Last night the group met and discussed Violet by SJI Holliday (Susi). We were lucky to have Susi attend for twenty minutes at the start for a Q&A about the book, her writing process and the impending movie! You can watch the group meeting on the video below. Be aware it contains ALL the SPOILERS […]
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 […]
Top Ten Tuesday – Books From My Childhood (Or teen years) That I Would Love To Revisit
This is a regular book related Tuesday Meme hosted at The Broke and the Bookish which I am going to do here. There is a different Top Ten every Week. You love books, why not give it a go? This week it’s; Books From My Childhood (Or teen years) That I Would Love To Revisit. You […]
At What Point Does Crime Fiction Become Merely Gratuitous?
Gratuitous or realistic; the blood and guts, and downright bloody violent scenes shown in TV crime drama’s and written down in crime novels in today’s world? You may think I have an opinion from the tone of the question but I’m not sure I do just yet. But I am wondering at what point we […]
We Held The First Crime Book Club Meeting
Last night saw the first meeting of the online Crime book club, held on Google+ Hangouts. I was incredibly nervous before we went live and wondered what on Earth I had set myself up for. I finished work late so that didn’t help matters. I needn’t have worried though because the first four members of […]
This Is What You Need To Do To Join The Crime Book Club Hangout
Apologies in advance, but this is a lengthier blog post than usual. It’s just to make sure we’re all ready for Wednesday’s first crime book club. In preparation for Wednesday I did a trial run of Google+ Hangouts last night with Denyse Kirkby and Mel Sherratt. It was absolutely brilliant and we were all really […]