All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness
An immensely readable trilogy, to be found in the Science Fiction part of the Library, the books are in order A Discovery of Witches, Shadow…
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From a Far and Lovely Country (No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency #24) by Alexander McCall Smith
McCall Smith has written another delightful instalment in this wonderful series. As always, it is full of gentle humour and sage advice. The ‘mysteries’ are…
Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood
Not a word is wasted in this lyrical meditation on one woman’s life choices. After attending a number of retreats at a Catholic nuns convent,…
The Luminous Solution by Charlotte Wood
This is a series of essays, many previously published in magazines and newspapers, but brought together in this one volume. As each essay is complete…
Holly by Stephen King
Well, this is a book that has polarised the reading world! And it’s not the actual plot that has caused all the hoo-ha-ha, but the…
A Trick of the Light (Three Pines #7) by Louise Penny
Another cracker in this series by Louise Penny, set in the mysterious Quebec village of Three Pines: it may not be on any map, but…
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…
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…