I've always said that Amanda Prowse has the uncanny ability to create characters that are so real that you feel like they're the kind of women you know. They're the women you're familiar with from seeing them pushing a trolley around your local grocery store, or at school pick-up or drop-off times. They're the ones... Continue Reading →
When I started this book, I was a tad confused. It seemed to instantly run away with me. I couldn't seem to fathom what on earth was going on, who all the characters were and why there seemed to be so many of them (there weren't as many as I imagined), and why I just... Continue Reading →
Book festivals are their own little universes - and we all know that battles are won and lost over who rules the universe! Does that sound a bit extreme? When you attend a book festival, it's as if you've entered a type of bubble where only the events and people within it are of any... Continue Reading →
Wow! This book starts explosively from the very first chapter. Sisters Lotta and Malin, together with their husbands, return from some time away to collect their children who have been staying with their grandparents Agneta and Stellan Broman. They don't stay long, and are soon bundling their children into their respective cars with all the... Continue Reading →
Jenny is in a bit of a rut, but oh my word, she is the most self-absorbed, miserable, judgemental so-and-so I've ever come across. I think that if I'd come face to face with her in the beginning of this book, I'd probably have wanted to slap her, or shake her very hard!! Yes, it's... Continue Reading →
From the very first page, it's like being back with an old friend. The familiarity that one feels reading another Alex Cohen book, the next in the series, settles on you like a warm, comforting blanket on a chilly evening! Alex and his crew however are a whole different story! I wouldn't get too comfortable... Continue Reading →
If only we all had a fearless team of feisty old biddies to cheer us on and to have our best interests at heart, then I think we'd all be doing just fine! Lucky for Tessa Archer, she's 'adopted' by the elderly Winnie while on a weekend away in Cornwall, but that's only the start... Continue Reading →
I know I've said this before, but I'm going to say it again: Kim Nash never fails to disappoint. This is her fourth book now, and every single one of them has been thoroughly enjoyable, all written with warmth and heart that they give you the feeling that you've just been given a big hug,... Continue Reading →
I haven't read a Lynda La Plante book for years. I'm not sure why that is, but now I'm kicking myself for all that time lost because now I really need to go and catch up! I'd forgotten how good she is at what she does! Judas Horse is actually the second book featuring DC... Continue Reading →
Small towns, castles, close-knit community, folklore and legend ... throw all that at me and I'm happy! And this book has all of this by the truckload! Add in the obligatory secrets, lies, old friends and wariness of anyone who is 'different' and you've got the perfect recipe for a slow-burning, spine-tingling thriller. In Rites... Continue Reading →
