September 2017

BOOK REVIEW OF THE DEVOURING BY JAMES R. BENN FOR THE LANCASHIRE POST

News, Reviews / By /

“In the twelfth instalment of James R. Benn’s much-loved wartime mystery series, the inimitable military sleuth Billy Boyle is transported to Switzerland to investigate a murder, monitor dubious bankers and a profiteering Gestapo agent, and help expose the illegal gold transactions coming out of Germany. Benn’s long-running historical mystery series set during the Second World […]

BOOK REVIEW OF THE DEVOURING BY JAMES R. BENN FOR THE LANCASHIRE POST Read More »

BOOK REVIEW OF EVE / MORE DEADLY THAN THE MALE BY JAMES HADLEY CHASE FOR THE LANCASHIRE POST

News, Reviews / By /

“In two shocking tales reprinted from the 1940s, one of the world’s most notorious crime writers explores a self-destructive writer’s catastrophic fixation with a prostitute, and a meek, introverted encyclopaedia salesman’s transformation into the daring, determined hoodlum he has always fantasised about. Although best remembered for his infamous debut novel, No Orchids for Miss Blanding,

BOOK REVIEW OF EVE / MORE DEADLY THAN THE MALE BY JAMES HADLEY CHASE FOR THE LANCASHIRE POST Read More »

The Pyx by John Buell

Litchfield Reviews The Pyx by John Buell for the Lancashire Post

News, Reviews / By /

First published in 1959 and later made into a Canuxploitation film starring Christopher Plummer, Canadian novelist John Buell’s critically acclaimed debut novel, The Pyx, is reprinted for the first time in 25 years. Buell, a full-time professor and part-time writer who penned five novels, three of which were adapted to film, died in 2013 aged

Litchfield Reviews The Pyx by John Buell for the Lancashire Post Read More »

Get all the latest news and info sent to your inbox.