
A Theater For Dreamers by Polly Samson
One of the most pleasant tasks at the SMSA library is the inventory of books (or stock taking), as it not only allows the staff…
One of the most pleasant tasks at the SMSA library is the inventory of books (or stock taking), as it not only allows the staff…
I’ve always enjoyed any production involving Ron Howard, either when he appears on screen or, more thoughtfully, behind the camera. Like most people, I first…
When you read East Indies by Ian Burnet, you can almost smell exotic spices over salt spray and wet wood of the ships that transported…
Solomon’s Noose: The True Story of Her Majesty’s Hangman of Hobart by Steve Harris is an often challenging novel about convict life in recently colonised…
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout is a set of short stories, telling the tale of the tough as nails Olive, and her life in a…
Billie Walker, Private Investigator, is hired by a wealthy client to find her husband, who has been missing for over two years. Her husband’s last…
Listed as her first mystery, written in 1932, and reprinted in 2006 by Arrow Books, Footsteps in the Dark by Georgette Heyer is set in…
The Murder of Mary Russell by Laurie R King is the fantastic 15th novel in the Sherlock Holmes series, focussing on housekeeper, Clara Hudson.
Yellowface is R.F. Kuang’s venture into literary fiction after cementing her place in fantasy over the last few years, she continues to keep the industry…
Review of Ruth Ware’s The Woman in Cabin 10, an engrossing mystery about the murder of the passenger in Cabin 10. That is, if it…
The Tiger in the Smoke is an extraordinary book by Margery Allingham that transports the reader to unexpected places.