I’m already a huge Mick Herron fan, having read all the Slow Horses books, but this one…ouf! If indeed “ouf” is an accepted form of praise. “The Secret Hours” is a brilliant stand-alone novel, but since there are references to Regent’s Park in the book, you gradually realise that is …
The one drawback about randomly taking a book off the shelves on a rainy day when you’re holidaying in a friend’s house…is that you might unwittingly pick up a book that is part of a series… Guilty as charged. I curled up quite happily with The Collectors, while the rain …
For those of us who adore Jane Austen and her novels, this fabulous book provides an answer to many questions, as well as opening fresh new perspectives on the author. Jane Austen died young, leaving behind a small but utterly brilliant literary legacy. Her adoring, protective sister Cassandra has been …
Subtitle “British Women in India” To anyone who has read about the history of India, especially during the years when the Europeans travelled there, there is a misperception that women first started settling there from the 19th century onwards. There is a stereotyped image we have of the British memsahibs …
HOW on earth did I miss this smashing, stand-alone novel by the brilliant Mick Herron? For someone who loves the Slough House series so much, I repeat, how on earth did I only just come across “Nobody Walks”? Although this is not formally a part of the Slough House/Slow Horses …
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 …
Mr. Khan presents the reader with a thought-provoking dilemma in the opening pages of this novel. In the immediate aftermath of India’s independence from the colonial rule of the British, can a white British man get justice from an Indian court? This dilemma – justice for the hated former colonial …
I’ve been following the hilarious Twitter – I mean X – feed of Becky Holmes for ages, laughing out loud as she shares her Twitter/X chats with the low life men who send her pictures of their genitals – Greg, that’s you, by the way. Ms Holmes gets messages from”Prince …
Wallis Simpson, later the Duchess of Windsor, was infamously referred to by the Queen Mother as “That woman.” This biography of Wallis is engrossing, superbly written and a mine of information about the much vilified Duchess of Windsor, for whom King Edward VIII abdicated. It is a joy to read, …
