I never really connected with the Time Traveller’s Wife. When everyone else was devouring it and declaring it a masterpiece I just shrugged my shoulders. It was a good story but it really didn’t speak to me. Reading The Sight of You I think I finally understood what everyone else […]
You can always rely on Kim to deliver a book that you don’t want to put down and Little Whispers is no different. I was reading until I couldn’t keep my eyes open any longer! Honestly these books aren’t good for my sleeping patterns! Janey Markham has had a lot […]
Never has there been a better time to let a book transport you to the beaches of a Greek Island and it is currently the best way to vicariously soak up some foreign sunshine and feel like you’re on that long awaited holiday abroad. Becky Rose works for her sister’s […]
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 […]
Now I will never admit this to your face but I’m a bit of a closet Country Music fan. Growing up on a diet of Johnny Cash and Glen Campbell, my Dad made it a compulsory accompaniment to every childhood car journey. As I result I now secretly love the […]
Over the past few years Louise Jensen has become one of my favourite writers of psychological thrillers. Always uniquely British and always impossible to predict they are stories that will keep you gripped right to the very last page. Laura is struggling. Recently widowed, she is about to lose her […]
Truth Hurts is the second book from journalist Rebecca Reid. When children’s nanny Poppy is suddenly sacked by her overbearing employer in the middle of their summer holiday in Ibiza she finds herself penniless at a bar at the side of the road. With nothing more than the clothes she […]
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 […]
Modern American literature isn’t always a favourite of mine. There is such a difference in tone between a European author writing on a subject and that of their American counterpart. I’m very pleased to say that Rowley has crafted a modern American novel of significance with a pathos and circumspection […]
Once I’d finished this book I made a point of looking up the author. I’d never read anything else by her but the writing style felt a bit familiar. Discovering that she is the younger sister of Liane Moriarty made an awful lot of sense. The writing style isn’t that […]
