There was a fab list of recommended crime novels in The Guardian so I thought I’d share it with you. I’d love to provide a personal comment on each of them but that would require me to either have read them all or just to make up something to pretend. Neither of these events has …
I’m about to start work on The Heist sequel called The Getaway. Don’t worry. That’s about as much of a spoiler as I’m planning. The second instalment of the Lagotti Family follows the two weeks after the Heist and will have another multi-character storyline. I’m looking forward to returning to some of my favourite fictional …
If you spend your time living in a Western bubble, sometimes you need to get some perspective. Why do I mention this? An article in The Guardian (yes, I read that publication a lot) covered the reversal of decision by Cambridge University Press to stop self-censoring its journal articles in China. Long story short: CUP …
The Guardian has added to the literary cannon with a quiz so in the interests of total transparency, here it is. Like so many others on the Internet-connected planet, I love a good quiz and have also taken part in many pretty rubbish ones too. Fill your boots!
Found an interesting article in The Independent which asked a good question and then spent its entire length not even beginning to address anything close to an answer. The point was made that even though recorded crime has reduced, why is there a surge in popularity in the fiction crime genre? The piece then became …
For those who enjoy reading at no cost, here is an offer I’m participating in as well. There’s a host of no-cost novels for you to try out. Fill your boots at BookDeals.Today.
The Man Booker prize is heading our way with all the excitement and flurry of press coverage implied in the simple statement. As part of that buzz was this article in The Guardian which argued that prizes aren’t worth the prize money. More accurately, the argument put forward by Amit Chaudhuri is that a prize …
Over the last couple of weeks I have received the first two reviews for The Heist. One was very positive and the other was far from positive. It was negative. OK, it was negative. Don’t stare at me like that. What I found interesting was the different responses I issued to the two scrivenings. The …
I know this is a terribly self-referential post but I’m pleased to announce that this website has been launched and is now live. This has taken several weeks of work to get it to this rudimentary point but now it exists on the internet. The site’s aim is to act as a conduit between readers …
A double whammy: John le Carre releases a new book containing what must count as his most famous character: George Smiley. Then he announces he is going to appear in public at London’s Royal Festival Hall. Back of the net! The joy of le Carre is in the journey, not the destination, to my mind. …
Leopold Borstinski is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, Apple Books Affiliate Program, Barnes and Noble Affiliate Program and the Rakuten Kobo Affiliate program, as well as the Alliance of independent Authors affiliate program and the Book Raid affiliate program. These are affiliate advertising programs designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to associated sites.
Enter your email address to get your free book delivered to your inbox. You’ll also be added to my newsletter and you’ll be the first to know next time I have some cool stuff to give away (you can unsubscribe at any time).
On this website we use first or third-party tools that store small files (cookie) on your device. Cookies are normally used to allow the site to run properly (technical cookies), to generate navigation usage reports (statistics cookies) and to suitable advertise our services/products (profiling cookies). We can directly use technical cookies, but you have the right to choose whether or not to enable statistical and profiling cookies. By enabling these cookies, you help us to offer you a better experience. Cookie policy
