The Toymakers by Robert Dinsdale
The Toymakers is filled with history. There is magic, there is tragedy and grief, there is finding a home and, eventually, everlasting love.
Book Reviews
The Lost Man by Jane Harper
The Lost Man is the third novel by Jane Harper and again, she has created a stunning character driven novel that will stay with you…
Hope for the Best by Jodi Taylor
This reviewer has just binge-read all ten books of The Chronicles of St Mary’s series, culminating with the latest installment Hope for The Best.
The Glass Universe by Dava Sobel
Much like Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly (the basis for the Academy Award nominated 2016 film), The Glass Universe provides a highly readable account…
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
We meet Maisie Dobbs in the Spring of 1929, as she embarks on her solo career as a private investigator. Very early on we can…
The Department of Sensitive Crimes by Alexander McCall Smith
Reading a novel by Alexander McCall Smith feels as if a soothing balm is being applied to all the hurts and injuries inflicted by the…
Crucible by James Rollins
Whilst this instalment; Crucible, is number 14 in the Sigma Force thriller series, it’s best to have read the immediate predecessor The Demon Crown first…
Redemption by David Baldacci
Book five; Redemption, of the Amos Decker series starts, ominously enough, with the lead character reluctantly returning to his home town in Ohio USA.
Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear
This is the second instalment in the Maisie Dobbs series, set in post-war London. It is 1930 and Maisie is instructed by Joseph Waite, a…
Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor
Just One Damned Thing After Another, the first book in the highly entertaining Chronicles of St Mary’s series, wastes no time in getting to the…
The Quiet American by Graham Greene
“Death was far more certain than God, and with death there would be no longer the daily possibility of love dying. Greene shows us who…
Preservation by Jock Serong
Serong’s empathy within Preservation, for the mixed feelings that the indigenous Australians must have felt is beautifully conveyed. As a white Australian, it made me…