The good, the bad and the bookish

From the back of the book- In 1886, a mysterious travelling circus becomes an international sensation. Open only at night, constructed entir...

From the back of the book- Juno McKay intended to avoid her fifteenth-year college reunion, but she can't resist the chance to see her l...

From the back of the book- July 1209: In Carcassonne a seventeen-year-old girl is given a mysterious book by her father which he claims cont...

From the back of the book- The idea of Atlantis, the lost continent, has tantalized the human imagination since the fourth centuery B.C. whe...

From the back of the book- Once upon a time, there were three mums-Mum A, Mum B and Mum C. Bored with their suburban existence, they decided...

Corinna Chapman, baker par excellence and proprietor of Earthly Delights, is doing nothing during her holidays. Her trainee Jason has taken...

Thanks to an unfortunate run-in with an off-duty cop, Reacher finds himself hitching out of a small Texan town in the height of summer’s mid...

Christine wakes one morning in an unfamiliar bed next to a stranger with grey hair and a wedding ring. Though they're usually younger an...

In the week of her ninth birthday Rose Edlestein’s restive, restless mother bakes a cake. She’s made them before, and the ingredients are th...

Mac (or, on p. 11 of my copy, Matt) Sullivan adores Cornwall, enjoys working with his brother Josh, and is dedicated to his work as an Acci...

The 17 Day Diet is a four stage program aimed at rapid weight loss through a combination of low carb, high lean protein, probiotics and (...

Miranda Harding only meant to go for a walk in the beautiful Lake District; with much to think about, it seemed an appropriate place to pond...

From the back of the book- Ranging from the siege of ancient Babylon and Caesar's campaigns in Gaul to the American Civil War and World ...

From the back of the book- Andie Miller is ready to move on with her life. She wants to marry her fiance and leave behind everything in her ...

Sylvie Serfer has subsumed her life in service to her husband’s political career without any sense of sacrifice – the incessant calorie coun...

Dante’s life is on track – provided he gets four good A levels he’s off to uni, a full year earlier than his mates, and ready for a life of ...

Jonathan Parish’s life is pretty awesome – out and proud, surrounded by his three best girl friends, and senior year lies gloriously ahead; ...

Cammie Morgan is a Gallagher girl – she not only attends, but is daughter of the principal at Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women....

I unearthed this 1975 collection of deservedly well-known short mysteries in the aftermath of my recent book tragedy. The volume is over thi...

Former football star Silas “32” Jones was once the closest thing to a friend that Larry Ott had. They could not have been more different, in...

Dave Gurney was best known for his capture of some of the East Coast's most infamous serial killers; in his retirement a chance art clas...

Bored during his cousin’s bar mitzvah service, “Proud, but not very observant” Plotz idly picked up and opened the Torah in front of him. It...

Bill Brockton is called away from his home under the University of Tennessee’s bleachers to Florida in the height of summer, at the request ...

From the back of the book- In the ruins of a medieval monastery in Dorset, the diary of an 11th century monk is uncovered-and the murders h...

When cool new student Philippa-call-me-Pip Foxton decided she was her new best friend it transformed Stephanie Amstell’s life- formerly invi...