L.A. Weather by María Amparo Escandón
It is a common device in literature to use the weather as a character and plot driver allowing us to … More L.A. Weather by María Amparo Escandón
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Widowland by C. J. Carey
This was my second attempt at this book and was much better this time. It is what I call a … More Widowland by C. J. Carey
Scenes of a Graphic Nature by Caroline O’Donoghue
I nearly didn’t read this because of the title and because Dolly Alderton had a quote on the front but … More Scenes of a Graphic Nature by Caroline O’Donoghue
The Country Girls by Edna O’Brien
This is our next book club read and when I looked through the list of O’Brien’s titles I realised that … More The Country Girls by Edna O’Brien
A Net for Small Fishes by Lucy Jago
A story of female friendship set in 1609 based on a true murder which turns out not to be a … More A Net for Small Fishes by Lucy Jago
The Amur River by Colin Thubron
A river of about 2000 miles that divides Russia and China and a journey, half of it with fractured ribs … More The Amur River by Colin Thubron
A Fatal Crossing by Tom Hindle
I am a little suspicious of books heavily promoted by book chains – Waterstones in this case as it is … More A Fatal Crossing by Tom Hindle
Every Cloak Rolled in Blood by James Lee Burke
I haven’t read any of this series before and I think if I had to categorise it I would put … More Every Cloak Rolled in Blood by James Lee Burke
The Abstainer by Iam McGuire
This is one of those books I picked up in the library off the returns shelf – always a few … More The Abstainer by Iam McGuire
The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
This book is murder and greek myths put together in Cambridge at the university. Mariana, a group psychotherapist goes to … More The Maidens by Alex Michaelides