Blood of the Isles by Bryan Sykes A Bookheathen Review I became fascinated by genetics back in my student days. The science was still at an early stage then. We knew about DNA but were still a long way from using it to solve crimes, and an even longer way from sequencing the human genome. …
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.
The Other Queen
by Philippa Gregory (A novel of the captivity of Mary, Queen of Scots) Mary Stuart must be the most written about person in the whole of history, and with good reason. Pick your side: she was either a hopeless (and foolish) romantic, a woman too trusting for her own good, a victim of one conspiracy …
The Snakes of Horus
A Short Story by Andrew Greenfield Lockhart [I originally wrote this for a session at my writers' group.] ‘We’re safe for now. They can’t get in.’ I risked a glance at Jude out of the corner of my eye. I couldn’t, I daren’t allow my attention to be diverted from the window. She was statuesque, …
Blogger Recognition Award
As I mentioned in my last post, Anastasia at Read and Survive nominated me for this accolade, so my thanks once again to her for the mention. How I Started I was always hearing: 'You're a writer, so you have to put yourself out there in social media. Get on Facebook, Twitter and so on. …
Runaway
by Peter May Of the three thrillers I read over the past couple of weeks, I managed to review only two, so the third is coming up today. However, before tackling that, I want to say thanks for a second Versatile Blogger Award, a nomination by Cindy from My Book File. For anyone who missed …
Versatile Blogger Award
Thank you, Anne at Inked Brownies for nominating me for this award! Well, I think it's a thank you because I'm not exactly sure what to do with it. It seems there are rules and, frankly, I'm not very fond of rules as they often just get in the way of living. The Versatile Blogger …
Gun Law
Shall We Tell The President? by Jeffrey Archer For my second romantic thriller of the week I've chosen this 1986 novel by the British author equally famous for doing other things. Archer actually wrote and published Shall We Tell The President? in 1977 but then revised it when he realised some of the events he …
Secret Sisters
Secret Sisters by Jayne Ann Krentz This novel was one of those little gems of serendipity that one encounters occasionally on the TBR list. A freebie (actually a publisher advance copy), it sat on my shelf for weeks before I even opened it. The title suggested 'chick lit', which meant I was never going to …
The Perfect Storm
by Sebastian Junger 'People often get premonitions when they do jobs that could get them killed, and in commercial fishing ... people get premonitions all the time.' If you're the sort of person who dislikes a bit of water, this is not the book for you. Even if you're a seasoned cruise addict or a …
The Taming of the Queen
by Philippa Gregory ' "....He is a madman, Kateryn, he has been mad for years. ....And you will be his next victim.' " This is the stark warning delivered to Kateryn Parr by Thomas Seymour in Philippa Gregory's brilliant novel reconstruction of the marriage of Henry VIII and his sixth wife. Set in the 1540s, …
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