The Dark Flood by Deon Meyer
This was a good book, well-written and a story well-told with twists and turns in it plus an insight into … More The Dark Flood by Deon Meyer
Month: January 2023
The Echo Chamber by John Boyne
This book made me snort out loud on many an occasion as I was reading it and at times I … More The Echo Chamber by John Boyne
Queen High by C. J. Carey
This is the second in a series that feels like a trilogy – this book feels very much like a … More Queen High by C. J. Carey
Semicolon by Cecelia Watson
(This story charts) . . . its transofrmation from a mark designed to create clarity to a mark destined to … More Semicolon by Cecelia Watson
Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang
I am constantly amazed at the quality of people’s first novels. I know it isn’t the first thing they have … More Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang
Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller by Nadia Wassef
You really do have to admire Nadia Wassef and her co-founders for creating the bookshops, Diwan in Egypt, when it … More Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller by Nadia Wassef
Racing the Light by Robert Crais
This is a straightforward classic Private Eye story in that great American tradition with the city of Los Angeles as … More Racing the Light by Robert Crais
A Heart Full of Headstones by Ian Rankin
Each Rebus book I read I think they’re going to get him this time, but like the slippery slope he … More A Heart Full of Headstones by Ian Rankin