**** Poet Richard Cadogan sets off for a much-needed holiday to Oxford. Arriving late one night, he becomes intrigued to find the door of a toyshop unlocked. Snooping around, he discovers the dead body of an elderly woman. Before he can do anything else, someone bops him on the head. Informing the police, Cadogan is…
Category: Humour
‘No Love Lost’ by Robert Crouch
***** When Kent Fisher interviews a young woman as a prospective new employee, he gets a bit of a surprise. But agreeing to help track down the woman’s mother, who abandoned her as a baby, he also sets in motion a series of dramatic events that could change his life forever. Aided by cop pal…
‘Hot Love Inferno’ by Nicky Blue
**** Gardner and marital arts expert Barry Harris lives with his headbanger mum, lusts after Jo (who sells sex toys), eats fish fingers and watches Star Trek. When a bunch of Samurai warriors appear, Barry has to draw on all his abilities to save the world (or at least the town of Portslade). And then…
‘Apropos of Nothing’ by Woody Allen
***** (Audiobook) Director, comedian, writer, and actor Woody Allen relates how a love of movies during his childhood in Brooklyn eventually took him down the path to making movies of his own. From his early work as a writer and stand-up comic, Allen talks about his career, his friends and his relationships. There didn’t seem…
‘So Anyway…’ by John Cleese
***** (Audiobook) From his earliest memories of school, to the Monty Python O2 show in 2014, John Cleese reveals the intricacies of his life and career, and how studying for a degree in law led him into such iconic shows as the Cambridge Footlights, TW3, At Last it’s the 1948 Show and of course, Fawlty…
‘The Trouble with Trouble’ by Joy Mutter
***** Set in a Sheffield police station, this is a powerful erotic thriller following on from ‘The Trouble with Liam’. With the invention of a new sexual arousal cream called Trouble, DCI Cosgrove and his sex-addict liaison officer, Kate, find themselves in a bizarre situation. In the hands of a lustful security guard and his…
‘Calypso’ by David Sedaris
Calypso Writer and essayist David Sedaris first came to my attention on the BBC’s Radio 4 ‘Meet David Sedaris’ series a few years ago. Having found myself completely entranced and highly amused by his stories, I thought it was about time I got hold of one…
‘Wonder Boys’ by Michael Chabon
My Review (5 stars out of 5) Over-sexed, pot-bellied, pot-smoking, ageing novelist Grady Tripp struggles to finish the novel he’s been working on for several years. With an eager editor tugging at his coattails, and his long-time lover demanding a decision on their relationship, Tripp is faced with a series of challenges that could make…
‘Whiskey Sour’ by J.A. Konrath
Whiskey Sour As if sleepless nights, a failed relationship and a distinct lack of cash weren’t enough to deal with, life throws a curveball at Lieutenant Jacqueline “Jack” Daniels – just to keep her busy. When a serial killer calling himself ‘The Gingerbread Man’ starts dumping bodies on Jack’s patch, she finds herself not only…
‘Murder at Mistletoe Manor’ by Holly Tierney-Bedord
Murder at Mistletoe Manor Innkeeper Klarinda Snow gets confused when a bunch of guests turn up bearing mysterious invitations for an all-expenses-paid night at Mistletoe Manor. Following an anonymous delivery of cash to pay for the rooms, the situation doesn’t get any less opaque when Klarinda realises most of the guests seem to know each…
Colin Garrow 