The sense of humour shines with every beautiful observation of everyday life

Scenes and circumstances to enjoy and wonder over for years to come.

Cracking great fun of a modern fairytale 'romance'

Credit must go to the 'life goes on' ending especially where the domestic abuse storyline was concerned.

The prose unfurls it's terrible tale at a measured pace, offering crumbs of ideas and keeping you guessing and daring to hope.

Do we subconsciously know more than we admit about our 'other halves' but just don't want to confront it...

You are constantly kept wondering what happened.

There are twists and turns, some subtle and beautifully wrought, some more obvious but deliberately so, it seems. Great fun for a reader.

Zips along at a cracking pace.

I want to find out just how it all resolves and if those in powerful positions ever have to play by the rules which govern the rest of us

There are a million different ways of deciding how your phone answers a call when you're unavailable or just don't feel like talking: Easiest of all - the se...

It's one of the best fictionalised accounts of a mother's love I have read.

And that bog, mire, wasteland. What a secondary character. It pervades everything.

I can still feel the sand and smell the sea-rot. And don't get me started on the rats...

Five toasts and a plan. Maurice is our host and a very likeable, entertaining one at that.

A great little crime story with tons of history into the bargain...

Apparently, the whole of Germany has a tradition of watching a 1960s black and white film called 'Dinner For One' featuring two British comedians, Freddie Fr...

One hundred years ago yesterday, the armistice was signed for the Great War or 'war to end all wars'. Sadly, it wasn't. And Europe was soon dragging the re...

November - the month of longer nights, morning frosts, fireworks and creaking floorboard s (usually because you've just turned the heating on for the first t...

October is here - faster than expected in my case and hot on the heels of a joyous September of truly mellow fruitfulness. I've returned to a book I read man...