by FOOL | May 9, 2026 | Crime Fiction, Espionage, Fiction, Humour
Everybody Wants to Rule the World is a standalone novel by the American author Ace Atkins, that was published in December 2025. I’m still not quite sure what pushed me to borrow it. Yes, the cover is striking and there’s a quote on it from Mark Greaney (an author I...
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 | Jan 11, 2026 | Cosy Crime, Crime Fiction, Fiction, Humour
I was drawn to this by the cover blurb, which proclaimed it to be “a delightful mix of classic crime fiction and Robert Galbraith”. The author, Oskar Jensen, has three degrees in History from Oxford University and writes crime, literary, historical and children’s...
