The Fire Child
Written by SK Tremayne — Cornwall, land of rugged coastlines and tasty pasties. Where your most taxing problem might be whether to put the clotted cream or the jam first onto your scones.The perfect setting, you would think, to start married life. And when your new home…
Baby Doll
Written by Hollie Overton — Twins have loomed large in some of fiction’s finest moments. Who can forget that creepy pair in Stephen King’s The Shining, and how about David Cronenberg’s Dead Ringers for unnerving? SK Tremayne’s The Ice Twins – one of my favourite crime…
The Missing Hours by Emma Kavanagh
A mother is out in the park, watching her young daughters at play. What on earth could prompt her to suddenly walk away, leaving them alone, frightened and vulnerable? Where has Selena Cole gone to? She has been recently widowed and is grieving. Has she been…
Last Light by CJ Lyons
Some of my favourite novels are set in small town America. Lee Child’s latest Jack Reacher tale, Make Me, has most of the action taking place in a tight knit community and that sense of claustrophobia plays a huge part in marking the book so gripping….
1000 free crime books at Bristol libraries
The UK government’s austerity measures have taken their toll on libraries, with closures and service cutbacks galore. However, CrimeFest, the convention held in Bristol starting 19 May, is doing something about it with a move to boost interest in local libraries. The organisers have teamed…