A creature of routine and decorum, Mrs. March lives an exquisitely controlled existence on the Upper East Side. Every morning begins the same way, with a visit to her favourite patisserie to buy a loaf ofolive bread, but her latest…
If you’ve seen Get Out and liked it, then you will be a fan of this too; it has exactly the same chilling atmosphere and that feeling throughout that something darker is going on than first anticipated. As characters, Sydney…
My thanks to the publishers Polygon for kindly sending me a copy of this book for review. Of Stone and Sky is available in ebook and hardback formats. You can get your copy from the Birlinn website here or you…
Like Loading… None of the characters in this book are likeable but I loved reading about every single one of them. I thought it was brilliant how each went on their own personal journey, almost as though they had to…
Lucy is haunted by Mary’s continued presence in the house and finds herself being pulled more and more back in time. How is it possible for her to live as Mary? To experience scenes from her tragic life? Lucy is…
I won’t say much about the content of each interview as that would be to tell the participants’ stories and they can do that far better that I can. I found this to be such an engaging and interesting read.…
What do you do when you’re a Lord who needs a wife and heirs but you’re no good at meeting people and you’d rather have your head stuck in between the covers of one of your beloved Wilkie Collins books?…
It seems an age, but at last the fire is sated, and into the hush it leaves behind, Joan’s body sags and falls with a soft sigh of ash. Eight years ago, Cecily Neville’s family gave her in marriage to…
July has been and gone and left us with that most dreaded of occasions. I am of course referring to the school holidays. Cue 6 weeks of “what can I have to eat?” without respite. It also tends to mean…
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