Crime Fiction Round-Up January-February 2021

Crime Fiction Round-Up January-February 2021

A brand new year and it is shaping up a lot like the last, lockdowns and restrictions coming and going constantly and time flying by before I have the chance to blink. We have already had 3 family birthdays to celebrate and it all makes life so hectic. I hope you all...
Crime Fiction Yearly Wrap-Up – 2020

Crime Fiction Yearly Wrap-Up – 2020

2020 was a strange year for many of us with a global pandemic keeping most people at home a lot more than usual, not me. I’m a supermarket worker so I was even busier than usual. it will be interesting to see how that affected our reading statistics,...
Crime Fiction and True Crime: Round Up One 2018

Crime Fiction and True Crime: Round Up One 2018

I put my hand up to take the baton from bernadetteinoz late last year as a new challenge and something a little different from what I usually do over at Beauty and Lace. I didn’t realise at the time what big shoes I had to fill and I thought I had plenty of time...
Sunday Spotlight: Zena Shapter

Sunday Spotlight: Zena Shapter

Welcome to Sunday Spotlight. Today our guest is Zena Shapter, whose novel Towards White, a science fiction mystery/thriller, was published on 29th September 2017.     When did you start writing and what was the catalyst? A young writer asked me this only...