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Book Review: Murder Under the Tuscan Sun by Rachel Rhys

With its sinister atmosphere, breathtaking scenery, web of secrets and its characters’ ever-deepening suspicious behaviour,…

How can there be two alternative versions of the truth?

This was a question I wanted to explore in my second novel The Lodger, and…

How a 17th century herbalist’s home inspired The Hemlock Cure

Hidden in the Derbyshire Dales, in a hollow where the crags of the Dark Peak meet the…

Book Review: The Luminaries by Susan Dennard

Winnie Wednesday wants nothing more than to join the Luminaries, an ancient order that protects…

Read an extract from Three Drops of Blood by Gretchen McNeil

Being an actress, Kate is no stranger to drama. And when her chance at a…

Alison Booth on the inspiration behind Bellevue

My latest novel Bellevue is set in a place that is dear to my heart…

Read an extract from HappyHead by Josh Silver

When Seb is offered a place on a radical retreat designed to solve the national…

Claudia Carroll on turning fact to fiction

You know when you open up the fly-leaf of any book, and read a discreet disclaimer…

Livi Michael: When Memory Becomes Toxic

7.pm. I’m relaxing by watching TV. At this time in the evening my attention tends…

Book Review: Lies We Sing To The Sea by Sarah Underwood

If you’re familiar with Homer’s Odyssey, you’ll know the fate of the twelve hanged maids,…

Glasgow Film Festival 2023: The best of the rest of the fest

Here are six other movies from this edition of the Glasgow Film Festival that are…

Fiction recommendations: 15 of the best new books to read this month

It feels like just yesterday that we were stepping into the New Year and already…