Tag: thriller

  • Meeting old friends again

    I’ve been knee-deep in a very sticky first draft for most of this week (second-book syndrome; it has been kicking my backside), so reading time has been limited. Imagine my joy on Thursday evening when I finally got to write the magical words “The End”! After that stress and strain, I was delighted to relax…

  • But sometimes, it’s better…

    This week I finally got around to reading a sequel that’s been on my reading radar for yonks. Way back in the summer I read Ember Burning and loved it. I would love to psychoanalyse myself for this, because I’m not sure what drives me to go straight on and read more by the author…

  • O is for … Only knocking me sideways, blimey!

    So, my “O” selection was Only Dancing by Jan Jones. Now, I love Jan’s novellas (An Ordinary Gift is actually extraordinarily fabulous, imo) as well as her Regency novels. So, I started with high expectations. Well, Only Dancing started out nice enough, a nostalgic little tale of lost friendship and how life conspires to not…