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The historical crime novel dramatically reimagines the world of slave traders and abolitionists, using it as the background for a gripping murder mystery. Now Laura can legitimately sift through the layers of London history left along the muddy banks. “A group of friends, all historical writers, went on a mudlarking trip,” she explains. “They found […]
Surely, everyone is happy George RR Martin just announced a new publication date and it’s only a few months away? The beloved author of the Game of Thrones saga made the exciting revelation yesterday with the tagline “Happy to announce..” and fans went ballistic. And, no, not just a small and rabid section but many, […]
The TV show may be over, but The Winds of Winter book is on the way and fans are speculating over which Game of Thrones characters will kick the bucket. George RR Martin has teased there will be “plenty of deaths, including some viewpoint characters”. And now a popular new fan theory lays out which […]
A strange pair of texts like that from her son was enough to get her in the car and driving towards his home in Kent. Unknowingly, she was heading towards a nightmare created by so‑called County Lines gangs. Her son’s house, as she was to discover, had been taken over by drug dealers in a […]
From the wisdom of a Buddhist monk to a medic’s black humour, slip one of these books into a loved one’s stocking to give some real Christmas cheer Mark Mason picked out a selection of books to fill stockings this Christmas Including Adam Kay’s Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas (Picador £9.99) As well as Nicholas Foulkes’s Time […]
This Week’s Issue: Dec. 15, 2019 Back Issues: Dec. 8, 2019 (Holiday Books) Dec. 1, 2019 Nov. 24, 2019 Nov. 17, 2019 Nov. 10, 2019 Nov. 3, 2019 Oct. 27, 2019 Oct. 20, 2019 Oct. 13, 2019 Oct. 6, 2019 Sept. 29, 2019 Sept. 22, 2019 Sept. 15, 2019 Sept. 8, 2019 Sept. 1, 2019 […]
A new decade calls for new voices. Thankfully, there’s plenty of fresh talent to stock your shelves with, from the eagerly anticipated My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell, to Love After Love by Ingrid Persaud. It’s exciting when your favourite authors announce new books, but there’s a special kind of buzz around a hotly tipped […]
George RR Martin has missed deadline after deadline, but is The Winds of Winter’s release date finally coming soon? Certainly, there have been some hints which we’ll come on to. But first, it’s worth pointing out that A Song of Ice and Fire expert BryndenBFish feels confident The Winds of Winter will be published in […]
CHILDREN OF VIRTUE AND VENGEANCE By Tomi Adeyemi 404 pp. Holt. $19.99. In this electrifying sequel to “Children of Blood and Bone,” magic has returned to Orïsha, but it comes at a heavy cost. The heroine, Zélie, has lost her father, and is afraid to use her magic. The ritual that returned magic to the […]
“Read women writers, women journalists, women poets, women academics,” says Shafak, whose novel “10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World” was a finalist for the 2019 Booker Prize. “And when I say women, I mean women of all ethnic and cultural backgrounds.” What books are on your nightstand? It varies all the time, but […]