I ordered these for my partner - as she has a rather long commute to London each morning and I thought these would help support her overall energy/immunity levels. From reading the packet, these tablets appear to offer a good, broad balance of daily vitamins and my partners says that, as they aren't particularly large tablets, they are easy to swallow.

After feeling increasingly bored and unmoved by Malcolm Fox, I was very excited to learn Rankin was bringing Rebus back. Even putting to one side the number of books Rankin has had to develop the Rebus character, Fox just seemed to me a bit of a dullard in comparison. "The Impossible Dead", in particular, lacked the complexity or spark of just about any Rebus book.

With "Standing in Another Man's Grave", I feel Rankin has really got his mojo back - and this is very enjoyable inclusion to the series. As with previous stories, there is a complexity to the case, with plenty of possible suspects, to keep you on your toes. Rebus also battles the usual array of superior officers who doubt his instincts and petty criminals that want him to come to harm.

One thing that surprised me was, from reading reviews, I did expect Fox to have much more of a central role in this story, if anything I thought it would be a move even two-hander, but in truth he only trundles in for a couple of scenes. I can't help but wonder if this is it for the character, leaving the way for Rebus to make a full, and very welcome return.

How dark and twisted do you like your comedy? If, like me, your prefer your humour to be rather off-beat, then Ben Wheatley's follow-up to his disturbing 'Kill List' is recommended.

This very macarbe little film is written by, and staring, the wonderful Alice Lowe and Steve Oram - who play a seemingly soppy couple whose first holiday together takes a sinister turn, as the body count around them of fellow British holiday-makers rises.

This is a pretty warped comedy with a distinctive, and often quite graphic, nasty streak - so the laughs will not be to everyone's tastes. But, if you do like this style of odd comedy then there is a lot to enjoy here.

The special features include a well constructed and insightful documentary that takes you behind the scenes, and explores the making of the film in quite some detail, and has plenty of interviews with cast and crew.

Having bought a fair number of headphones in the £10-£15 price range over the years, these Creative ones are the tinniest I've had the misfortune to buy. That the product description says they "deliver deep bass" is laughable, as it is just nonexistent. I have previously bought Sony headphones at around the same price, and I wish I'd stuck with them rather than giving these a whirl. Tinny to the extreme!

Update - since I first posted this review in December 2012, in early February 2013 I lost sound through the right speaker...so I've put them in the bin. I don't think the 2-3 months use I got was worth the money!

After reading Michael Brandman's first Jesse Stone novel last year, I was disappointed by how little resemblance it bore to the characters, tone or spirit of Robert B Parker's books - so when I started Ace Atkin's first Spencer story, I confess that I had set my expectations pretty low.

Within the first few chapters though I was hooked - Atkins has written a story that is far more in keeping with the Spencer series. It is faithful to all the original characters, Parker's sense of humour, narrative construction and overall style.

The story, involving Spencer revisiting the death of a woman four years ago at the request of her 14 year old daughter, is a solid and enjoyable one. Given the age gap between Spencer and his client, Atkins has a lot of fun pointing out their differences. Also, when Hawk eventually appears, the two characters riff off each other just like in Parker's earlier stories, and that brought a smile to my face.

There was not much in this book that did not ring true of earlier Spencer books, so overall I think Atkins has done a great job. Highly recommended...

I join the band of other reviewers here who didn't really 'get' this novel. I threw in the towel after 150-odd pages. Carre's style frustrated me more than a book probably has in quite some time; it was like wading through treacle. I saw a complex story unfolding before me, which was I was ready to embrace...but I wasn't quite as keen to follow a style that was so tediously stuffy and complex. In the end, I was just too bored with the book's tone to continue with it any further.

'Vengeance' is another accomplished and extremely enjoyable addition to John Banville's ongoing series of crime fiction writing as Benjamin Black, and featuring his protagonist Dr Quirke.

This particular story centres on Quirk and Inspector Hackett becoming embroiled in the complex lives of two families, where long-standing tensions simmer under the surface. The book has all the usual reference points of jealousy, money, murder and lust that has run throughout this series.

I find Banville's depiction of 1950s Dublin very beautiful and evocative, and Dr Quirke is extremely well developed in the tradition of the magnetic, but flawed, hero. I still wonder when this enjoyable series will finally be adapted for television (personally, I see Brendan Gleeson in the lead role).

If you are new to Banville's "Benjamin Black" books, then my advice would be to start at the beginning - as many of the key characters are reoccurring, and themes from the earlier books often re-emerged. But if you enjoy extremely well written and entertaining crime fiction, then Dr Quirk is highly recommend!

I've enjoyed all of Louise Welsh's previous books, so I was looking forward to 'The Girl on the Stairs', and it didn't disappoint at all.

I think Welsh is a very gifted writer - she crafts dark, eerie stories and places them within very atmospheric settings. When I learnt this book was set in Berlin, it did not surprise me at all - it seemed an absolutely ideal location for her style of writing. Her descriptions of decrepit, gloomy flats and old gothic churches were brilliant.

The story reminded me, to a degree, of the film Rear Window - with her protagonist, Jane Logan, trying to unpick what she believes to be a possible crime set within the confines of her apartment building. Is she being paranoid, or are there dark secrets that people want to be kept buried? Being pregnant, Jane is also constantly aware of her baby - her need to protect it, and the other character's reactions to it.

Overall, this a great thriller by a very gifted writer - highly recommended.

A brilliant collection of writing about cycling. I'm looking forward to the next edition!

Ultimately, it just made me want to go out and ride. I don't think I could give it a higher compliment than that...

From the cover, I was hoping that I had come across a long-ignored crime classic, but this is fairly unimpressive stuff. The writing lacks the style or bite of Chandler or Hammitt. It is too basic and feels a bit too writing-by-numbers.