Jeffrey Archer (http://www.jeffreyarcher.co.uk/site/) has had a colourful career including a spell in prison, 2001-2003, for being economical with the truth. Selling fiction has been his strong point. He is quoted in the Independent of 21 March 2014 (p.15) as saying ‘If you’re asking me if I’d rather sell 270 million books or have the Booker Prize, […]
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Nora Roberts (http://www.noraroberts.com/) has been casting a spell over her readers with her mesmerising fiction since the publication of her first novel Irish Thoroughbred in 1981. At the last count her novels number 209. If that is not an endorsement of her success nothing is. The latest, Shadow Spell (Book Two of The Cousins O’Dwyer Trilogy) has a
The fiction written by Patricia Briggs (http://www.hurog.com/) is a relatively new genre – namely “urban fantasy”. I appreciate that walking down Lanark High Street is fantastical enough but how about transporting yourself into the slightly more bizarre world of Mercedes Thompson? This is her eighth adventure. The summary is as follows. An unexpected phone call heralds
American lawyer and resident of Virginia, USA, David Baldacci (http://davidbaldacci.com/) has 27 best selling novels to date. His latest is a mesmerizing tour de force. The summary is as follows. Fourteen-year-old Vega Jane lives in the village of Wormwood, where life is nasty, brutish and short. Villagers have been told that there is nothing outside of Wormwood except
Twice winner of the Romantic Novelist of the Year Award, Janey Morris (a.k.a. Rosie Thomas, http://rosiethomasauthor.com/) writes compellingly of love and loss. Her latest masterpiece will wring your heart out like the spin cycle of a powerful German washing machine. The summary is as follows. London in 1870 is a terrifying place for a young, beautiful woman of
Clydesdale at the start of February is a place where the very air hurts one’s face. Icy blasts, incessant rain and road closures make for a chorus of mockery for the munchkins who live here. One could be forgiven for dreaming of sun drenched happy summer days in the Italian Lakes. Blend that with the thrill
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Annie Murray (http://www.anniemurray.co.uk/index.html) writes Birmingham centred saga fiction in the style of Margaret Dickinson and Katie Flynn. If you’ve not enjoyed her luscious prose, why not give her latest a go? The summary is as follows. Growing up in Birmingham, Sylvia and Audrey Whitehouse have always been like chalk and cheese. When the Second World
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Josephine Cox (http://www.josephinecox.com/) has touched the hearts of millions with (at the last count) her 44 novels and is in the top 3 most borrowed authors from public libraries. If that is not an endorsement nothing is. Let me tempt you with the following offering. Do you ever have the feeling that there should have
Lesley Pearse (http://www.lesleypearse.com/) cultivates her fiction as if it were a young sapling. She waters it with care until something beautiful has grown. No matter how severe the adversity the pure in spirit will always triumph. No one should miss out on her uplifting tales. Her 22nd masterpiece, Survivor, will be published in February 2014. How
