The past is never dead, it isn’t even past
Judas 62 is largely set in 1993 and the present day so it might be pushing it to describe the book as historical fiction. However the roots of the book are in Russia’s biological warfare programme and its development since the end of the Second World War. Therefore I...
Nick Sweet’s Murder in Seville is an intriguing and exciting noir crime novel that draws the reader in. Seville, 1979 (only four years after Franco’s death): Inspector Luis Velasquez is called onto the scene of what seems a brutal homicide: a vet is found dead in his...
December 1941: the tropical warmth of the Honolulu sun beats down on Virginia or ‘Ginny’ Martin. A young, courageous and determined flying instructor posted in Hawaii from her hometown of Tennessee. Ginny is enjoying sipping on Mai Tai’s with her brother Jack and her...
Iron & Gold is a distinctive collection of six short stories which span the Middle Ages. There is an overwhelming narrative of honour, integrity, love and timelessness which unite these tales. Additionally, there are interviews with each of the authors after each...
Andrew Taylor, what prompted you to choose the period that you wrote your first book in? Apart from a series set in the 1950s, and a thriller set in the 1940s and 1950s, my first historical novel was The American Boy. This is set in Regency England. Subject and...
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The Great Gatsby Immersive Show Be transported back to the roaring twenties. Some people in the audience wore masks, perhaps worried about the tail end of the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1919. Many of the costumes on display were as colourful as the lighting. The wit was...
In Arctic Star, Palmer has crafted an excellent and moving tale of three young men’s perilous journey during World War II. In 1939, the Royal Navy was the most powerful in the world with bases dotted all around the globe. It is sometimes easy to focus on the war...
Shirley Dickson’s latest novel, The Orphan’s Secret, is a beautifully crafted tale about an orphaned baby and a heart-breaking lie. Set in 1940s England, with the war raging on, Lily Armstrong has married John Radley and must quickly say goodbye as he leaves to fight...
Appointment in Tehran is the second book in James Stejskal’s Snake Eater Chronicle series of novels which features a large cast of characters and despite the fact it doesn’t have a main protagonist to follow but several it still manages to be deeply engrossing. That...
