The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osmond
This was my final book for 2020, and although no literary masterpiece, it was an enjoyable book with which to finish a very challenging year!…
Book Reviews
Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce
In 1914, a ten year old Margery Benson falls in love with a beetle. In a booked called Incredible Creatures, her father shows her a…
The Eighth Life (for Brilka) by Nino Haratischvili
The Eighth Life (for Brilka), by Nino Haratischvili, is 933 pages long (do not allow this to discourage you). This page count is only the…
The Dressmaker’s Secret by Rosalie Ham
Whilst this reader felt a follow up to The Dressmaker was not required (the ending being satisfactory enough and the heroine riding off into the…
Death in Daylesford by Kerry Greenwood
This is the 21st instalment in the ever engaging Honorable Phryne Fisher, lady detective series. It’s been a long seven years since the 20th instalment…
2020 Year In Review: Award Winners
Discover the year’s best books and award winners for 2020, focusing on the major literary and crime writing awards.
2020 Year in Review: SMSA’s Top 10 Mysteries
Mystery & Crime lovers abound at SMSA, so we have highlighted the top books from that genre this year. Which have you read?
We hope you…
2020 In Review: SMSA’s Top 10 Books
Sections Top 10 Books Honourable Mentions Top 10 Books Click the title to see the book in the Library Catalogue 10 A Thousand Moons…
Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike #5) by Robert Galbraith
Cormoran and Robin are asked to investigate the 40 year old cold case of Margot Bamborough, a doctor who went missing and was never heard…
The Postscript Murders (Harbinder Kaur #2) by Elly Griffiths
When I reviewed The Stranger Diaries last year, I commented that I hoped that Griffiths would write more books with the delightful DS Harbinder Kaur…
The Living Sea of Waking Dreams by Richard Flanagan
Richard Flanagan has the soul of a poet and it is reflected in the prose of The Living Sea of Waking Dreams. His use of…
The Chalk Pit (Ruth Galloway #9) by Elly Griffiths
The Chalk Pit is the ninth book in the Dr Ruth Galloway series by Elly Griffiths, and it ticks all the boxes!