Celebrating Literary Northumberland, LJ Ross’ Lindisfarne Prize
Great news! Bestselling author LJ Ross has established a crime writing award worth £2,500 to celebrate the North East. An author who herself firmly sets her novels in the North…
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Germany set thriller – In the Dark Andreas Pfluger
A blind special agent, a title written in Braille Today is World Braille Day and it's a good time to celebrate the way people with sight problems can communicate freely.…
Nigeria Noir – My Sister, the Serial Killer – Oyinkan Braithwaite
Lagos Noir, Nigeria Noir... It doesn't get much darker than this. A sister keeps trying to cover up for her murdering sister by burying the bodies. Sisterly love? Siblings don't…
Mystery set in the Scottish Highlands – Lucy Foley’s Hunting Party
Lucy Foley invites you to the heart of a Scottish Hunting Lodge... This novel is based on a real life hunting lodge which the author stayed at once. It had…
New Year Resolutions for Book lovers
This is the time of year you often have to think about what you should change about yourself next year. Do you want to stop eating too much, do you…
