City of Sin: London and its Vices review

Catharine Arnold’s new book, City of Sin: London and its Vices, studies London’s relationship with vice through the ages. In this third book of her captivating trilogy the history of London vice begins in Roman London where slave girls were exploited to service soldiers while on leave and who were relaxing in the theatres, brothels, [...]

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Martina Cole is back, review of her new book

Christine Booth vows that it will be for better or worse when she married into the Murphy family but it turns out life with the volatile and dangerous clan from the East End is much worse than she or anyone would have imagined leading her to make a once unthinkable decision.

This page-turning, hard-hitting in your [...]

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More vampires found in Dragon’s Ark

There appears to be an increasing need to portray vampires on film, in books and in television series such as Being Human and the popular Twilight books. In Dragon’s Ark the King of all Vampires is back in a modern, unearthly horror story as he fights to ensure the safety of his kingdom. Many books [...]

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The Animals of Farthing Wood

The Animals of Farthing Wood is a wonderful book for children.  It was written by Colin Dann in 1979.  It has since been made into an animated televisions series and sets of DVDs. The story of The Animals of Farthing Wood is a contemporary tale about natural survival and man’s role in the displacement of [...]

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The Hunger Games last installment and trailer

The Hunger Games, a brilliant science fiction series for teens is about to come out with its last installment.  Author Suzanne Collins is sending her heroine, Katniss, back to her home after it was devastated by Capitol forces who control the districts and, thereby, the entire country of Panem.

It is in this country, a bleak [...]

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History of M16 book released

A book that details the first forty years that the UK foreign intelligence service has just hit the shelves.  In order to write the book, Professor Keith Jeffery was allowed access to the M16 archives which is part of the Secret Intelligence Service department.

In exchange for permission to research all files contained within the archives [...]

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