Synopsis: In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders. But when a brutal killing takes place on their… Read more “#bookreview The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman”
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#bookreview The Ladies of the secret Circus by Constance Sayers
Synopsis: The surest way to get a ticket to Le Cirque Secret is to wish for it . . . Paris, 1925: To enter the Secret Circus… Read more “#bookreview The Ladies of the secret Circus by Constance Sayers”
#bookreview Wakenhyrst by Michelle Paver published by Head of Zeus
Bookseller synopsis: In Edwardian Suffolk, a manor house stands alone in a lost corner of the Fens: a glinting wilderness of water whose whispering reeds guard ancient secrets. Maud is a… Read more “#bookreview Wakenhyrst by Michelle Paver published by Head of Zeus”
#bookreview How to disappear by Gillian McAllister published by Penguin Michael Joseph UK
Amazon: Lauren’s daughter Zara witnessed a terrible crime. But speaking up comes with a price, and when Zara’s identity is revealed online, it puts a target on… Read more “#bookreview How to disappear by Gillian McAllister published by Penguin Michael Joseph UK”
#bookreview Dreamland by Nancy Bilyeau published by Endeavour Media
Amazon: The year is 1911 when twenty-year-old heiress Peggy Batternberg is invited to spend the summer in America’s Playground. The invitation to Coney Island is unwelcome. Despite… Read more “#bookreview Dreamland by Nancy Bilyeau published by Endeavour Media”
#bookreview The Guest List by Lucy Foley published by Harper Fiction
Amazon: On a remote island, guests gather for the wedding of the year – the marriage of Jules Keegan and Will Slater. Old friends. Past grudges.… Read more “#bookreview The Guest List by Lucy Foley published by Harper Fiction”
#bookreview 10 Minutes and 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak published by Penguin Viking
Nominated in the 2019 Booker Prize longlist Amazon: In the first minute following her death, Tequila Leila’s consciousness began to ebb, slowly and steadily, like a tide… Read more “#bookreview 10 Minutes and 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak published by Penguin Viking”
#bookreview Paper Ghosts by Julia Heaberlin published by Penguin
My Sister disappeared. I know who took her. Now I’ve taken him. Carl Louis Feldman is an old man who once took photographs. That was before he… Read more “#bookreview Paper Ghosts by Julia Heaberlin published by Penguin”
#bookreview The Wicked Cometh by Laura Carlin published @HodderBooks @NetGalley
Amazon blurb: ‘We have no need to protect ourselves from the bad sort because we ARE the bad sort . . .’ ‘This newspaper has taken note… Read more “#bookreview The Wicked Cometh by Laura Carlin published @HodderBooks @NetGalley”
The Unseeing by Anna Mazzola #bookreview #bookdesign
Details of my copy: Publisher: Tinder Press 2016 Paperback: 357 pages Typeset in Aldine 401 BT by Avon DataSet Ltd Paper is made from wood grown in… Read more “The Unseeing by Anna Mazzola #bookreview #bookdesign”
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