Double Double There’s Going to be Trouble

Witches of Lychford by Paul Cornell An “evil” corporation wants to build a superstore in the remote English village of Lychford. As you would expect the village is split between those in favor and those against the store and the conflict has created deep...

A Murder a Day

Bertie and the Seven Bodies by Peter Lovesey Monday’s corpse is fair of face, Tuesday’s corpse is full of grace, Wednesday’s corpse is full of woe, Thursday’s corpse has far to go, Friday’s corpse is loving and giving, Saturday’s...

Recipe for Hilarious

Blandings Castle by P.G. Wodehouse Welcome to Blandings Castle. One of England’s largest and most pleasant stately homes it is renowned for its magnificent Early Tudor architecture, elegant rose garden, and stately Yew Alley. Even more notable are its...

Words Can Really Hurt You

The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie All is not well in the village of Lymstock. The village’s quaint country charm has been disturbed by series of virulent poison-pen letters. So far the letters have been dismissed as the harmless ravings of a frustrated and...

Before Britannia

The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell It is the middle of the Ninth Century, the England as we know it exists only as a dream, a dream in the mind of one man, Alfred, King of the West Saxons. But it is a dream that will not come easy or without a cost. England is a...