My Review: Snow. Glass. Apples. The images are iconic, aren’t they? Snow White. Mirror Glass. Poison Apples. Howsomever, particularly considering that he was married to a woman who might as well be Maleficent, the King of this little fantasy kingdom is actually a rather decent - and somewhat nondescript - man. Also a desperate one. His 12-year-old daughter, Snow, seems to be dying by inches - and it's not an easy or an easy death.

“Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. An old friend in the antiques business has been killed, and a dangerous package he was protecting has gone missing. As the gang springs into a…

Shortly after a work debacle, Toby goes out with his friends to have a pint or three. Toby Hennessy has always been ‘lucky’. Always popular, gregarious, successful AND he was born to af…

By Louisa May Alcott • 3.5/5 stars

Synopsis: “So, I Met This Guy . . . Well, isn’t that how every love story starts? But how does it end – a happily ever after? Or with the discovery that the supposed love-of-your-life has sto…

My Review: Just the words “Mardi Gras” conjure up all sorts of images of parades and beads and over-the-top decorations and scenes of absolute but also absolutely fun chaos. In the U.S., New Orleans i...

My Review: Even when there is something that pretends to be peace on Earth – there’s brinkmanship and stepping up to the terrible line that leads to World War III. So far, we’ve always steppe…

By Carl Hiaasen • 3.2/5 stars

Synopsis: “That’s the trouble with stories, especially the ones you write for yourself. Sometimes you think they’ve ended, when they’ve barely begun…London, 1749. Following the murder of her …

Narrated by Oliver J. Hembrough A snow covered Scottish castle on the shores of a dark and icy loch, sets the scene for this Christmas crime story. A dual timeline tells the story of an affluent (a…

By Larissa Ione • 3.5/5 stars

Synopsis: “That’s the trouble with stories, especially the ones you write for yourself. Sometimes you think they’ve ended, when they’ve barely begun…London, 1749. Following the murder of her …

Synopsis: “So, I Met This Guy . . . Well, isn’t that how every love story starts? But how does it end – a happily ever after? Or with the discovery that the supposed love-of-your-life has sto…

Synopsis: “A powerful novel from the master storyteller – inspired by the true story of one man who might have stopped World War II. 1940. The train is under attacks from German fighter…

Synopsis: “A powerful novel from the master storyteller – inspired by the true story of one man who might have stopped World War II. 1940. The train is under attacks from German fighter…

Synopsis: “The Leonides were one big happy family living in a sprawling, ramshackle mansion. That was until the head of the household, Aristide, was murdered with a fatal barbiturate injectio…

This is my fifth read of Alice Feeney’s work. In my opinion this one is by far the best yet! And that is saying something, because I really liked her previous novels. Just when I thought I ha…

By John Steinbeck • 4.3/5 stars

Synopsis: “From the best-selling author of The Chronicles of St Mary’s. A ghost train, lost in Time, hurtles through the night. Not the ideal place to be trapped with an old enemy or at logge…

Synopsis: “This morning, I met the man who started the fire. He did something terrible, but then, so have I. I left him. I left him and now he may be dead. Once upon a time there was a beauti…

Synopsis: “From the best-selling author of The Chronicles of St Mary’s. Life is good for Team Weird, now heroes and fully fledged Time Police officers. Luke can’t wait to bear arms. Jan…