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 | Dec 21, 2025 | Crime Fiction, Psychological Thriller
An idyllic marriage? Maybe!Wives think their husbands will change, but they don’t. Husbands think their wives won’t change, but they do. The author Alice Feeney is known for her twisty, unpredictable thrillers and Beautiful Ugly, which was published in 2024, is no...
by FOOL | Dec 7, 2025 | Crime Fiction, Detective Fiction, Psychological Thriller, Thriller
Named ‘Best Book of the Summer’ by several major US newspapers, El Dorado Drive is the latest novel by Megan Abbott, an American crime writer who has a number of well-received books to her name. Published earlier this year, it’s a tense, dark story of menace, murder,...
by FOOL | Nov 2, 2025 | Action Thriller, Crime Fiction, Detective Fiction, Espionage, Fiction, Psychological Thriller, Thriller
Our reading theme in October was books with a one-word title. However, recognising that these might not be super-easy to find, we agreed that we could disregard the word ‘The’ if necessary. Obviously, we read anything else we fancied as well, and the books we...
