Here we are again, the day after another book club. Last night I was unable to host the meeting as I’m recovering from Covid. I hadn’t read the book because I’d been ill and was still too fatigued to host the meeting. It was a mild dose though, I didn’t need medical intervention and am…
Virtual Crime Book Club – January’s book
The vote is complete. It was a draw between three books. Each book getting three votes each. In the case of a draw I step in and cast a vote, which I don’t normally do. I leave the book choices to club members. Only casting a vote when there is a draw in voting. So…
Virtual Crime Book Club – Video and Voting
Last night the virtual crime book club discussed The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly. Overall it was a well received book. There were discussions on the likability of the main character Mickey Haller and what this means to a story. If you want to watch the discussion you can view it below, but beware there…
Virtual Crime Book Club – December’s Book
The voting has finished and it was a draw between three books. In the case of a draw I step in and cast a vote. You will see, if you go back and check the votes, that some people cast two votes. What I do when I’m working out the scores is take the first…
Virtual Crime Book Club – Video and Voting!
Last night we met up and discussed Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch. A very different book compared to the crime books we’ve read so far. It was a surprising success, with the majority of the group having enjoyed the book. You can watch the meeting on the video below. Beware, the video might contain…
Virtual Crime Book Club – November’s Read
The votes have been counted and without needing a recount I can say that this month’s book is; Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch My name is Peter Grant and until January I was just probationary constable in that mighty army for justice known to all right-thinking people as the Metropolitan Police Service (and as…
Virtual Crime Book Club – November’s Voting and Video!
This month is an unusual month in that we will have two virtual crime book club meetings. We had one last night and the next one falls on Monday 30th November. (8 pm GMT – UK time zone.) Last night we discussed The Monogram Murders by Sophie Hannah. An Agatha Christie Poirot revival, at the…
See No Evil – It’s Here and a Sneak Peek!
SEE NO EVIL, book 7 in the DI Hannah Robbins series, was released last week. You can download it HERE. Today I am going to share the prologue with you. I hope you like it and it whets your appetite for the book to come. See No Evil Prologue When the police left him here,…
New Cover Reveal – Shallow Waters!
I love the book covers for the DI Hannah Robbins series but as the series has progressed, the style has changed a little and the later books have a look that is easy to define and is one I really like. Because of this, I decided I wanted the earlier books to match the look,…
Virtual Crime Book Club – What We’re Reading for November
The members have voted and the winning book for classic crime month is; The Monogram Murders by Sophie Hannah ‘I’m a dead woman, or I shall be soon…’ Hercule Poirot’s quiet supper in a London coffeehouse is interrupted when a young woman confides to him that she is about to be murdered. She is terrified…