The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
To reference the title, it took a few days to absorb this novel and fully appreciate the plot, the characters, the life and death challenges…
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The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels (Dangerous Damsels #1) by India Holton
A prim and proper lady thief must save her aunt from a crazed pirate and his dangerously charming henchman in this fantastical historical romance. Cecilia…
Papyrus: The invention of books in the ancient world by Irene Vallejo
If I had to choose a favourite book among all those read in 2022 (the list is long, believe me), I would not hesitate to…
The Coroner’s Lunch (Dr. Siri Paiboun #1) by Colin Cotterill
Welcome to Dr. Siri Paiboun’s world! It’s 1976 and Laos has experienced ‘a quiet transition from what the president called ‘a bastardised version of America’…
Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari Chandran
‘Opportunity and refuge: the privilege of the migrant Australian. Our lifelong responsibility and debt to be repaid. Opportunity and refuge: the entitlement of the white…
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
How to review this extraordinary book? You will find it in the Science Fiction section of the library/bookshop but that is misleading. Yes, the plot…
A World of Curiosities (Chief Inspector Gamache #18) by Louise Penny
The author (or publicist) is a master of the innocuous sounding book title. A World of Curiosities refers to a master painting found bricked up…
Marion Lane and the midnight murder (Marion Lane #1) by T. A. Willberg
In the secret tunnels under the heart of London, a mysterious group of detectives recruited for Miss Brickett’s Investigations & Inquires use their cunning and…
The Marlow Murder Club (Marlow Murder Club #1) by Robert Thorogood
Lots of fun! If you’re a fan of Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club then I guarantee you’ll enjoy this book. Judith Potts is seventy-seven…
Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North (Harold Fry #3) by Rachel Joyce
‘How do we do it? How do we accept the unacceptable?’ This is the last book in the trilogy that began with the wonderful The…
The Widows of Malabar Hill (Perveen Mistry #1) by Sujata Massey
Set in India in 1921 The Widows of Malabar Hill gives a fascinating insight into the complexities of being an Indian woman with ambition at…
Still Life (Chief Inspector Gamache #1) by Louise Penny
Having thoroughly enjoyed the new tv series Three Pines, I felt impelled to explore the books on which it is based. So I started with…