Category: Books

Meet Suffolk author Julie Missen, who writes as J.D. Missen across psychological thrillers, poetry and children’s books rooted in East Anglia.

Meet Felixstowe author Iain Maitland, whose psychological thrillers and candid memoirs explore mental health, family and emotional truth.

Meet Suffolk author Jeanette Hewitt, writing as J.M. Hewitt—creator of atmospheric psychological crime thrillers filled with tension and trauma.

Meet Felixstowe’s local authors and explore their books, from crime and psychological thrillers to memoir, poetry and children’s writing.

Meet Felixstowe author Ruth Dugdall, whose psychological crime novels explore guilt, justice and trauma with powerful real-world insight.

Genre statistics, most-read authors and a top 10 spanning thrillers, memoirs, music and politics—my 2024 reading year reviewed.

A record 124 books, 70 authors and one difficult top 10—here are the reading stats and standout books from 2023.

From 110 books read in 2022, six stood out—spanning crime, thrillers, football memoir, time travel and uplifting fiction.