The Coral Bride is an absorbing and intense literary crime novel.

Blog tour: The Coral Bride, by Roxanne Bouchard, translated by David Warriner →

Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops is a short, funny treat.

Review: Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops by Shaun Bythell →

Good intentions etc. etc.

What I read in October 2020 →

The Exiles is a shocking, yet inspiring and highly readable account of the experiences of women who were transported to Australia in the nineteenth century.

Blog tour: The Exiles, by Christina Baker Kline →

Cows Can't Jump is funny and heartwarming, with a really sweet main character.

Blog tour: Cows Can't Jump, by Philip Bowne →

The Nesting is an atmospheric and addictive thriller infused with Norse folklore.

Blog tour: The Nesting, by C. J. Cooke →

The Snow Fox Diaries perfectly captures the beauty and cruelty of nature and the countryside.

Blog tour: The Snow Fox Diaries, by Jan Mazzoni →

The Same Ledge is a vivid, unflinching and heart-wrenching novel.

Blog tour: The Same Ledge by Daniel James →

Blitz Spirit provides an interesting insight into life during World War II and much-needed correctives to national myths.

Review: Blitz Spirit by Becky Brown →

Homecoming contains a wide range of fascinating accounts from the Windrush generation that really made me think about the nature of memory and narrative.

Review: Homecoming by Colin Grant →