My Review (4 stars out of 5) Café owner Kate doesn’t want much out of life. Aside from a tiring but successful business, a little dating site flirtation would be nice. Making an online connection with the apparently charming Nico, she agrees to meet, and despite warnings from friends, soon finds herself falling for him.…
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‘Slow Horses’ by Mick Herron
My Review (5 stars out of 5) Jackson Lamb rules the roost at Slough House – a dumping ground for spies who messed up. Nicknamed the slow horses, his team deal with the mundane and the boring instead of being out in the field like proper spies. But with the kidnapping of a young Asian…
‘Berserker’ by Adrian Edmondson
My Review (5 stars out of 5) Writer, comedian, and actor Adrian Edmondson tells his own story from his schooldays, through The Comedy Store, anarchic sit-coms The Young Ones and Bottom, to more serious work. Charting his long comedy partnership with Rik Mayall, Ade also investigates his (possibly Scandinavian) heritage, discusses the Jacobite Rebellion of…
‘The Austrian Bride’ by Helen Parusel
The Austrian Bride My Review (4 stars out of 5) Austria, 1938. Longing for a better future for her fellow Austrians, Ella is caught up in the excitement when Hitler marches into Linz. But her enthusiasm fades as she witnesses the Nazis methods. Encouraged to join the Reich Bride School by her boyfriend Max and…
‘Under the Dome’ by Stephen King
My Review (5 stars out of 5) A small New England town is suddenly wrenched from the rest of the world when an invisible forcefield drops over it. Cars, planes, and people smash into the dome causing horror and panic. Iraq War veteran Dale Barbara is on his way out of the town when the…
‘Out of Africa’ by Karen Blixen
My Review (3 stars out of 5) This is Karen Blixen’s account of her time in Africa from 1914 up until 1931 when she left to return to Denmark. Arriving in Kenya to run a coffee farm, she describes her love for the land and the people, her affection for the landscape and animals, and…
‘Sight Unseen’ by Sandra Ireland
My Review (5 stars out of 5) Struggling with the demands of her work as a shop manager, part time storyteller, and witch-tour guide, Sarah Sutherland must also deal with looking after her elderly father. Living in a house once occupied by Alie Gowdie – a woman executed as a witch during the time of…
‘Hidden Depths’ by Ann Cleeves
My Review (5 stars out of 5) Following a night out, a mother arrives home to find her son strangled, his body laid in the bath and decorated with flowers. The murder sets Inspector Vera Stanhope on an investigation but she soon has another body to deal with – one that replicates the stylized setting…
‘Into the Uncanny’ by Danny Robins
My Review (4 stars out of 5) Sceptic and would-be ghost believer Danny Robins has been spooking us with his award-winning podcasts, Uncanny and The Battersea Poltergeist, as well as his recent BBC version of Uncanny. In this book, he relates more creepy stories from ordinary people who’ve had extraordinary encounters. I first heard of…
‘Into the Void’ by Geezer Butler
My Review (5 stars out of 5) Following in the footsteps of two of his former bandmates, Black Sabbath bassist and lyricist Geezer Butler adds to the biography of the world’s first heavy metal band. Selling more than 70 million records, the band influenced thousands of musicians, including Judas Priest, Metallica, Guns ‘n’ Roses, and…
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