Fiction
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A wonderfully atmospheric, nostalgic read immersing the reader in the lives of two young women in the 1950s.
read my review of December 2024
Publication date: 31st October 2024
The assignment for Frankie Kellin is to find the sister of a serial killer, and it means going undercover on an isolated island near Hawaii...
read my review of December 2024
Publication date: 14th March 2024
A gourmet cook has been convicted of killing businessmen. A journalist wants the exclusive interview, but learns to cook in the process. Weird and brilliant!
read my review of November 2024
Publication date: 29th February 2024
A wry mystery based around the conversation between a therapist and his client.
read my review of November 2024
Publication date: 9th July 2024
The winner of this year's Booker Prize follows six astronauts on the international space station as they complete the daily sixteen (90 minute) orbits of the planet. The book has been described as 'beautiful and ambitious'. What will we think?
read my review of November 2024
Publication date: 27th June 2024
Very eery, atmospheric thriller set in Sweden.
read my review of November 2024
Publication date: 14th June 2018
When a fire rages through a West End gallery, some of the artworks are saved, but as the flames die down not only is it realised that these are the wrong paintings, but there's also a dead body in the ashes.
read my review of November 2024
Publication date: 30th January 2025
The story of a family through one summer in Italy.
read my review of November 2024
Publication date: 17th April 2025
A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history, 'Horse' is described as a gripping, multi-layered novel highlighting enslavement and racism. What will we think of it?
read my review of October 2024
Another incredible read from Richard Powers, this time celebrating the wonders of the ocean in an expansive novel where four lives coincide.
read my review of October 2024
Publication date: 26th September 2024
A DS Cross thriller this time based in the world of secondhand books!
read my review of October 2024
Publication date: 16th January 2025
The first in a brilliant new series set on the Norfolk Broads with Cam Killick, a former Marine and SBS diver investigating cold cases.
read my review of October 2024
Publication date: 16th January 2025
Another beautiful peek into the lives of Strout's characters in this small town in Maine, USA.
read my review of October 2024
Publication date: 19th September 2024