My 10 Favourite Books of 2016

As ever split into fiction and nonfiction. Fiction first. 5. Deception Point by Dan Brown Brown isn't the best writer and some of the characterisation and dialogue is wooden but you can't deny he crafts an easy pageturner and I ploughed through this. 4. Lady Killer by Ed McBain When the detectives get a note …

Book Review: A Life Inside by Erwin James

Despite what the tabloids try and make out, you'd have to be a damn fool to think life in prison is a cushy, easy way to spend a few years. Yes, they've changed from the bread and water days of cold cells and violent guards but I've never understood why people think this is a …