In 1971 Ann Rule was a writer struggling to get by on articles for detective magazines. During her free time she volunteered at a Seattle Crisis Clinic, helping callers through their personal issues. Her partner during this time was Ted Bundy. Ann liked him immediately. They saw each other a little and were in contact some after leaving the crisis centre, and Ann would offer advice on his romantic life with his lost love, Stephanie. In 1974 there were attacks against young women and disappearances. […]
One Cannot Live on Faith Alone
In a small Irish village in the 1850s a miracle is taking place. Or is it? Eleven year old Anna O’Donnell has been fasting for four months and yet is alive and well. Lib, an English nurse trained by Florence Nightingale, is sent to Ireland to watch the girl and report back to a committee about her findings. Is Anna a fraud or a blessed child? Lib is confident that it’s the former, but as Anna begins to deteriorate, she struggles with her own complicity […]
All Filler No Killer
The Ellingham Academy has a dark and famous history. In 1936 Iris Ellingham and her daughter, Alice, were kidnapped. Albert Ellingham, a man so rich he can start a free private school in the hills of Vermont, tries to pay the ransom to have them returned, but to no avail. One clue to the crime is a mocking riddle received days before they disappeared, and signed ‘Truly, Devious’. Cut to the present day and the school is still open and accepting students. One of those […]
You’re Welcome to Weep
On the Second Sabbat of Twelfthmoon, in the city of Weep, a girl fell from the sky. Lazlo Strange has been fascinated by the city of Weep since he was a boy. A far away place cut off from the world 200 years ago, even its name has been snuffed out of existence. Lazlo felt magic in the air when that happened, and has spent his life since learning all he can about Weep. An orphan raised by monks, he finds himself at the library […]
‘Haven’t you ever felt like there has to be more?’
Seth drowns. His body is beaten against rocks, bones broken, and he dies. He wakes up in the street outside his old house in England. He’s lived in the US for almost a decade. And the world around him is crumbling. Food is moulding on the shelves, a sinkhole has opened in the middle of the road. And he is alone. Until he meets The Driver, a seemingly unstoppable force that’s out to kill Seth. But can he die when he’s already dead? Is this […]
Where I wax lyrical about roller derby in the guise of a book review
I wouldn’t call myself a sporty person. I hated PE growing up (first thing on a Monday morning!!). Shivering on a muddy field in the freezing temperatures of northern England. The boys in their long sleeved rugby tops, us girls in short skirts and navy knickers (so archaic it’s ridiculous). The only options in winter were netball and hockey, two sports I loathed. Nothing about my physical education made me want to exercise. It wasn’t fun. It felt like a punishment. So I was as […]
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