The puzzling return to number 40, Lime Park Road

40 Lime Park Road has sold. So why is the estate agent still visiting? When I learned Louise Candlish had written a short story featuring characters from ‘The Sudden Departure of the Frasers‘, I was intrigued. What’s it about? Estate agent Ryan is so taken by the gorgeous Amber Fraser when he shows her around […]

April 27, 2016 Book Reviews Read More →

‘The Unremarkable Heart’: a chilling short story

This is so good that when I picked it up to check if I read it last year, I ended up reading it again. ‘This’ is ‘The Unremarkable Heart’, a short story by well-established crime writer Karin Slaughter, and, yes, that is her birth name. (She has said previously that it’s a good thing she […]

January 27, 2016 Book Reviews, Crime, Fiction Read More →