Susan’s Bookshelves: Raven Black by Ann Cleeves
I devour detective fiction for characterisation and geography. Who could not fall for Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club quartet? On the page...
I devour detective fiction for characterisation and geography. Who could not fall for Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club quartet? On the page...
Act 4, Scene 1 of Julius Caesar is one of the most nonchalantly shocking interchanges Shakespeare ever wrote. It presents victorious Mark...
It’s unusual to read a book which explores and celebrates male friendship with all its affectionate joshing, trust and respect. We’re so...
Chris Power’s 2021, debut novel came to my attention because I recently interviewed Chris, in his 2025 Booker Prize judge capacity, for...
My attention was drawn to this 2025 title by a relative who spotted it in a Kent bookshop and thought I might...
Last month I spent a pleasant weekend in North Yorkshire, staying with an old friend. The night before my arrival she had...
Apart from a short story, called The Verger which used to appear in school collections so I shared it with students, I...
It’s a novel I’ve always strenuously avoided for personal reasons. I am ichthyophobic in general and galeophobic in particular. (I also own...