It’s a great pleasure to introduce author Nancy Jardine to you today. She writes contemporary mysteries, historical fiction and time-travel historical adventure. Her current historical focus is an intriguing area of pre-history, Roman Scotland.…
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I’ve been a massive fan of Agatha Christie since I first picked up Sparkling Cyanide many years ago. This book alone explains my fascination – a brilliantly conceived plot, a quirky hero, the hugely…
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It’s hard not to fall for Picasso 1932 – Love, Fame, Tragedy, at the Tate Modern – but you’ll never tumble quite as hard as the man himself did for Marie-Therese Walter. Her face…
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Went to the Gursky exhibition at the reopened Hayward Gallery last weekend, with a very interesting lecture beforehand. I blush to admit I knew virtually nothing about the German photographer before going along, even…
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I have a confession to make. This is supposed to be an unbiased review of Resort to Murder but, with this author, I’m not capable of such a thing. I love TP Fielden’s work.…
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I’m really pleased to be welcoming the very talented writer Isabella May back to my blog today, as part of my Meet the Author series. You may remember Isabella popped in last year to…
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I’m very pleased to introduce my friend, the author Val Penny, to you all today. Val’s first book is coming out on 2nd February so I’m really glad to be giving you a sneak…
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Although I don’t live in Dulwich any more (haven’t you heard? There’ve been a lot of murders there lately…) I pop back as often as I can, partly to replenish stocks of my book,…
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It’s been three days now since I watched the blockbusting new film Murder on the Orient Express but I still haven’t got Kenneth Branagh’s moustache out of my mind. I know it’s a mistake…
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I’ve hesitated to write about this, but I was really upset by BBC1’s Have I Got News For You last night. It had been a tiring but good week, and I wanted something funny…
