Stay True by Hua Hsu
I waited a long time to read this book because it wasn’t released in the UK quickly. I wanted to … More Stay True by Hua Hsu
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The Second Murderer by Denise Mina
This was the perfect book to read on a long ferry journey. Interesting enough to keep me reading, not too … More The Second Murderer by Denise Mina
The Secret Hours by Mick Herron
I absolutely love The Slow Horses series so thought that this might be a standalone book that was about something … More The Secret Hours by Mick Herron
The Dog of the North by Elizabeth McKenzie
Well that book is stuffed full of quirky characters. First is Penny, somewhere on the spectrum, finding social situations awkward … More The Dog of the North by Elizabeth McKenzie
The Queen of Dirt Island by Donal Ryan
Set in a small Irish village, Nenagh, four generations of Aylward women live loudly, argumentatively and with fierce love for … More The Queen of Dirt Island by Donal Ryan
A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne
This is a circular plot which you can work out once you have started to read the book, with the … More A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne
Death of a Lesser God by Vaseem Khan
This is the fourth in the Malabar House series with Inspector Persis Wadia, the first female police officer in India. … More Death of a Lesser God by Vaseem Khan
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
This must be the most gentle pandemic novel I have read so far, even more gentle than Lucy by the … More Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Victory City by Salman Rushdie
I have never once managed to finish a Salman Rushdie book – not even this one – but audiobooks have … More Victory City by Salman Rushdie
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
I didn’t manage to finish reading Catton’s last book The Luminaries but this book is sold as a thriller and … More Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton