The Blood, by E.S. Thomson, sees the return of apothecary Jem Flockhart and architect Will […]
The Remains of the Day, by Kazuo Ishiguro
The phrase “to know one’s place” never fails to raise my hackles. It’s so often […]
Once Upon a River, by Diane Setterfield
Diane Setterfield’s Once Upon a River mimics the river that runs through its chapters. Like […]
The Woman Who Kept Everything, by Jane Gilley
Gloria Frensham is in a bad place at the beginning of The Woman Who Kept […]
The Little Stranger, by Sarah Waters
Haunted houses always seemed particularly creepy to me because of the way they invert the […]
Ex-Libris, by Ross King
Isaac Inchbold, the humble proprietor of Nonsuch books, is an unlikely hero for a novel […]
The Bookshop, by Penelope Fitzgerald
In a depressed town on England’s eastern coast, Florence Green is determined to open a […]
What’s Left Unsaid, by Deborah Stone
Trigger warning for child abuse and rape. Sympathy for fictional characters is often a matter […]
How to Behave Badly in Elizabethan England, by Ruth Goodman
I strongly suspect that How to Behave Badly in Elizabethan England: A Guide for Knaves, Fools, Harlots, […]
In the Night Wood, by Dale Bailey
The house that the Haydens inherit at the start of Dale Bailey’s chilling In the Night […]