Waking from a dream in which she was strangling her attractive new neighbour Lindy, Rosamund Fielding is suddenly confronted by her husband Geoffrey bearing the breathless news that Lindy has disap…| The Invisible Event
October, the heart of the spooky season and culminating in Halloween, is the perfect month to immerse oneself in books that have the power to unsettle. And here is a stack of books I read this year and last that fit the bill, a great accompaniment to chilly weather and warm fires, cozy blankets, candle-lit…| Radhika's Reading Retreat
Out of all our choices for book group in 2025, this was the one that I was looking forward to the most, as I am a big fan of Fremlin’s work. It has been great to see Fremlin’s stories getting repri…| crossexaminingcrime
Like her namesake, Celia Dale, Celia Fremlin is fast becoming one of my favourite writers from the mid-20th century. She wrote wonderfully suspenseful domestic noirs, slowly building tension by leveraging her protagonists’ understandable but sometimes irrational fears. First published in 1965, The Jealous One is another deliciously compelling novel in which a seemingly happy marriage […]| JacquiWine's Journal
We have given a lot of space here to the Queens of Crime. More and more, however I’ve been turning my attentions to the Duchesses of Domestic Suspense! To my great shame, I haven’t yet r…| Ah Sweet Mystery!
Out of all our choices for book group in 2025, this was the one that I was looking forward to the most, as I am a big fan of Fremlin’s work. It has been great to see Fremlin’s stories getting reprinted in recent years and being more visible in book social media. In the past […]| crossexaminingcrime
I disappeared again – I’m sorry. I’m trying to decide whether I’m done with this whole blogging malarky – there are aspects I miss – but I get overwhelmed with the effort it takes me now. So, if I do stick around, I might need to change the kinds of posts I publish and focus […]| heavenali
