The review of my dreams!

One of my favourite crime writers is the incomparable Tana French and her last novel, The Searcher, is 99p for Kindle today. (And hurrah for a new book next March.) amzn.to/3tBZ3Wl

My two people that I invented are just about to do THINGS in a walk-in pantry and yet I have to leave them straining towards each other, poised for a kiss, while I pop out for a blood test. Poor things.

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A sneak peek of The Man Of Her Dreams!

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I'm trying to only have the heating on in the evening, but am QUITE warm in the oversized, fleece-lined hoodie I bought at some expense last autumn. Very draughty below the knee though.

Maybe Partygate wasn’t a good choice for cosy Sunday evening entertainment. I’m ten minutes in and already enraged.

Batch cooked a vat of ragu sauce for the week and now I’m making the first cottage pie of the season. I love the comforting stodge of autumn and winter dinners.

What joy! Grown Ups by Marian Keyes is 99p for Kindle for the whole of October. amzn.to/3ZFVOJ5

Because I’m a strong, independent woman, I’ve just checked and increased the pressure on my boiler.* It’s almost time! (*Not a euphemism.)

As someone without much interest in football, I always thought of David Beckham as a football-playing celebrity rather than an extraordinary football player. Anyhoo, I’ve just watched the documentary and now I understand why that film was called Bend It Like Beckham.

I mean, the leopard print ceiling for starters. rightmove.co.uk/properties/866…

I wrote something for The Bookseller about the past week. I hope the publishing community can come together in terrible times.
#israel #peace

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Central heating is imminent, I feel. But too soon for winter duvet and flannel bedding. Mo point in peaking too soon.

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When you don’t drive but you’re writing a scene that takes place in a car.