by FOOL | Mar 22, 2026 | Fiction, Historical
The Map of Bones is the final novel of the Joubert Family Chronicles, a series of four books by the British author, Kate Mosse. It couldn’t really be described as crime fiction, although many crimes are committed in the story. Instead, it is the closing chapters...
by FOOL | Mar 12, 2026 | Fiction, Historical, Humour
Let me say straight off that Small Bomb at Dimperley by Lissa Evans is not crime fiction. Far from it. It caught my eye on the shelf at Oundle Library recently, so I borrowed it on a whim. It is an ideal book to read on a rainy Sunday afternoon in winter, being easy,...
by FOOL | Mar 6, 2026 | Action Thriller, Adventure, Crime Fiction, Detective Fiction, Espionage, Fiction, Historical, Humour, Thriller
Here is Part Two of Oundle Crime’s list of book recommendations from February. Their reading theme was short titles (because it was a short month!) and Part Two covers authors from H-S and includes everything from espionage to out-and-out thrillers. Almost all...
by FOOL | Feb 28, 2026 | Crime Fiction, Detective Fiction, Fiction, Humour, Psychological Thriller, Science Fiction & Fantasy
It’s a short month, so short titles were the order of the day in February. Preferably one-word, no more than two; and even then, only if we found something that fitted the bill which we actually wanted to read. Despite all these caveats, we still managed to chat about...
by FOOL | Feb 23, 2026 | Crime Fiction, Detective Fiction, Fiction
I recently read The Black Wolf by Louise Penny, the latest Inspector Gamache novel, in a series I now realise I’ve followed for more than 20-years! The books are set in Canada and could be described as police procedurals, but the consistent plot strand through them...
by FOOL | Feb 14, 2026 | Fiction, Historical
A few months ago I posted a blog about The Darkland Tales – a series of six novellas written by different, contemporary, bestselling Scottish authors, who each re-imagine stories from Scottish history, myth and legend. At the time of writing I’d only read three...
