A book very much of our time where questions of authorship and cultural appropriation are rife – an interesting read
Tag Archives: British fiction
Persephone’s Beat by Echo Arnold
Imogen is surprised when she is approached by Lila, daughter of a famous MP, at a gig: it’s exciting and unexpected but is it a good thing?
The Villa of Mysteries by David Hewson
Police thriller set in Rome with engaging characters, sharp dialogue and lots of action-a modern thriller but filled with echoes of the past
The Sacrifice Box by Martin Stewart
Friends perform a ritual, entering their treasured items into a box buried in the woods. It must remain undisturbed or… So who opened it?
The Age of Treachery by Gavin Scott
A well-paced book which crosses genres into post-war thriller, murder mystery and amateur detective fiction with the odd historical cameo
A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon
Family is family -nothing can be done about it. In this novel, Haddon shows how dysfunctional it can be whilst making a warm and funny tale.
Eye For An Eye by M.J. Arlidge
Controversy forms the basis of this thriller which questions our moral responsibility to young people who offend: rehabilitate or right off?
The Locked Room by Elly Griffiths
A Ruth Galloway mystery which is set at the start of the pandemic and which involves a number of mysterious deaths of women
Dear Mrs Bird by A. J. Pearce
A nice novel about Emmy Lake, a young woman in the London Blitz, who decides to answer letters for an agony aunt who finds them Unacceptable
The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell
A great children’s book but more than that, a great story book, about Feo and her wolves, and fighting the enemy intent on her destruction