by Lee Cross I’m at the airport in Amsterdam now, just on my way home; I’m rather tired, and looking forward to getting home to my own bed… so this will be a short blog. If you’ve never been to Amsterdam, you’ll be surprised by the number of bookshops there are… you can pretty quickly … Continue reading Book Hunting in Amsterdam (A Bookworm’s Holiday, Part 4)

by Lee Cross Right about now the high street is doing its annual ramp up, and the bookshops are no exception. One glance at the shelves is enough to tell you that pretty much every big-ticket thriller writer has a book out, and if you take a closer look you’ll notice a few of the … Continue reading 17 Books That Make Perfect Christmas Presents For The Bookworm In Your Life

by Lee Cross I wrote the first part of this blog sitting in a ferry port, drinking a, quite frankly, a criminal cup of coffee (both in price and taste). The second part was done in a train station (I skipped the coffee this time), waiting on a Eurostar… and now I’m sitting in Paris, … Continue reading Book Hunting in Paris (A Bookworm’s Holiday, Part 3)

by Lee Cross Ok, so, I’m in London at the moment. The first part of this blog I wrote at a ferry port, so it seems fitting that I write the second at the train station, surrounded by people who are defined by their ability to speak French – in short, I am at Kings … Continue reading Book Hunting in London (A Bookworm’s Holiday, Part Two)

by Lee Cross I decided to take holiday, the reasons? “who needs reasons…when you’ve got heroin” - one of my favourite ever lines. To be clear, reading is my drug of choice, which is fortunate because (and aside from the numerous health issues) it’s a lot easier to transport literature over international borders; and I don’t … Continue reading Leopold Broom Investiages: A Bookworm’s Holiday (Part One)