Mel and the French Army

Mel/Mélisende is a sergent-chef in the French Armée de Terre (land forces), equivalent to junior warrant officer in the UK forces. She chose to join as a direct entrant at the non-commissioned officer (NCO) level at 18. She could have gone to the officer training school at Saint-Cyr, but she had itchy feet after leaving […]

Double Identity has had itchy feet...

Is it really fair? Double Identity went on tour round a series of respected blog hosts and I’ve been stuck at home, curfewed at 7pm. Well, that’s what we have to do at present. But where has lucky Double Identity gone? Here’s her road trip and some of the complimentary things her hosts said.

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Thriller, mystery, action adventure, suspense, or what?

What’s in a genre? More precisely, what’s the difference between the genres in the title? Are there any hard lines between them?

And what do we, as readers, get from each of them?

Action stories feature a lot of movement-heavy exciting scenes including but not limited to fights, shootouts, car chases, foot chases, explosions, fast […]