Sadly, I only really clocked that Stella Rimington was such an acclaimed novelist when I read her recent obituary. What a waste, not to have read her spy novels over the years, but I’ve made a start, and am hooked. ”At Risk”, her first book in the Liz Carlyle series, …
We all know who was the first person to run a mile in under 4 minutes. Roger Bannister. It’s one of those facts that one just knows. And yet…this absolutely outstanding account of the quest to break the 4 minute barrier, “The Perfect Mile”, has you on tenterhooks the whole …
What a pleasure to discover a whole new genre of fiction, even though the rest of the world has seemingly known about it for years. Meet Mary Russell, the fictional wife of the equally fictional Sherlock Holmes. Miss Russell has to be one of the most charming derring-do heroines a …
