If you're new here, why not subscribe to our email updates or follow us on Facebook? You can also add us to your Google Reader. Thanks for visiting!  When my mobile phone was nicked from my bag on the Buenos Aires subway, I was completely oblivious. But now, thinking about it, it’s quite clear who the culprit was: Katarina Bishop, art thief...

I know I lost some major reviewer credit when I admitted my love for Texan cowboy romances, and now that I’m about to admit my soft spot for fire-fighters, no doubt I’m about to drop a little further in your estimation. But admit it, who doesn’t love a fire-fighter? (Er, and if my fiance is reading this, I find the rounded paunch and pasty...

  Having now read two of best-selling author Ally Carter’s books (and with another four or so in the stack by my bed), I have to say that Carter knows exactly what she’s doing when it comes to the elevator pitch. These books are high-concept all the way, and it’s no surprise that they’re being lapped up like they are. The Gallagher...

Seventeen-year-old Lena lives in a world where love is taboo, where passion is anathema, where poetry and art have fallen by the wayside, and romantic tendencies must be put down at all costs. Stringent social conditioning helps guide young citizens through the complexities of these norms, while upon reaching their majority a more comprehensive solution is...

It’s that time of year when people start asking about your Christmas wishlist (and where you start considering theirs–sigh). If you’re a bit stuck this year, perhaps some of these fabulous new releases might do the trick: The Charming Quirks of Others by Alexander McCall Smith Blurb: Isabel Dalhousie, Edinburgh philosopher and curious observer...