In a departure from our fiction titles reviews, retired army major Philip Cottam explores an…

One thing you know when you pick up a novel by Kate Atkinson is that…

This is the first book I’ve read by Victoria Selman and my goodness what a…

Louise Beech is a powerhouse of creativity. Anyone who had listened to her audiobook Daffodils…

Much has been written in the last couple of years about authors’ appropriating the stories…

In Books this week, crime writer Anne Coates looks at two authors, writing in very different…

Elif Shafak is a British-Turkish author whose writing I have always found breathtakingly beautiful. Her…

This week, crime writer Anne Coates discovers two intriguing titles making you question everything you’re reading, told…

The geography of the Andes led to 10,000 years of isolation for its inhabitants and…

This week it’s another double bill in Books, as crime writer Anne Coates recommends two new…

When I reviewed Louise Beech’s last book, This is How We are Human, I was…

This is speculative thriller writing at is most beguiling with author Eve Smith creating in…