REVIEW: Sweet Surprise by Jenny Frame

Tweet Stevie‘s review of Sweet Surprise by Jenny Frame Contemporary Lesbian Romance published by Bold Strokes Books 16 Nov 21 I love butch/femme dynamics in real life, but I’ve had mixed responses to Jenny Frame’s depictions of them in fiction. Some stories I’ve...

REVIEW: The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

Tweet Stevie‘s review of The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell Contemporary Domestic Thriller published by Atria Books 05 Nov 19 I was offered a review copy of this, way back around the time of its UK release, but life happened and I never managed to access it in...

REVIEW: 1979 by Val McDermid

Tweet Stevie‘s review of 1979 (Allie Burns, Book 1) by Val McDermid Crime Fiction published by Atlantic Monthly Press 05 Oct 21 I was a great fan of Val McDermid’s Lindsay Gordon books back in the day, although I really haven’t read as many of her subsequent...

REVIEW: The Dublin Railway Murder by Thomas Morris

Tweet Stevie‘s review of The Dublin Railway Murder by Thomas Morris Historical non-fiction published by Harvill Secker 11 Nov 21 I have a certain fondness for stories of Victorian true crime, told from a meticulously researched modern perspective. The most...