The Book of Dust (3) by Philip Pullman Volumes 2 and 3 The Secret Commonwealth The Rose Field 'And then without warning, in total silence, an immense shadow swept across the forum and submerged the man in darkness. As Lyra clung to the wall, unbelieving, the creature that threw the shadow swooped down on him …
Author: Andrew G Lockhart
My name is Andrew Lockhart and I grew up in Coatbridge, Scotland. I studied at Glasgow University. After spending three decades in planning, statistics and international sales and marketing, I am now an author, family historian and owner of Magda Green Books. Apart from writing (and reading great books) and blogging, my other interests are science, music of all sorts, and traveling the world.
Dark Matters (2)
The Book of Dust by Philip Pullman Volumes 2 and 3 The Secret Commonwealth The Rose Field Volume 2 of Pullman's new trilogy raises the same kind of questions as Volume 1. It's a great story for readers who know what's going on. However, I did wonder if Sir Philip did enough to attract new …
Dark Matters
The Book of Dust by Philip Pullman A Review Thirty years have passed since Philip Pullman thrilled a generation of teenagers - and many adults too - with Northern Lights, the first volume of his trilogy, His Dark Materials. Readers of the latter will recall that the story resolved satisfactorily at the end of the …
Launching Tomorrow ….
'So there was no betrayal; the child was conceived before we were together. But I feel betrayed all the same, remembering how we were: our first kiss; the day we made love in the vineyard.' [Nicole - The Sweetest Lie] 'Resistance is futile. Eight months ago, my life was uncomplicated. I was with Nicole and …
Launching in 14 Days …..
'There are many kinds of love, many kinds of lies. Then there are those three words, often spoken, which can deepen relationships - or destroy them by becoming the sweetest lie of all.' The Sweetest Lie I am pleased to announce that my new novel, The Sweetest Lie, will be released on May 29th as …
Lost Edinburgh
by Hamish Coghill'In growing from a huddle of huts round a fortress on a volcanic rock into an international and cosmopolitan city, Edinburgh has had to change'. Not only is Edinburgh one of my favourite cities but it's one I thought I knew really well - that is, until I picked up the book my …
The Map of Bones
by Kate Mosse 'In her last seconds of consciousness, [she] grieved to think this was how the story would end. In a forgotten corner of a graveyard on the other side of the world. This is the day of my death.' Readers who have followed Kate Mosse's story of the Joubert Family and the Huguenot-Catholic …
A Song of the Sea
The Wager by David Grann A Review 'Yet the Pacific did not live up to its peaceful name. As the Wager headed north off the coast of Chile, all the previous storms seemed to have combined into one climatic fury...... Cheap relentlessly drove the men onward - drove them even as they dumped overboard a …
Alias Grace
by Margaret Atwood A review In November 1843 at a Toronto court, Grace Marks was tried and convicted as an accessory to the murder of her employer, Thomas Kinnear. She was sentenced to death, a penalty later commuted to life imprisonment, following pressure from various public groups, who pointed in mitigation to her extreme youth …
Elektra
by Jennifer Saint I always enjoy new angles on the Greek Myths and Jennifer Saint's three novels to date are no exception. Elektra, published in 2022, is actually her second, following Ariadne (see here) and preceding Atalanta (see here). Three novels in three years is pretty good going in my view! Elektra is a story …
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