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Thank god for antibiotics - after almost 4 weeks of feeling like crap I'm sort of human again. I vaguely remember a time when cold and f...

I absolutely loved this one from The British Library Crime Classics series - it speaks directly to several of my interests and turned out to...

I have a gross cold which has done nothing for my weekend plans (spend time with husband, catch a bunch of comedy festival gigs, finish some...

My connectivity issues persist and as Norton has decided not to let my laptop connect to any open networks I can't even head out to a ca...

I didn't mean to take such a long break but I lost wifi for a few days and then went to stay with mum, who has working wifi, but I forgo...

One of the perks of my job is the number of review copies that come my way, and on Friday's there's the extra bonus of Publishers We...

2025 will, if nothing else, be the year I caught up with Richard Coles and appreciated what the fuss is about. I remain skeptical about effo...

It is probably 12th night - I see arguments for different counts on this - and definitely the end of Christmas. My tree will come down this ...

I did not mean to leave it quite so long between posts, but the end of the old year has frankly been a bit of a bitch and now we're here...

My Second nomination for reprint of the year, appropriately bought to you on the Winter solstice is Dramatic Murder - an aptly named mystery...