Last week People magazine named Sandra Bullock as the most beautiful woman in the world this year. This cheered me a lot, I’ve always liked Sandra Bullock – she seems great fun and the kind of woman I’d like to be my friend. She seems not to take the Hollywood hoopla too seriously…
Archives for April 2015
Don’t Turn Around
24 April 2015 by Leave a Comment
If there are two genres I would never normally put together, it would be paranormal and crime. I like my crime to be earthy and rooted in something that I can believe. I’m a huge crime fan, it’s certainly my favourite genre however I’m not quite so keen on paranormal stories. I tend to find myself losing interest …
Disclaimer
21 April 2015 by Leave a Comment
Imagine you’re reading a book and you slowly begin to realise that the story is about you and events in your life that you’ve hidden for over two decades? How would you cope? Would you want to know how the story ended and would you search for the author?
Jakob’s Colours
20 April 2015 by Leave a Comment
Regular readers will know that I have an especial interest in the Holocaust and genocide. I’ve been lucky enough to work in Holocaust remembrance and with Holocaust and genocide survivors. I’m not an expert by any means but even though I’ve moved on from that job I’m still fascinated by stories of the Holocaust…
The Secret Place
16 April 2015 by Leave a Comment
A couple of years ago I read Tana French’s novel Broken Harbour, a thriller about the murder of a family on the outskirts of Dublin. It is a brilliant crime story with a realistic contemporary feel, exploring the impact of recession on an aspirational young couple. I was excited by the release of The Secret Place…
Paddington
14 April 2015 by Leave a Comment
As a little girl my favourite bear was Paddington, the good-mannered bear from Darkest Peru. None of your Rupert with his weird trousers or Winnie the Pooh and his gang of freaky friends for me; it was always Paddington. When I love a book (or in this case character) the thought of a film adaptation is pretty scary…
Eeny Meeny
9 April 2015 by Leave a Comment
The Killer Reads Facebook page had a fabulous event a few weeks ago where readers, authors, publishers and agents came together to chat about crime fiction. It was a series of fascinating discussions and one publisher stated that she was looking for the next great thriller series with a strong female protagonist…
Grace of Monaco
8 April 2015 by Leave a Comment
A couple of years back I took part in a mad attempt to visit all 50 countries in Europe in just one year. We didn’t quite manage it and I’m still tempted to try it again. One of the 25 countries I did visit in the year was principality of Monaco. It was an amazing day trip…
The Ladies of the House
6 April 2015 by Leave a Comment
Three elderly people die in a dilapidated Primrose House at the same time, Marie Gillies, a middle aged woman who has never met any of these people feels immediately responsible when she finds out about their deaths? What is the connection between the four people…
Sunset Boulevard
3 April 2015 by Leave a Comment
There are a number of films that I tend to just to assume that I’ve seen, mostly these are the ones that are on television so often that it’s easy to think that I must have caught them at some point. Or ones which have entered the collective consciousness and seem so familiar that I must have seen them…