MUST READS By Jane Shilling for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 6 February 2020 | Updated: 20:35 GMT, 9 February 2020 QUICKSAND TALES by Keggie Carew (Canongate, £9.99, 272 pp) QUICKSAND TALES by Keggie Carew (Canongate, £9.99, 272 pp) As we look back on our lives, most of us can recall moments of embarrassment … Read more
WHAT BOOK would Joanna Scanlan take to a desert island Actress Joanna Scanlan would take Lissa Evans’ Old Baggage to a desert island She is reading Catch And Kill: Lies, Spies And A Conspiracy to Protect Predators Joanna also revealed The Young Elizabeth by Jean Plaidy gave her reading bug By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:01 GMT, 6 … Read more
PICTURE THIS By Ciara Dossett For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 13 February 2020 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 13 February 2020 CITIZEN CANINE: DOGS IN THE MOVIES by Wendy Mitchell (Laurence King £12.99, 128 pp) CITIZEN CANINE: DOGS IN THE MOVIES by Wendy Mitchell (Laurence King £12.99, 128 pp) This fabulous book features all … Read more
MEMOIR THE SECRET MIDWIFE by Anonymous (John Blake £16.99, 320 pp) On her first day as a student on a labour ward, the Secret Midwife was directed to a quiet room. Inside, a woman was sitting on a bed, cradling a small, silent bundle. ‘Ah, thank goodness!’ the woman said. ‘I’ve been pressing the buzzer … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN’S LEGACY by Nicholas Milton (Pen & Sword £25, 279pp) The wheel had turned, and, in a matter of a few weeks, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain had gone from the hero promising ‘peace in our time’ to the villain whose attempted appeasement of the rapacious Adolf Hitler had failed. He … Read more
PSYCHO THRILLERS By Christena Appleyard for the Daily Mail Published: 22:02 GMT, 13 February 2020 | Updated: 22:39 GMT, 13 February 2020 THE ALIBI GIRL by C.J. Skuse (H.Q. £7.99, 384 pp) THE ALIBI GIRL by C.J. Skuse (H.Q. £7.99, 384 pp) This writer may have a difficult name to remember but once you have … Read more
POPULAR By Wendy Holden for the Daily Mail Published: 22:02 GMT, 13 February 2020 | Updated: 22:44 GMT, 13 February 2020 A GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD by Therese Anne Fowler (Headline £18.99, 320 pp) A GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD by Therese Anne Fowler (Headline £18.99, 320 pp) Alpha-male Brad and his glossy wife and daughters have just moved to … Read more
MEMOIR RESCUING MY FATHER by Susanna Johnston (Zuleika £10, 128pp) Doting elder sister of the late Spectator editor Alexander Chancellor, slightly less adoring daughter of the late-lamented (and late-demented, poor man) former Reuters chairman Sir Christopher Chancellor, the writer Susanna Johnston has collated this charming, witty selection of vignettes and diaries from her well-connected life. … Read more
DYSTOPIAN By Jamie Buxton For Daily Mail Published: 22:02 GMT, 13 February 2020 | Updated: 22:52 GMT, 13 February 2020 QUALITYLAND by Marc-Uwe Kling Translated by Jamie Lee Searle (Orion £14.99, 352 pp) QUALITYLAND by Marc-Uwe Kling Translated by Jamie Lee Searle (Orion £14.99, 352 pp) In Qualityland, needy delivery drones sulk if we don’t … Read more
MUST READS By Jane Shilling for the Daily Mail Published: 22:02 GMT, 13 February 2020 | Updated: 22:56 GMT, 13 February 2020 THE GENDERED BRAIN by Gina Rippon (Vintage £9.99, 448 pp) THE GENDERED BRAIN by Gina Rippon (Vintage £9.99, 448 pp) There is a colourful scientific term for a mistaken idea that keeps reappearing, … Read more