Sophie spent many happy summers as a child at Rockaway Beach. Visiting her beloved grandmother and taking in all the ambiance of a summer seaside resort. Then, suddenly one summer, the holidays stopped and all Sophie knew was that her mother and her grandmother had really fallen out. A couple […]
Point Last Seen is my first book by prolific author Christina Dodd. This is a thriller with a romantic interest rather than the straightforward romance novels that make up the body of her work and is the first in a new series set in the town of Gothic, California. “On […]
You know that it is almost Summer Holiday season when the new Mandy Baggot book lands on our bookstore shelves. Singlehandedly promoting Greek tourism her books have become the accompaniment to many a holiday break. In her newest book we are transported to the beautiful island of Corfu. Lydia Broom […]
Christmas seems to have started much earlier this year. Some of my neighbours have had Christmas decorations up for about three weeks already in an attempt to alleviate some of the gloom of the Winter lockdown in England. So if you’re looking for a little festive escapism this could well […]
The Illustrated Child is a story of the relationship between a father and his daughter. It isn’t always an easy one as Tobias Kemp and his nine year old daughter Romilly move into the ramshackle Braer House in a small Norfolk village. To Romilly it feels like there are ghosts […]
I’ve been a bit spoiled recently and have read some incredibly powerful or moving books. Sometimes though you don’t want to be challenged or stretched you just want to escape and when you feel like that Jenny Hale’s books are a perfect escape. This story carries on from earlier book […]
After seven weeks in lockdown it is looking more and more likely that the only Greek sunshine I’m going to get this year is vicariously through the pages of a book. Alice Clark is delighted when boyfriend Max suddenly proposes to her in a little restaurant in Crete. Her life […]
I was really quite excited when this one arrived on my kindle. The final instalment of the Undertaker’s Daughter series where Doctor Rowan Dupont has been staring death in the face. It followed her back to her hometown of Winchester, Tennessee, ten months ago, cloaking the walls of her family’s […]
It is August 1939 and Europe is on the brink of war. Hetty Cartwright has been tasked with moving the precious exhibits from the Natural History Museum in London to a safer more secluded country house for the duration of the hostilities. Evacuated to Lockwood Manor along with her charges […]
Freya Miller is at the end of her tether. After her husband’s affair and his sudden death she is about to lose her house. If it was just her she could cope sofa surfing with friends but there is her five year old daughter Skye to consider. Losing her Dad […]
Originally published in the 1980s under a pen name there has been a lot of talk about The Eyes of Darkness – the book that predicted Covid 19. And while there is an element of truth in that you can’t trust the current Kindle version of the book. The original […]
I’ve done my usual trick with this series. I was sent The Lies We Tell to review and realised that it was the second full book in the series. Enjoying the premise of the book that I’d picked up I decided to go back to the very beginning. The Undertakers’ […]
I’ve reviewed Adele Parks a few times on here before and unlike other writers she always seems to go for something a bit different. A bit quirky and unexpected. This is a story of a family, a life lived with secrets. Daisy is married to Simon. He is an unacknowledged […]
Kate never really had a plan for her life but getting pregnant at 15 really was off the scale. It meant that she had to drop out of school in order to support her beloved daughter Becky. Working several jobs she was able to keep food on the table and […]
In Beneath the Surface Fiona Neill really doesn’t do much for Fenland tourism. It is grey and damp and very still. The Vermuyden family have been forced to move out of their beautiful flat in the middle of Cambridge because of some poor financial decisions by Patrick. Their new home […]
When I was young we used to go and visit my grandmother. If it coincided with a visit from my cousins it used to be great fun. On dark wet winter days not so much. My grandmother was an avid reader though and one wall of her bedroom had books […]
Edinburgh student, Rose MacLeod, has been losing time for as long as she can remember. Days and weeks just disappear, leaving her with terrifying gaps in her memory. Now she is seeing disturbing visions; waking nightmares of violence and death. Around the world young women like her are being killed […]
If you’re trying to keep a New Years Resolution and make a change to your diet or you are really into the whole “Veganuary” scene this might be the book for you. The 28 Day Vegan Plan isn’t just a cookbook it’s the ultimate guide to making the jump and […]
Mister Bodyguard is the fourth book in the very popular Morgan Brothers series by Lauren Rowe. That said it is perfectly acceptable to treat this title as a standalone read. Zander Shaw is effectively an honorary Morgan having been best friend to Keane Morgan for years. Dumped by the girlfriend […]
This debut novel by Anne Youngson is not my normal kind of book. Tina is grieving for her friend Bella when she decides to write to the Professor who dedicated his book on the Tollund man to her and her childhood friends. Professor Glob had passed away some years before […]
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