Before the Storm by Di Morrissey, the bestselling author of twenty-seven novels. When Ellie Conlan is double-crossed by a fellow project manager she decides to leave the work that has been consuming her life for far too long. After encouragement from her good friend, Mike, a former colleague, she decides to take a break and quit Melbourne to check up on her elderly … [Read more...] about Before the Storm by Di Morrissey – Book Review
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik – Book Review
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik – Lesson 1 of the Scholomance is the first of a trilogy. With a quirky female anti-hero it plumbs the depths of darkness making it more suitable for adults. From the bestselling author of Uprooted and Spinning Silver it transports the reader to a school where survival rivals learning. El (Galadriel) Higgins grew up in the Radiant Mind … [Read more...] about A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik – Book Review
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman – Book Review
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman concerns four friends, who are spending their twilight years in a luxury retirement village in Kent, and who meet up every Thursday to solve cold case murders. Joyce is the newest member, an ex-nurse recruited by Elizabeth, after interrogating Joyce about knife wounds. It is suspected that Elizabeth has worked for one of those hush, … [Read more...] about The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman – Book Review
The Sister’s Gift by Barbara Hannay – Book Review
The Sister’s Gift by Barbara Hannay is the heartwarming new family drama by the bestselling author of Meet Me in Venice. Twenty-four years previously a well-meaning young woman, Freya, bestowed upon her sister, Pearl, the gift of motherhood. Unfortunately, rather than bringing them together, it caused a rift in their relationship and ended one with the man Freya was to … [Read more...] about The Sister’s Gift by Barbara Hannay – Book Review
When She Was Good by Michael Robotham – Book Review
When She Was Good by Michael Robotham, the new heart-stopping psychological thriller from the Number One bestselling author of The Secrets She Keeps and The Other Wife. This is the second fast-moving novel in the Cyrus Haven series, following the Edgar-award nominated Good Girl, Bad Girl. Six years ago a terrified young girl was found in the secret hideout of a house where a … [Read more...] about When She Was Good by Michael Robotham – Book Review