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Articles by C. S. Robertson
Ordinary Evil: A Spoonful of Murder by J. M. Hall
arts Coincidences do happen. I was house sitting for a friend recently and, investigating the area, I discovered Thirsk Garden Centre. Well worth a visit with its lovely café and shop. When I got back to relax in the sunshine, I picked up my new book and it began in….Thirsk Garden Centre! Now that’s spooky.
Senoy, Sansenoy And Semangelof: When I Close My Eyes By Jemma Wayne
arts The lack of control experienced by the somnambulist is frightening and this novel explores the fear and sense of uncertainty it may arouse in sufferers. Physical torture is bad, mental torment is so much worse. Lilith shares a name with Adam’s first wife - not Eve, the one we all know about, but the first one, the one made equal who did not want to be subservient to a man; the one who, punished by God and robbed of motherhood, became the ‘Night Monster’, killing new born babies.
Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps: The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont
arts I have always been a fan of Agatha Christie novels. I remember discussing them with my form teacher in the lower sixth as we swapped different volumes and compared our thinking. It was a great means of reading so many more volumes of a popular collection of mysteries. I also now live in Harrogate where Agatha Christie so famously spent her few lost days – the ones she claimed not to remember - and where a Crime Writing Festival is still held each year.
Keep Digging: The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell
arts The prologue, a vivid definition of arachnophobia, did give me cause to hesitate. What was I doing reading a novel like this? I don’t like frightening psychological dramas and I definitely don’t like creepie crawlies. I empathized with Sean Connery in Dr No when the tarantula crawled over him – his fear was real, apparently – and I don’t like the trials in I’m a Celebrity – you’ll know the ones.
Scarred, possibly scared: Prague Spring by Simon Mawer
arts The irony is not lost on me that this book came to the top of the lingering bedside pile this week, given the current political climate. Set in Prague in 1968, the politics in that area of Europe both then and now is not for the faint hearted. I have read a couple of Simon Mawer’s books previously and like his style; not prone to exaggeration or hyperbole, he incorporates historical accuracy and political insight, yet is also touching and emotive.
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