The Vivien Brandt Mysteries by Gianetta Murray

If you’re looking for a cosy crime series to curl up with on these dark winter nights, I can recommend the Vivien Brandt mysteries by Gianetta Murray, which explore the murky underbelly of pretty English villages with all the candour and incisiveness of their American heroine, and the author. Relocated to the UK through marriageContinue reading “The Vivien Brandt Mysteries by Gianetta Murray”

Monsters by Emerald Fennell

Sometimes murder is child’s play…. I read this in one sitting last night and my skin is still crawling – my mind feels slightly disconnected, altered somehow. Don’t let the Blyton-esque cover fool you. This is a dark, deeply disturbing portrait of childhood gone wrong, in the vein of The Wasp Factory and We NeedContinue reading “Monsters by Emerald Fennell”