UK Publication Date: 3rd Dec 2015. 336 pages. The Bronte Plot is quite a difficult book to characterise. On one level it is a Romantic romp through the best of British Literature but more than that it is about coming to terms with your own flaws, seeking redemption and recognising […]
UK Publishing Date: 31 Oct 2015. 328 pages. Five Steps is quite a difficult book for me to review. I found it quite cumbersome and slow at times and if felt like a book that didn’t really know what genre it was aspiring to be. Part crime thriller and part […]
UK Publishing Date: 29 Oct 2015. 320 pages. “The Little Red Chairs” is the new book by Irish author Edna O’Brien and her first for about ten years. She specializes in crafting superb characters in sleepy communities that are completely believable and I’ve enjoyed quite a few of her novels. […]
UK Publishing Date: 1 Sept 2015. 234 pages. “Hanover House” is a digital prequel to a new suspense series by Brenda Novak. At 234 pages it is described as a novella to set the scene for the rest of the Hanover House chronicles. As a teen Evelyn was terrorized by […]
I got an email today from an author inviting me to vote in the latest Goodreads Choice Awards 2015. As I’ve read over 150 books so far in 2015 I thought that would put me in a pretty good position to be able to vote in a lot of the […]
UK Publishing Date: 2 July 2015. 256 pages. Fire Colour One is a rare book. It’s one of those Young Adult books that have the ability to touch anyone of any age that reads it. My only frustration with it was that it wasn’t long enough! Iris lives in America […]
UK Publishing Date: 13 Aug 2015. 432 pages. A beautiful book that seems to be marketed as a Young Adult story but “What Milo Saw” has a message for every age group. Milo has a degenerative sight problem (retinitis pigmentosa) so he sees very little. His tunnel vision leaves him […]
UK Publishing Date: 27 August 2015. 512 pages. Another one with a supernatural theme for Halloween! Its been a while since my last Derek Landy book. I did enjoy the first couple of Skulduggery Pleasant books so thought that this might make an interesting change. Amber is a tubby teenager […]
UK Publishing Date: 3rd Sept 2015. 320 pages. The Blackthorn Key is a great book aimed at tweens and teens but deserves a much wider readership. Christopher is an apprentice apothecary in 1665 London. When his master is suddenly murdered it falls to Christopher and his young friend Tom to […]
UK Publication Date: 22 Oct 2015. 270 pages. In recent years the Northern Europeans seem to have become the masters of the murder suspense genre. Authors like Jo Nesbo and Stieg Larsson have become synonymous with the dark and brooding crime fiction of Scandi Noir but you can’t rule out […]
