’t know how many times I’ve read Silas Marner (1861). I adored it when I first read it at college and...
Of course I’m well aware that Richard Osman’s books don’t exactly need a plug from me. They are worldwide, record breaking best...
This is the best novel I’ve read about the Suffragettes who fought for votes for women before the First World War. It’s...
Ruth Rendell’s decision to write as Barbara Vine in parallel with her other titles gave her the scope to write a completely...