Tag Archives: serial killer

Blacklands by Belinda Bauer

This is not a book I would have chosen off a book shelf. I was not familiar with the author’s work but it was book of the month at the book group I go to in the village library. Belinda Bauer won the Crime Writer’s Association 2010 Gold Dagger Award for Blacklands and this debut novel, Blacklands  seems to …

Rate this:

Continue reading

Killing the Shadows by Val McDermid

Val McDermid is an author who was born and educated on the east coast of Scotland and then attended Oxford University. Upon leaving university, she became a journalist.  She and her cats now live in Manchester, England.  Her first book, Report for Murder was published in 1987 and since then she has gone on to have 25 …

Rate this:

Continue reading