This historical crime fiction novel is set in the time and place of London, England, 1654, in the first year of Oliver Cromwell’s rule as…

Highgate Rise is the eleventh novel in a series of thirty two, featuring Thomas and Charlotte Pitt. Thomas Pitt, the son of a former gamekeeper,…

Who can resist a story within a story? This is the 8th instalment in the Inspector Morse series, but it didn’t matter a jot that…

This, the 10th in the Rowland Sinclair series of crime novels, is, alas, the final in the series for the time being (the author’s website…

What an absolute delight this book is! It’s a fabulous romp through 1930s Sydney, in the company of our feisty and indomitable Violet Kelly and…

This book is in fact a prequel to a long running series. I haven’t read any of the other books, so it was a perfect…

A gem of Australian crime fiction, this novel is the first in a series by Australian author Ms. Gentill. Set in Sydney 1931, we are…

McCall Smith has written another delightful instalment in this wonderful series. As always, it is full of gentle humour and sage advice. The ‘mysteries’ are…

Well, this is a book that has polarised the reading world! And it’s not the actual plot that has caused all the hoo-ha-ha, but the…

Another cracker in this series by Louise Penny, set in the mysterious Quebec village of Three Pines: it may not be on any map, but…

One of the first words that comes to mind when I read this series is ‘compassion’. Richard Osman shows enormous compassion towards his characters, and…

We find Chief Inspector Armand Gamache in Quebec City, spending time with his dear friend and mentor Emile Comeau. Both he and Jean-Guy Beauvoir, his…