Reviews

‘I opened this book with high expectations. They have been admirably fulfilled.  Here we have a stand alone thriller about two lonely people who pursue a relationship of monthly weekends together in remote spots.  Suddenly one of these two fails to get to the rendezvous-vous and the other realises how very limited her knowledge of her  companion is . . . Gradually the reader pieces together some of the facts as an atmosphere of rising tension envelops everything. The intelligent way Jay, Lisa and others plan their actions is enjoyable and the suspense of the tale is palpable.’

- MYSTERY PEOPLE

It’s over!

Posted on Dec 31, 2015 in A Bundle of Trouble, Book Buying Moratorium, Judith Dunger, Rennie Airth, Richard Panek, The 4% Universe, The Reckoning | 2 Comments

In my Christmas Eve daze – up to my elbows in red cabbage and stuffing – I must have forgotten to press ‘publish’ after I wrote this post. It was actually written on the 24th December! ‘Today my book-buying moratorium is over. It’s been three months – and I have pretty much stuck with it. I […]

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Ten books set on the Home Front

Posted on May 7, 2015 in Anthony Powell, books set on the home front, Christiana Brand, Elizabeth Bowen, Joyce Dennys, Laura Wilson, Lissa Evans, Margery Allingham, Muriel Spark, Penelope Fitzgerald, Rennie Airth | 12 Comments

Time for another list! We had such fun last time that Moira at Clothesinbooks.com and I have got together again, this time to share our ten favourite books set on the Home Front. Mine are all set in WWII. Here goes . . . First up is Joyce Dennys’s Henrietta’s War (1983 – but written during the […]

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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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