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Book review: The Widow by Fiona Barton

Published by Emma Lee-Potter in on Monday 4th January 2016

If The Girl on the Train was last year’s stand-out title then The Widow could well be this year’s mega-success. A taut psychological thriller, it’s written by journalist Fiona Barton. A former senior writer at the Daily Mail, news editor at the Daily Telegraph and chief reporter at The Mail on Sunday, she garnered multiple scoops and was hugely admired by her peers (me included). For the last few years, ...keep reading

Paula Hawkins and Renee Knight at ChipLitFest

Published by Emma Lee-Potter in on Friday 8th May 2015

This year’s ChipLitFest was a triumph from start to finish – a satisfying mix of world famous writers who’ve sold millions of books (yes, I’m talking about Lee Child and Mark Billingham) and debut novelists at the start of their careers. Two new writers I was keen to learn more about were Paula Hawkins and Renee Knight, who along with Jason Hewitt appeared at an event called New Voices. Paula Hawkins ...keep reading

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

Published by Emma Lee-Potter in on Sunday 15th February 2015

The brilliant Stylist magazine has just run a feature about “the most addictive page turners to chomp through in one weekend or less.” As the magazine says: “An addictive book is like a particularly tempting hunk of crumbly cheddar cheese. We know we should step back and take time to covet it over a series of slow, delicious weeks. But we can rarely resist the urge to dive straight in and ...keep reading