GOOD ME, BAD ME, by Ali Land Michael Joseph, 2006, ISBN-13: 978-0718182922 It’s not often a book keeps me up till after midnight; Good Me, Bad Me was one of the rare exceptions. It resulted in several late nights, in fact, as the story inched… Read more
Hello, book lovers! Shelf Indulgence is a new bimonthly book review column from A.D. Garrett. Occasionally, when my reading muscles are well-toned, I’ll do a one-off top-up which will be listed as Shelf Indulgence – unplugged. The main column will appear first in Heswall Magazine, recommending two books. They will… Read more
By Margaret Murphy/A.D. Garrett Why do novelists write short stories? It certainly isn’t for the money – they really don’t pay much – and if, like me, you find them a challenge, they can take a disproportionate amount of work. And yet Murder Squad has… Read more
I recently received a review for Believe No One which was favourable overall, but the reviewer described ‘harrowing and graphic descriptions’ of the violence perpetrated on the victims. I have used graphic descriptions in my novels on occasions, but I didn’t think this was one… Read more
