This one of those books that just slams into you out of left field!! It starts off with Karla watching her husband Jason hastily throwing his things into suitcase, preparing to leave her. And as you read, you think, "Another husband, another affair, another marriage broken up." Well ... keep reading! Nothing is what it... Continue Reading →
As with my previous review where I suggested that going on holiday with your closest friends and their families might possibly not be the best idea, similarly here, a reunion weekend with your besties from college, with all your family et al in tow - over 20 years on - is probably not going to... Continue Reading →
Five Steps to Happy is based on the true-life experience of the author, Ella Dove. Heidi is 32 years old - a struggling actress who works in a bar (it was supposed to be a part-time stop-gap, but it's become more of a full-time gig), and lives with her best friend Dougie who's on the... Continue Reading →
It's publication day for The Holiday!! Congratulations T.M. Logan!! And I have just 5 words for you ... COULD. NOT. PUT. IT. DOWN. So much so that I told Mr Tim Logan that it would be every so nice of him to come and feed my family until I was done as all the adulty... Continue Reading →
With so many stories being set in the traumatic WWII era, all based on fact - whether the author chooses to rely heavily or loosely on these facts depending on each individual book - The Violin Maker's Daughter has many unique qualities. Sharon Maas has chosen to begin her book in the Alsace region of... Continue Reading →
An absolutely brilliant, unputdownable, cracker of a read! I hate comparing books, but for me, this was slightly reminiscent of The Woman in the Window. It had the same sense of a woman being trapped both within herself and her home, by her life and circumstances and unable to move forward. Esther has suffered a... Continue Reading →
A masterful plot, together with a nervous and at times unreliable narrator, combine to give readers a thrilling page-turner! Meredith Vincent lives a quiet, unassuming life as the manager of the gift shop on the grounds of Minstead House, a stately home that welcomes the public on a daily basis. She has worked there for... Continue Reading →
This nanny is no Mary Poppins - she's pure evil behind a facade of calm control! Based in the late 1800's this is a slow-burner of a crime thriller with a dark edge and a feeling of unease throughout. It opens with the gruesome discovery of a suitcase containing the bodies of twin babies, buried... Continue Reading →
Life doesn't always end up the way we planned it, or the way we expected it to. That's what happens to Sylvia Penton. She always thought her life would be pretty much like everyone else's: she'd meet 'Mr Right'; get married; have children and live mediocrely ever after. But that's not exactly the way it... Continue Reading →
Although this is is the second in a series featuring DC Cat Kinsella, and it's recommended that the first book, Sweet Little Lies, be read first, Stone Cold Heart can easily be read as a standalone as the reader is provided with enough background information. The book starts off with Joseph Madden, Cat's barista seemingly... Continue Reading →
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