…itself? What Helene’s answers to these questions would have been must remain forever a secret for, like her brother Anatole, Helene suddenly dies in the course of an operation: in…

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…way. The questions aren’t as easy as you’d think either and the maze had me bamboozled within the first 5 minutes. For other things to see around the Exbury Gardens…

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…that we’ve been greeted by a wet and windy January, let’s focus on more positive things and the inevitable questions: What books did you all read over Christmas? And what…

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DI Owen Sheen vowed never to return to Ireland, but he needs answers to the questions he has surrounding his brother’s death. On loan from the Met to the PSNI,…

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…tucked under my arm and a raft of questions about her new characters and the misery she’d created for them. I first met PD James twenty years ago when she…

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…series) and Sophie Hannah. They will be reading from and discussing their books and taking questions from the audience at Ormskirk Library, Burscough Street, Ormskirk. For more information call the…

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…I’d have no issue with this at all and would find it simply marvellous to spot it in yet another commuter’s hands. But seeing as that’s not the case, I’m…

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Isabel, born into the British Raj, and Asha, a young Hindu girl, both consider India their home. Through mischance and accident their stories intersect and circumstances will bring them from…

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…again: “I’ve read The Everlasting which freaked me out … but, Fallen is just simply amazing – the characters, the world building, the plot, pacing and well, everything. It is…

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…preconception as Davis points out that ‘women, statistically aren’t a deadly breed – females comprise only 2 percent of the world’s serial killers‘. So this notion that women, simply because…

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…and Jamie’s app; but even lovelier is this quirky little intro to The Geometry of Pasta which I came across and simply had to share here: Lara Crisp, Managing Editor…

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…Greenhithe Sat 23rd, 3.30pm: Waterstone’s, Camden, London And it appears some fans simply couldn’t bear the wait, a few showed up at Waterstone’s in Lancaster… a month early! (Dressed up…

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…setting, for those who enjoy mythical tales steeped in history, the romantic setting of brooding Welsh mountains, or simply a more realist look at Welsh history. 1. Queen of the…

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…is also a hidden significance to the actual patterns of the endpapers. Unlike the Virago designs which are simply the work of six contemporary designers and their own creative inspirations,…

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Manchester, 1920. Carrie Jenkins reels from the revelation that her beloved father was shot for desertion during the Great War, not tragically killed in heroic action as she had previously…

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…Simply insert your latest blog, chapter of your unfinished book or whatever sample of writing you have to hand, and discover which famous author’s style you emulate… Check out I…

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…your relationship with books. Whether you’re suffering from a broken heart, stuck in a rut at work or simply want to explore new literary directions, there is a prescription for…

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…is, to put it simply, absolutely potty about the Tsar, and he’s not alone – Prince Andrei Bolkonski too is thrown into great throes of emotion at the promise of…

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…used to think I didn’t like poetry very much – often I found it a bit pretentious, verging on meaningless – but Duffy’s work made me realise I simply hadn’t…

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…so I simply assume they are reading Fifty Shades of Grey and would rather not have the knowing glances. There’s often a lot of variety, from morning newspapers to Jo…

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…don’t see the water as having super powers. A person isn’t evil before and cleansed after. It’s not a cosmic sheep-dip. It’s simply a nifty New Testament way for people…

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