by FOOL | Sep 25, 2026 | Crime Fiction, Detective Fiction, Fiction, Humour, Psychological Thriller
A large chunk of our meeting at the end of September was taken up discussing Dissection of a Murder by Jo Murray and we posted our blog about that on 25 September. But we still managed to chat about six other books that we’d enjoyed and would like to recommend As...
by FOOL | Aug 29, 2026 | Crime Fiction, Detective Fiction, Fiction, Historical, Humour, Psychological Thriller, Thriller
Three-word titles was the theme this month, although we decided we could disregard the word ‘the’ in the title if it made it a little easier to find books we actually wanted to read … because one-word-titles we attempted earlier in the year had been quite a...
by FOOL | Aug 16, 2026 | Crime Fiction, Psychological Thriller, Thriller
I’m a fan of Tana French and think she’s an excellent writer. The Keeper is the latest addition to her series about Cal Hooper, the retired Chicago detective who now lives in a remote Irish village. I’ve really enjoyed all these novels and although in our book group...
by FOOL | Jul 31, 2026 | Cosy Crime, Crime Fiction, Detective Fiction, Espionage, Fiction, Psychological Thriller
It’s summer, so naturally we chose exotic or holiday locations as our reading theme in July. Some of our choices are new books and a few were published quite a while ago, but the thing they all have in common is that we enjoyed reading them and think you might do so...
by FOOL | Jul 17, 2026 | Crime Fiction, Fiction, Psychological Thriller
Lisa Jewell is a popular and prolific writer who started out writing romance and general fiction before switching to mystery and thrillers some years later. When you read the synopsis on the back of this 2025 thriller – Don’t Let Him In – you could be excused for...
by FOOL | Jul 3, 2026 | Cosy Crime, Crime Fiction, Detective Fiction, Fiction, Historical, Psychological Thriller, Thriller
Each year the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) runs a Crime Reading Month in June, and this year, as part of the National Year of Reading, it was also Jury June. Fair to say June was a month tailor-made for our book group! Oundle Library made the most of things with a...
