This book starts with great humour. It's hard not to see some of myself in the lead character George Bowling who is struggling to come t...

This review has been dictated to me by my eldest son who has really enjoyed this book: "It is old modern history put into fun ways for ...

It's strange how you can pick up a book that speaks to you across the years and in this case has a tone of voice and content that is sim...

"In the office, I took out my notebook and cigarettes and knocked off a story in a couple of hours. The endings were the easiest part f...

Maybe it's because I'm not feeling well, apologies for the lack of posts the last couple of says, but it has been a challenge to get...

I have driven past Daunt Books but not had the chance to get inside. But that was finally remedied today and what a visual experience. A gal...

Not quite at the halfway point but as this book is a collection of stories wanted to capture the thoughts before getting too much further in...

"Why couldn't Alicia Mindreau fall in love with that skinny kid who played the guitar so beautifully and sang with that tender, rom...

A hot and dusty field near an airbase in Peru is the backdrop for a grizzly discovery of a tortured corpse. Two policemen take up the case a...

"'Your old fashioned murderer killed from fear, from hate - or even from love, Mr Rowe, very seldom for substantial profit. None of...

Arthur Rowe is a simple man who wanted to kill a bit of time at a church fete but by winning the guess-the-weight-cake he triggered a series...

"Across all these images the words LIFT OFF are flashing. On the main dance floor swathes of young Czechs are holding their arms up. Th...

"Who would have dared not to take him seriously? Heaps of people, who did not have easy consciences, trembled at the mention of his nam...

If you thought it was just Camus and Sartre that did the whole "Life is rubbish so I might as well die" line in existentialism the...

In some respects a Maigret story is my reading equivalent of a pack of Minstrels. Something to relax and enjoy, a bit of comfort and somethi...