On Java Road by Lawrence Osborne
Narrated by Adrian Gyle an expat living in Hong Kong for 20 years, this story revolves around a crime but … More On Java Road by Lawrence Osborne
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The Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead
It took me quite a while to get into this book. It is dense with events – crime mostly – … More The Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead
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
In Memoriam by Alice Winn
What I particularly love about this book is the ties that hold this group of public school boys from Preshute … More In Memoriam by Alice Winn
The New Life by Tom Crewe
If the last book I read, I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith, opened with one of the best lines … More The New Life by Tom Crewe
The Fine Art of Uncanny Prediction by Robert Goddard
Private Eye Umiko Wada, known as Wada, has her second outing in this book. Originally taken on as Kodaka’s secretary, … More The Fine Art of Uncanny Prediction by Robert Goddard
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
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
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
It is a long time since I cried at the end of a book but that is exactly what I … More Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano