05 Tuesday Jun 2018
The epiphany moment came halfway through the first term at high school.
That’s when I realised I didn’t really like EP, the most popular girl in the class – a perfectly nice person but just not my type.
I suspect the feeling was mutual – but we managed to rub along together, probably because we were the only two kids in our form to be promoted to the year group netball squad. Continue reading
01 Friday Jun 2018
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Fans of the tea-time TV quiz Pointless might spot a couple of familiar faces onscreen next week.
Yes, Susan and I are making our Pointless debut on Friday, June 08.
Sorry, we can’t tell you how we did – you’ll need to tune in to BBC1 at 5.15pm to find out – but click here for Susan’s write-up of being on a show.
And don’t forget to tune in on Monday, June 11, as well.
Oops! Is that a clue?
22 Tuesday May 2018
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Anyone who has ever felt overwhelmed by a never-ending stream of work emails will experience an instant surge of sympathy for Dr Clancy Mclean, the over-worked psychiatrist at the heart of Lead Me Home, a suspenseful debut from CS Savage.
Those pesky emails are a recurring theme that clearly reflects the reality of an under-resourced mental health service.
Mclean’s days are filled with endless, interminably dull Continue reading
13 Sunday May 2018
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It’s 24 years since women were first ordained into the Anglican priesthood in a ceremony conducted by Bishop Barry Rogerson in Bristol Cathedral in March 12, 1994.
Thirty-two women were consecrated – the youngest was aged 30 and the oldest was 69.
Bishop Rogerson predicted then that it would take approximately a decade for the first women to join the ranks of the bishopric.
He was wrong – ten years later women made up around one fifth of the clergy, but few were in senior posts, and Continue reading
11 Friday May 2018
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Sometimes author Jane Dunning, whose first novel Thirty-five Minutes from St Tropez was inspired by her love of Provence, wonders if France is in her blood because she was born in Guernsey in the Channel Islands.
‘I’m not sure,’ she says, ‘but I truly love our neighbour across the English Channel.’
Which, perhaps, explains why Brexit is testing her patience.
Her first visit to France was in 1978 when it had few Continue reading
08 Tuesday May 2018
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It’s every woman’s nightmare: to slip the key into the lock and realise there’s an intruder inside.
What to do?
You can’t back out because the door always closes with a juddering sound that’s bound to attract attention.
And you can’t call the police because whoever’s broken in might hear you.
And then you hear a woman whimpering and moaning. Continue reading
06 Sunday May 2018
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It may seem a little like stating the blindingly obvious but Audrey Davis has a way with words.
I’ve enjoyed the witty word play in both of her Hattie Hastings novellas which I read earlier this year.
And A Clean Sweep is just as clever, packed with dry asides and witty observations.
In the opening pages, for instance, 50-something Emily is considering the Kim Kardashian question – how can a Continue reading
05 Saturday May 2018
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Thrills and spills – and dead bodies too – come fast and furious in Hard Prejudice, the sixth outing for Dave Stanton’s bounty hunter and private eye Dan Reno.
This is a satisfyingly macho action thriller that’s not for the faint-hearted.
Reno, and his sidekick, ex-cop Cody, don’t believe in a softly-softly approach when it comes to dealing with the bad guys.
And, though, Reno, at least, sometimes suffers night Continue reading
30 Monday Apr 2018
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Life, says Roger Bray, author of The Picture, is an endless adventure.
And he’s had plenty of adventures – serving in the navy, fighting in wars and, finally, as a police officer, where he was medically retired after sustaining a serious injury protecting a woman in a domestic violence incident.
A period of depression followed. But he firmly believes that when one door closes, another opens. So, he enrolled in college and studied for bachelor and master degrees where, alongside the qualifications, he discovered an unexpected bonus. Continue reading
16 Monday Apr 2018
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Introducing Rise of the Soul Catchers: an edgy YA romantic adventure, from Amazon best selling author Karen King.
Currently available for pre-order from Amazon, Rise of the Soul Catchers, previously published as Sapphire Blue, will be re-released by Littwitz Press on April 25.
What the blurb says:
Can love survive anything – even death?
Sapphire and Will vow to love each other forever.
But when a car crash ends that dream all too soon, they find themselves separated in an afterlife with zones named after the colours of the rainbow.
Determined to find each other, they start an adventurous journey alongside a cast of characters they don’t know whether to trust.
They finally meet again in the terror-fuelled Red Zone, where the dreaded Soul Catchers plan on taking over the entire afterworld, and are plunged into a dangerous battle.
Is their love strong enough to survive against the odds?
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