Category: Books

It’s been longer between now and the last A Song of Ice and Fire book than it was between the time it took George RR Martin to write the first…

Elly Griffiths was crowned crime queen of the year for The Frozen People (Image: Harrogate International Festivals) A bestselling author nominated a record eight times for one of crime writing’s…

Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb in Slow Horses (Image: Apple TV) The headlines this summer are full of war, political strife, underhand dealings and power grabs. So it’s reassuring to…

Author Steve Cavanagh is among the stars heading for Harrogate crime festival this week (Image: Getty / Express) Bestselling author Steve Cavanagh used his outrage at the growing number of…

Ballistic by Frank Gardner, Hardback, £20 In the frozen Arctic north a Russian submarine slips from port to launch a ballistic missile in an apparent training exercise. Shortly afterwards, a…

Four gripping new books for July (Image: Montage Simon Lord) Mr Sidhu’s Post Office by Amman Brar, Hardback, £16.99 If you’re not feeling a little teary by the end of…

Last month, George RR Martin hit a devastating milestone. It’s now been over 5,543 days since he published A Dance with Dragons (2011) in his A Song of Ice and…

To say I was devastated by the news that one of the funniest writers on the planet had passed away would be an understatement. Along with Doug Naylor, Grant created…

SAS 101 by Titch Cormack, Hardback, £22 Long before the SAS were a twinkle in the eye of their founder David Stirling, Ralph Bagnold and his merry band of explorers…

Adam Kay is best known as the author of This Is Going to Hurt (Image: Charlie Clift) Adam Kay has an admission. “I doubt I was the only person who…