Kate's Blog

A Clear Conscience  by Frances Fyfield Corgi Pp. 284 Helen West is a prosecutor in domestic violence cases, and this is her fifth outing in ...

The Secrets of Strangers  by Charity Norman Allen & Unwin Pp. 334 Published in 2020, this fast-paced action novel about five strangers h...

When I was a child and I tried to envisage the future, my mind was full of social and technical achievements. I saw driverless cars; phones ...

And now we bring you the latest from the puzzling files, beginning with a picture of the church at Port Arthur lent to us by The Luminosity....

Shakespeare's London I have been posting updates on my blog about the puzzles I have been doing, but I feel that this one deserves a po...

A Rare Interest in Corpses  by Ann Granger Headline Pp. 410 Marketed in some territories as The Companion , this is the first novel in what ...

London Overground  by Iain Sinclair Hamish Hamilton Pp. 258 In 2012 Iain Sinclair and his walking companion, Andre Kötting (Br...

Washington Black by Esi Edugyan ( Serpent's  Tail) Pp. 417 This is a picaresque novel full of adventures and multiple locat...

Now is the Time  by Melvyn Bragg (Sceptre) Melvyn Bragg’s novel may ostensibly be about The Peasants’ Revolt (a dramatic six weeks...

Philip Davies (MP for Shipley) has called for the CEO of Welcome to Yorkshire (Gary Verity) to be recognised in the next honours list. It...