The Tsar of Love and Techno – Anthony Marra – Audible Book Review by Pat V. American writer Anthony Marra’s second book is a collection of interlinked short stories following the turbulent […]

Is that Fat Foreigner Rich? – Graeme Allen – Book Review by Emily Elphinstone In today’s global village where the internet, and affordable travel, makes almost anywhere in the world feel reachable; […]

Cast Iron – Peter May – Audible Book Review by Pat V. Cast Iron is the sixth and final novel by Scottish crime writer, Peter May, featuring his forensic scientist sleuth, Enzo […]

Devour – L.A. Larkin – Book Review by Pat V. Half way though this book, Olivia Wolfe, the kick-ass investigative journalist who is the main protagonist of L A Larkin’s fast-moving thriller […]

Montpelier Parade – Karl Geary – Audible Book Review by Pat V. Karl Geary’s début novel is set in south county Dublin in the early 1980s, sometimes among the leafy Georgian terraces […]

Cold Earth – Ann Cleeves – Audible Book Review by Pat V. Audible has released a recording of Cold Earth, the latest volume in Ann Cleeves’s prize winning crime novels featuring Scottish […]

Autumn by Ali Smith – Audible Book Review by Pat V. Autumn: Seasonal Quartet, Book 1 Written by: Ali Smith Narrated by: Melody Grove Autumn is the first of four seasonally-titled novels […]

The Beautiful Dead – Belinda Bauer – Audible Book Review by Pat V. The Beautiful Dead starts with a chilling scene where a young secretary runs through her deserted office building trying […]

The Man Who Watched Trains Go By – Georges Simenon – Audio Book Review by Pat V. Best known for his Inspector Maigret crime series, Georges Simenon was the author of over […]

Keeping On Keeping On – Alan Bennett – Audible Book Review by Pat V. I have to come clean from the start. I’m a big fan of Alan Bennett. I’ve enjoyed almost […]

Night School –  Lee Child – Audible Book Review by Pat V. Hot on the heels of the première of Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, starring Tom Cruise in the title role, […]

Eileen –  Ottessa Moshfegh – Audible Book Review by Pat V. Early on in this book the narrator, Eileen, reminiscing about a couple of weeks during the 1960s, she tells us that […]

Ghost Stories by E. F. Benson – Audio Book Review by Pat V. Read by Mark Gatiss There’s nothing sinister about a London bus. Nothing supernatural could occur on a busy train […]

Holding – Graham Norton – Audio Book Review by Pat V. Set in a small town in West Cork like the one its author grew up in, Graham Norton’s début novel is […]

Deception – A Collection of Stories by Roald Dahl – Review by Pat V. A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men. – Roald Dahl To celebrate the […]

Conclave – Robert Harris – Audible Book Review by Pat V. The Catholic Church portrays the election of a new pope as a spiritual, almost mystical, experience where cardinals from all over […]

Nutshell – Ian McEwan – Audible Book Review by Pat V. “I am not yet born; O hear me. Let not the bloodsucking bat or the rat or the stoat or the […]

In Their Own Words – The National Archives – Review by Pat V. Written communication has changed completely in the last thirty years. With Facebook, emails, texts, and tweets, how many of […]

The Ministry of Strange, Unusual and Impossible Things By Paul Gamble – Book Review by Emily Elphinstone It is one thing to suspect that some of the conspiracy theories you hear might […]

Blackout – Ragnar Jonasson – Audible Book Review by Pat V. Iceland seems to be flavour of the month with the extraordinary success of its football team in the Euros, the hugely […]