Size 12 Is Not Fat is the first book in the Heather Wells Mysteries series by Meg Cabot. I bought the first book when I was size 12…..and by the second book I was also size 14. i wondered how many books there would be in the series and how large Heather was expected to… More Heather Wells Mysteries
I’ve just listened to The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman. I don’t normally listen to books, but I enjoyed listening to this one. Joyce is the newest member of the retirement village Thursday Murder Club. She begins the story of how they meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders. The other members… More The Thursday Murder Club
The Word Is Murder starts when an elderly woman goes into an undertaker’s, arranges her own funeral……and is murdered 6 hours later. This is the first book in the Detective Daniel Hawthorne series by Anthony Horowitz. The story started as a simple murder mystery. The first chapter sets the scene, describing a lady making arrangements… More The Word Is Murder
Mr Briggs’ Hat : A Sensational Account of Britain’s First Railway Murder by Kate Colquhoun On 9 July 1864, businessman Thomas Briggs walked into carriage 69 on the 9.45 Hackney-bound train. A few minutes later, two bank clerks entered the carriage – but as they sat down, one of them noticed blood pooled in the… More Britain’s First Railway Murder
It’s Richmond, 1806. Miss Dido Kent has developed rather a taste for mysteries, having solved the riddle at Belsfield Hall. When her quiet holiday with her cousin Flora is disturbed by the suspicious death of a neighbour, Miss Dido is once more at the centre of an unusual investigation. All eyes have fallen on the… More A Gentleman of Fortune
William Shaw’s Breen and Tozer Series contains 4 Books – A Song from Dead Lips, A House of Knives, A Book of Scars, Sympathy for the Devil The whole series is available from City Adventurers Solve The Murder William Shaw’s Sympathy for the Devil is set in London in 1969 and is the fourth in… More Breen and Tozer Series
Rain on the Dead is Book 21 in the Sean Dillon Series by Jack Higgins. This is another thriller that begins with links to the White House. It begins with the attempted assassination of the ex-President of the United States. Only the presence of Sean Dillon and the fellow members of the ‘Prime Minister’s Private Army’… More Rain on the Dead
This is the 8th book in the Herring series by L. C. Tyler. The Maltese Herring is available from City Adventurers Solve The Murder The Plot Dr Hilary Joyner is neither well liked nor well respected among his academic peers. However, he believes his next project will bring him the recognition he deserves. He’s working… More The Maltese Herring
Guest blog by Ian Thirkettle James Patterson often writes in partnership with other authors. I was curious as to how these partnership books are written. They are presented as James Patterson books and he is very much the brand. I have not noticed a difference in style between different books of his I have read. For… More The process of co-authoring books
The First Lady by James Patterson and Brendan DuBois Guest blog by Ian Thirkettle I have just finished reading ‘The First Lady’ by James Patterson and Brendan DuBois. This was a typical Patterson rollercoaster that drew me in, got me hooked and kept me until the end. It won’t win a Booker or Pulitzer Prize,… More First Lady