A hot and humid summer in the city and as the temperatures increase, the emotions and relationships of six thirty something North Londoners are sorely tested. Having met at a speed dating event a couple of years ago, Chef Dan has the woman of his dreams and a beautiful baby boy to boot. Everything [...]
Month: August 2016
‘Missing Presumed’ by Susie Steiner
Listening in on the police scanner is somewhat of an unhealthy addiction for DS Manon Bradshaw. Trying to resettle herself following another in a long line of disastrous internet dates, she gets wind of a case just a short distance away from her home. A young man has returned home from a weekend away to [...]
London bound
So. Today I travel to London with sister number 1. Theatre this afternoon but plenty of time for perusing all of the City's finest bookshops in the meantime. I seem to have sparked something in the family with both sisters now being reacquainted with the wonder of literature. Today would have been my mother's birthday. [...]
Review – ‘Before I Let You In’ by Jenny Blackhurst (@JennyBlackhurst)
Karen, Eleanor and Bea have been friends since they were five years old. They all lead very different lives and yet their bond seems to be unbreakable. Karen is a psychiatrist, always wanting to help her friends and fix theirs and other people’s problems, unimpeachable in her attitude to life and language. Eleanor is the [...]
On the road… again
On my travels again today. Edinburgh today and tomorrow and then Manchester on Wednesday. It may sound like fun but in truth I'll get no closer to either city than the Edinburgh City Bypass and the M62, Still. It could be worse. Had quite a productive week this week and managed to read more than [...]
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