The DESIblitz Literature Festival 2021 is the UK’s leading South Asian Literature Festival. Opening in Birmingham City Centre on 18th of September with a string of leading British South Asian and South Asian literary stars, the festival, with a mix of in-person and digital events and runs until 1st October. All tickets… Continue reading
Next up in the short sharp Author Spotlight series is the brilliant Karen Hamilton. About Karen Karen Hamilton spent her childhood in Angola, Zimbabwe, Belgium and Italy, and developed a love of travel through moving around so much. This led her to a career as a flight attendant, and it… Continue reading
Welcome to a new drop in feature on Liz Loves Books, briefly introducing you to various authors and their books so you can hopefully find your next favourite read. Many thanks to Lorraine Wilson for being my first victim. About Lorraine: Lorraine lives by the sea in Scotland, writing speculative… Continue reading
St Hilda’s Crime runs this weekend 13th – 15th August and you can book your tickets here. Do not hesitate to book your tickets now and join chairs Alison Joseph, Jake Kerridge and Sarah Hilary plus all the wonderful guests for a weekend of criminally excellent fun. St Hilda’s Crime… Continue reading
The MurderIn the Gare do Oriente, a body sits, slumped, in a stationary train. A high-profile man appears to have died by throwing himself repeatedly against the glass. But according to witnesses, he may not have done this of his own accord. The CityLisbon 2021. A small percentage of the… Continue reading
Be twice as good as men and four times as good as white men. Jia Khan has always lived like this. Successful London lawyer Jia Khan is a long way from the grubby Northern streets she knew as a child, where her father, Akbar Khan, led the Pakistani community and… Continue reading
A woman has gone missingBut did she ever really exist? Mia Eliot has travelled from London to LA for pilot season. This is her big chance to make it as an actor in Hollywood, and she is ready to do whatever it takes. At an audition she meets Emily, and… Continue reading
On August 12, 1999 an eight year-old girl, Laura, goes missing. Fourteen years later, long after all hope had been lost, she is found alive in a container truck. Luca is having dinner with his father, a well-respected anthropologist, when the police raids their home and arrests the man. The… Continue reading
Can taking the law into your own hands be the right thing to do A brutal murder in a small fishing community raises urgent questions of right and wrong, and even the nature of good and evil, in this masterfully told true story. In June 2013, three upstanding citizens of a… Continue reading
They’re saying he’s a monster. And they’re saying she knew. Beth and Tom Hardcastle are the envy of their neighbourhood – they have the perfect marriage, the perfect house, the perfect family. When the police knock on their door one evening, Beth panics. Tom should be back from work by… Continue reading
