Reviews

‘Christine Poulson’s wonderful sense of place brings Cambridge to life. Cassie overcomes the problems facing her with wit and guile aplenty and ensures the reader’s empathy from first word to last . . . an enthralling and engaging read that underlines Christine’s burgeoning reputation as a crime novelist to watch.’ [Stage Fright]

- SHOTS MAGAZINE
Why I don’t want to be in a Ngaio Marsh

Why I don’t want to be in a Ngaio Marsh

Posted on Jul 12, 2020 in Agatha Christie, Dead Water, Dorothy L Sayers, False Scent, Ngaio Marsh, Overture to Death | 6 Comments

I have finished my Ngaio Marsh binge. I have not read all of them – nor do I intend to – but I have read a lot, around twenty. And a couple of things stand out. One is that by the end of my marathon read, I had a pretty good idea who the culprit […]

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Sheer bliss: Prunella Scales and Wives and Daughters

Posted on Feb 19, 2017 in Agatha Christie, Cranford, David Suchet, Dorothy L Sayers, Hugh Fraser, Ian Carmichael, Nemesis, Prunella Scales, The Hollow, Wives and Daughters | 17 Comments

I haven’t been sleeping well these last six months or so – and I won’t need to tell readers of my blog why that is. I don’t usually have a problem getting to sleep, but I often find myself awake at four or five am. That is when audiobooks are such a godsend. I prefer books […]

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Eight novels set in cathedrals or churches

Posted on Jun 9, 2015 in Anthony Trollope, Barbara Pym, Dorothy L Sayers, Edmund Crispin, J Meade Faulkener, J. L. Carr, Michael Gilbert, Pamela Hansford Johnson | 22 Comments

Time for another list! My good blogfriend, Moira at http://clothesinbooks.blogspot.co.uk/and I are sharing our choice of eight books set in churches or cathedrals. I don’t claim that mine are the best books, but they are all books I’ve loved and read more than once. My first would have to be Trollope’s Barsetshire novels: all six, beginning with The Warden (1855) […]

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Meltdown . . .

Posted on Dec 17, 2010 in Arnaldar Indridason, CWA anthology. Francine Prose, Dorothy L Sayers | One Comment

. . . in more ways than one. The snow has more or less gone now. There was another small snowfall yesterday, but it hasn’t amounted to much – yet. More snow is forecast. We still have that feeling that our plans are provisional and I am wondering if we are going to miss the […]

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