My Review (4 stars out of 5) This book starts off by asking lots of questions, such as Should I eliminate gluten from my diet? And Can vegetarians and vegans get all the nutrient they need? The author proposes to answer these questions and many more, focusing on creating good habits that will transform the…
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‘Making Contact and Other Short Stories’ by Joy Mutter
My Review (5 stars out of 5) This is Joy Mutter’s third collection of short stories and once again it demonstrates her ability to mix light-hearted topics with more sinister themes. Having read most of her books, I’m more than familiar with her writing style and this one is stamped with all her usual hallmarks.…
‘The Secret Sauce’ by MJ Porter
Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for The Secret Sauce, via Rachel at Rachel’s Random Resources Blurb Birmingham, England, November 1944. Chief Inspector Mason of Erdington Police Station is summoned to a suspicious death at the BB Sauce factory in Aston on a wet Monday morning in late November 1944. Greeted by his…
‘Broken Bones’ by John Carson
Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for Broken Bones, via Rachel at Rachel’s Random Resources Blurb Some bodies just won’t stay buried… After putting a stop to one of Edinburgh’s most notorious serial killers 3 years ago, DCI Liam Brodie is known as a man who can handle – and solve – the…
‘Habeas Corpus’ by Jake Needham
My Review (5 stars out of 5) While staying in a borrowed house on Malibu’s Carbon Beach, burned-out Virginia divorce lawyer Charlie Trust is all set to spend the next few months drinking beer and watching the sunset. Then a plea for help from a neighbour puts him in a difficult position. TV actor Martin…
‘The Great Dick – And the Dysfunctional Demon’ by Barry Maher
My Review (4 stars out of 5) Failed songwriter Steve Witowski needs somewhere to hide. On the run from the police, he stumbles upon a woman being attacked and soon finds himself hailed as a hero. The victim, Victoria, invites him to stay with her in a haunted church where Steve becomes embroiled in a…
‘The Rosie Project’ by Graeme Simsion
My Review (5 stars out of 5) Thirty-nine-year-old geneticist Don Tillman doesn’t know that love isn’t an exact science, but his lack of success in the world of romance prompts him to embark on a project for find the perfect partner. Creating a questionnaire he believes will do the job for him, he finds the…
‘Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage’ by Alfred Lansing
My Review (5 stars out of 5) In 1915 arctic explorer Ernest Shackleton recruited 27 men and set sail for the ice-bound Antarctic seas in a bid to cross Antarctica via the pole. But their ship became wedged in the ice and Shackleton was faced with keeping his men alive until they could be rescued.…
‘The Quarry’ by Iain Banks
My Review (5 stars out of 5) In The Quarry Iain Banks puts a group of old university pals in a house for a reunion and lets them loose with their memories, problems, irritations and frustrations. The owner of the house is dying, and with his son Kit (who has the hots for one of…
‘Kalahari Passage’ by Candi Miller
My Review (5 stars out of 5) This is the follow up to book one, Salt and Honey, which saw the young lovers Koba and Mannie separated and thrown in jail. Mannie takes the chance of parole to abscond in the hope of finding Koba, but she is already in the process of being taken…
