THE STRANGER IN MY HOUSE is the third of Judith Barrow‘s more contemporary domestic noir dramas (following THE MEMORY and SISTERS) and I was lucky enough to have an advance copy, so although it isn’t officially published until tomorrow, I’m going ahead to review it anyway. I did try reading it in small segments, toContinue reading “The Stranger in My House, by Judith Barrow: my review”
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Body of Evidence. Part II
A murder happens, the culprit is caught, convicted and sent down. The case is closed and we are done with it. But that isn’t always the case for the victims and certainly not for their surviving loved ones. Here are four murder victims. Apart from being murdered, what do they have in common? The ultimateContinue reading “Body of Evidence. Part II”
Trust, Secrets and the Memory
A moving post by Judith Barrow, with an extract from her psychological mystery, The Memory.
My review of Sisters by Judith Barrow
Judith Barrow is a mistress of dissecting the triumphs and misfortunes of families confronted with crime, disgrace and tragedy. In Sisters, her latest novel, she is at her brilliant best. The Marsden family of Micklethwaite are doing okay; Eric and Eve, their two teenage daughters Angie and Mandy, and the baby Robert. There are theContinue reading “My review of Sisters by Judith Barrow”
That’s my love language. What’s yours? PLUS #BookReview MAKING WAVES by @ThorneMoore #RBRT #SciFi
Originally posted on Barb Taub:
What’s your Work Love/Appreciation Test? I heard through the human resources grapevine about the Love Test, in which Gary Chapman’s “Five Love Languages” theory has been adapted to workplace “appreciation” training. This is, naturally, HR’s fault. After many decades in the human resources trenches, I know that everyone hates HR…
Tales my Great Aunt told me. 2: fame and infamy.
My colourful great aunt in Cardiff passed on many tales about my Welsh family, and I quickly concluded, even as a child, that they were mostly fairy tales. Her stories did not begin with “Once upon a time,” and end with “They all lived happily ever after.” They were more hints, a word or sentencesContinue reading “Tales my Great Aunt told me. 2: fame and infamy.”
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