Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley This funny sci-fi tale sparkles with Pratchett-esque brilliance. A Home Office department, with a …
Burns Night Burns
On a cold January night in Durham Castle, two local businessmen are caught in a bizarre fire at a Burns …
Dead Ground, a book review
A variety of fairly standard characters dance around an increasingly high level murder investigation in this very readable crime mystery. …
Penfold Detective Series
UPDATE TO VIDEO: THE KIDNEY KILLER IS NOW PUBLISHED AND ALSO AVAILABLE HERE. Penfold is the investigative genius in …
The Last Day – 2089’s Inverse
As a long time lover of Private Eye and QI, it came a bit out of left field to hear …
Competitions
Beat back 2021 – Win a paperback! To bring some cheer to the struggle that is 2020, I’m offering a …
More about Miles
Despite being a physics teacher, my real vocation is travelling. In between travels, or often whilst I’m travelling, I love …
Shouting at my kindle
I bought The Taken by Alice Clark-Platts because it’s a murder mystery set in Durham, where I’ve lived for 30 …
The Cricketer’s Corpse
2nd Edition published mid-September 2020 Why did Hamish Elliott die? The professional cricketer’s gruesome corpse is found in his own …
Is it just a Vicious Rumer?
Well, I’m expanding this whole blog malarkey from essentially ‘Ideas’ to ‘Books and Ideas’. And to kick off the books …