Word nerds might already be familiar with the term mountweazel. A mountweazel is a fake […]
The Plague Charmer, by Karen Maitland
Trigger warning for brief description of child abuse. When The Plague Charmer, by Karen Maitland, […]
Moonflower Murders, by Anthony Horowitz
Susan Ryeland thought that she was finished with Alan Conway and publishing after the firm […]
Keep the Aspidistra Flying, by George Orwell
George Comstock is one of the most infuriating characters I’ve ever encountered in fiction (and […]
The Museum of Forgotten Memories, by Anstey Harris
Trigger warning for discussion of suicide. It’s not uncommon for people to travel after a […]
The Candlelit Menagerie, by Caraline Brown
About thirty years after the events of Caraline Brown’s The Candlelit Menagerie, the London Zoo […]
Beowulf, by Bryher
So much of fiction centers on a single protagonist, maybe two, and a relatively small […]
Nightshade, by Annalena McAfee
Annalena McAfee returns with another tale of liars and artists in Nightshade, after 2017’s Hame. […]
The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne, by Elsa Hart
In the history of modern science, the decades that bridge the medieval era, the Renaissance, […]
The Eighth Life, by Nino Haratischwili
Trigger warning for rape. It feels like a century since I started reading The Eighth […]