The Last Devil to Die (The Thursday murder club mystery #4) by Richard Osman
One of the first words that comes to mind when I read this series is ‘compassion’. Richard Osman shows enormous compassion towards his characters, and…
Book Reviews
The Housekeepers by Alex Hay
A cross between Ocean’s 8 and Downton Abbey, this historical heist novel kept this reader thoroughly captivated from the first paragraph to the final sentence….
Before She Knew Him by Peter Swanson
Hen and her husband Llyod have settled into a quiet life in a new house and Hen has found the right meds to control her…
How I’ll Kill You by Ren DeStefano
This debut thriller is about identical triplets who have a nasty habit of killing their boyfriends. But what happens when the youngest commits their worst…
Bury your Dead (Chief Inspector Gamache #6) by Louise Penny
We find Chief Inspector Armand Gamache in Quebec City, spending time with his dear friend and mentor Emile Comeau. Both he and Jean-Guy Beauvoir, his…
A Man Lay Dead (Inspector Alleyn #1) by Ngaio Marsh
Written in 1934, this is the first of Marsh’s Inspector Alleyn mysteries: she wrote 32 in total. It’s not brilliant – Marsh is feeling her…
Bee Miles by Rose Ellis
Rose Ellis offers readers the fascinating glimpse into Australia’s most fearless woman, Bee Miles, for the first time within this outstanding biography. Raised into a…
The Last Remains (Dr Ruth Galloway #15) by Elly Griffiths
I strongly recommend reading the rest of the series before reading this instalment. I approached this book with some trepidation as I knew it was…
A Talent for Murder (Agatha Christie #1) by Andrew Wilson
Andrew Wilson has written a novel that ‘explains’ Agatha Christie’s disappearance for ten days in the winter of 1926. He cleverly weaves the known facts…
The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece by Tom Hanks
The reader should approach this tome knowing it is a work of fiction by the celebrated actor, not an auto/biography, so real is the prose….
The Tea Ladies by Amanda Hampson
It’s 1965 and the world of fashion is about to be turned on its head by a young English model appearing in a mini-dress at…
Lenny Marks gets away with Murder by Kerryn Mayne
The blurb says this is a book you will devour! (Their exclamation mark.) I usually take blurbs with a grain of salt, however, in this…