“I think my reputation will look after itself,” Holmes said. “If they hang me, Watson, I shall leave it to you to persuade your readers that the whole thing was a misunderstanding.” First and foremost, this is certainly considerably darker than anything I’ve read from […]

“I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.” I think there’s an assumption that because something is a ‘classic’ then the world and his wife must know what it’s about. To be honest I wasn’t sure what to […]

“It’s amazing that a man who is dead can talk to people through these pages. As long as this books survives, his ideas live.” I never read Eragon as a child, so when the opportunity rose to do so now I decided I would finally […]

“I want to be buried in a cardboard coffin” Diana Cowper enters a funeral parlour to plan her funeral. Six hours later she is found dead. This story follows Daniel Hawthorne, an investigator who hires author, Anthony Horowitz to follow him throughout the investigation and […]

“THE SERIAL KILLER ISN’T ON TRIAL. HE’S ON THE JURY…” I must say, that’s one way to grab a girls attention! This is my first read by Steve Cavanagh and, if Thirteen is anything to go by, it most certainly won’t be my last. Thirteen […]

“Sure I do,” countered Lila cheerfully. “There’s Dull London, Kell London, Creepy London, and Dead London,” she recited, ticking them off on her fingers. “See? I’m a fast learner.” I’ve heard a lot of people talk about this book and I have one thing to […]