London – L i t S t a c k

LitStack Review: Brother’s Ruin by Emma Newman

19 April, 201719 March, 2021 Sharon Browning 0 Comments cage, debtor's prison, Emma Newman, Focus, gaslight, Historical Fantasy, Illustrations, Latent, London, magi, magus, Society of Esoteric Arts

Brother’s Ruin Industrial Magic, Book #1 Emma Newman Tor.com Release Date: March 14, 2017 ISBN 978-0-7653-9396-8 It’s probably not politically

Literary Fiction Magical Realism Mainstream Popular Fiction

LitStack Review: Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

12 April, 201722 July, 2021 Sharon Browning 0 Comments bomb, doorway, escape, immigrant, London, Mykonos, refugee, San Francisco, sectarian conflict, warfare

Exit West Mohsin Hamid Riverhead Books Release Date: March 7, 2017 ISBN 978-0-7352-1217-6 Immigration is a hot burner issue right

Historical Fiction

LitStack Review: The Stargazer’s Sister by Carrie Brown

1 February, 201719 March, 2021 Sharon Browning 0 Comments astronomy, Bath, Caroline Herschel, Hanover, London, scientific calculations, stargazing, telescope, the moon, William Herschel

The Stargazer’s Sister Carrie Brown Anchor Books Release Date: January 19, 2016 (trade paperback release: December 13, 2016) ISBN 978-0-8041-7213-4

Crime and Thriller Fantasy Magical Realism Reviews by Genre Speculative Fiction

LitStack Review: Who Killed Sherlock Holmes? by Paul Cornell

31 May, 201631 May, 2016 Sharon Browning 0 Comments BBC, ghosts, hidden London, London, Metropolitan Police, murder, Operation Game, Shadow Police, Sherlock Holmes, supernatural

Who Killed Sherlock Holmes? Paul Cornell Pan Books Release Date: May 19, 2016 ISBN 978-1-4472-7326-4 London detectives James Quill, Tony

Gimbling in the Wabe

Gimbling in the Wabe – Our Shakespeare

22 April, 201621 April, 2016 Sharon Browning 0 Comments Birthday, Kate Tempest, London, My Shakespeare, Royal Shakespeare Company, Spoken Word, Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare, World Shakespeare Festival

Saturday is the 452nd anniversary of what we believe was the birth date of William Shakespeare, and the 400th anniversary

Fantasy Magical Realism Reviews by Genre

LitStack Review: A Gathering of Shadows by V. E. Schwab

23 March, 201622 March, 2016 Sharon Browning 0 Comments Antari, cliffhanger, Darker Shade of Magic, Element Games, Essen Tasch, London, magic, Night Spire, pirate, privateer, thief

A Gathering of Shadows V. E. Schwab Tor Books Release Date: February 23, 2016 ISBN 978-0-7653-7647-3 In the nine books

News Of Interest

Neil Gaiman’s “Likely Stories” Coming to Sky Arts

12 February, 201612 February, 2016 Sharon Browning 0 Comments Black Mirror, cameo, dark and strange, Jarvis Cocker, Likely Stories, London, Neil Gaiman, Pulp, Sky Arts

Did you like the weird and provocative British television series Black Mirror? (Of course you did!) Do you adore Neil

News Of Interest

“A Darker Shade of Magic” Rights Acquired

4 February, 20164 February, 2016 Sharon Browning 2 Comments A Darker Shade of Magic, Gerard Butler G-BASE, London, pilot, television rights, Vicious, Victoria Schwab

After “sitting on the news for over six months”, author Victoria Schwab excitedly announced on Facebook on Tuesday that the

Crime and Thriller Mainstream Mystery Popular Fiction Reviews by Genre

LitStack Review: Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith

11 January, 201611 January, 2016 Sharon Browning 0 Comments delivery, detective, dismemberment, gumshoe, J.K. Rowling, London, murder, private investigator, prosthesis, psychopath, serial killer, sleuth

Career of Evil Robert Galbraith Mulholland Books Release Date: October 20, 2015 ISBN 978-0-316-34993-2 Career of Evil, the third book

Crime and Thriller Reviews by Genre Science Fiction Speculative Fiction

LitStack Review: Europe in Autumn by Dave Hutchinson

2 June, 201527 May, 2015 Sharon Browning 0 Comments Berlin, Border, chef, coureurs, covert, duchies, espionage, Estonia, Hungarians, London, Poland, polities, principalities, railway, republics, sovereign states

Europe in Autumn Dave Hutchinson Solaris Release Date: January 28, 2014 ISBN 978-1-78108-194-5 Shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award

← Previous