The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng
This book constitutes one of the finest readings I have had in the last months, and which I cannot but strongly recommend. Set in Penang,…
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Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Utopic or dystopic? This foreboding depiction of humanity’s potential future emphasizes the bliss in ignorance, and crafts an eerily appealing society where everybody is happy…
The Black Friar by S. G. MacLean
It is not often one finds a mystery or crime fiction plot so well woven, so well plotted that one almost forgets about the meticulous…
A Refiner’s Fire by Donna Leon
When is a National Hero not a Hero? That is the question to be pondered in this, the 34th instalment in the Commissario Brunetti mystery…
The Seeker by S. G. MacLean
This historical crime fiction novel is set in the time and place of London, England, 1654, in the first year of Oliver Cromwell’s rule as…
Highgate Rise by Anne Perry
Highgate Rise is the eleventh novel in a series of thirty two, featuring Thomas and Charlotte Pitt. Thomas Pitt, the son of a former gamekeeper,…
The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
If this is an example of the YA/adult cosy fantasy genre, let there be more! It was a real pleasure to find a well plotted…
The Aspern Papers by Henry James
This is a novella by Henry James, based loosely on letters kept by Claire Clairmont from the poet Percey Bysshe Shelley. The setting of the…
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
The Ministry of Time is about controlled time travel with an historical aspect. It also displays manipulation and intrigue with a touch of romance, all…
We Come With This Place by Debra Dank
We Come With This Place is deeply personal and a profound tribute to family and the Gudanji Country to which Debra Dank belongs, but it…
The Secret by Lee Child and Andrew Child
The 28th instalment of the very popular Jack Reacher thriller series returns to the time when Reacher is still with the US Military Police. Demoted…
The Wartime Book Club by Kate Thompson
Reading was the only true form of joy and solace, the only intellectual freedom they still possessed and they cherished it like life itself. Another…