Ghost Stories for Christmas

Here’s a treat – a boxset of chilling tales, perfect for dark and stormy nights…. I’m cheekily regarding this as research for the ghost story I’m currently attempting to write, rather than an indulgent curl up on the sofa with a glass of wine luxury… But it has been both a delight and a lessonContinue reading “Ghost Stories for Christmas”

The Orphan Choir by Sophie Hannah

This is the second Hammer novel I’ve encountered and is a vast improvement on Jeanette Winterson’s The Daylight Gate, which is an immense relief, and means that I’ll be actively seeking out more Hammer tales. Sophie Hannah writes very tense psychological thrillers based firmly in real life, so it was interesting to read a spookyContinue reading “The Orphan Choir by Sophie Hannah”