Kate Atkinson's new Jackson Brodie novel is now available! Need I say more?Reviews have been laudatory, and customers have been hopping up and down from foot to foot, waiting for 'Started Early, Took My Dog' to arrive.
Well, all right, I made that last bit up. But several people have asked when it would be in, and have rushed home having purchased their copies, obviously all set to lock the doors, turn off the 'phones, probably prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, etc. etc. and indulge in a Thoroughly Good Read.
We also have the new Philippa Gregory, 'The Red Queen'. After writing extensively about the Tudors (in The Other Boleyn Girl and others), PG has gone back a generation. Her previous novel 'The White Queen' told the story of Elizabeth Woodville, mother of the Princes in the Tower, and of Elizabeth of York, Henry VII's Queen. The Red Queen is Margaret Beaufort, Henry VII's mother, a fascinating, complex character, married three times and a consummate politician. 
And in paperback - 'The Snowman' by Jo Nesbo. Several people have fallen on Nesbo to fill the gap left by Stieg Larsson's untimely death, although there's a hard core of readers who can smugly claim to have known and appreciated Nesbo for years - better than Mankell, they say, doesn't get the recognition he deserves in this country....We hope to rectify this.
It's nearly the end of summer (boo!), but there's lots of good reading coming up this autumn, so keep checking the website (www.whitehorsebooks.co.uk) and this blog for news or suggestions. Let us know if you've read anything you want to tell people about, we'll post your reviews.
