In all my years of compiling this preview I have never received as many proofs as I did this month. It’s not the fault of Valentine’s Day, nor even International Women’s Day on 8th March, both of...
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Last month I was rather disappointed with the crime and thriller offerings but in February I can whole-heartedly recommend The Wife Between Us (Macmillan) from début us writing duo Greer Hendricks...
If December’s paperback line-up was somewhat minimal, publishers have saved the riches for January - this is a huge month, with armloads of potential hits, surefire hits, and books you really should...
Working on my January previews always coincides with The Bookseller Children’s Conference, providing the ideal time to take stock of where children’s books are at and what comes next. There was...
The new year gets under way with the usual full-fat offering of health, diet and self-help books. But more interesting to me at any rate is the fact that the year is starting in a more spiritual vein...
January is a month for débuts and particularly for crime and thriller débuts. As I mentioned in December’s round-up, pretty much every imprint has a horse in the race to be the crime début of 2018...
