THE AUSCHWITZ VIOLIN by Maria Ãngels Anglada

THE AUSCHWITZ VIOLIN Maria Ãngels Anglada Translated by Martha Tennent Corsair/Constable & Robinson (www.constablerobinson.com) £9.99 For a long time, I have been fascinated by the events of the Holocaust, by the stories of the individuals, on both sides of the metaphorical fence, who were caught up in those terrible events. I can trace this fascination […]

KILLED AT THE WHIM OF A HAT by Colin Cotterill

KILLED AT THE WHIM OF A HAT Colin Cotterill (www.colincotterill.com) Quercus (www.quercusbooks.co.uk) £7.99 “Free societies are hopeful societies. And free societies will be allies against these hateful few who have no conscience, who kill at the whim of a hat.” As Colin Cotterill’s latest novel – the first in a series featuring crime reporter Jimm […]

ANNO DRACULA by Kim Newman

ANNO DRACULA Kim Newman (www.johnnyalucard.com) Titan Books (titanbooks.com) £7.99 Is there a more interesting and populated place and time in recent history than London in the twilight years of the nineteenth century? Peopled by a huge cast of people real and fictional, it is a location and period ripe with opportunity and ideas for any […]

MILE 81 by Stephen King

MILE 81 Stephen King (www.stephenking.com) Hodder & Stoughton (www.hodder.co.uk) £1.99 (Available as an ebook) Before I let you know what I thought of Stephen King’s latest work, the short story/novelette Mile 81, I feel it’s only fair to talk a bit about Stephen King, and what you’re letting yourself in for should you wish to […]