The Darkest Secret

A couple of weeks ago I read and reviewed Pretty Is and commented on how visceral and terrifying the thought of child abduction is, even to someone like me who doesn’t have children. It’s something that society as a whole is designed to fear and there are a number of newly released novels…

Pretty Is

There’s something visceral and terrifying about the thought of children being kidnapped. As a child I remember being scared of the bogeyman who would take me away from my family and the first news stories I remember are of girls my own age going missing from home…

Merry Christmas

I’m off for a wee break for a few weeks. My parents are visiting for a couple of weeks, it’s my 40th birthday soon and we have a diving holiday booked at the beginning of the year so I’m stepping back from the blog until mid-January…