Master of Puppets
I don't usually give five stars but this was great: colourful and interesting characters, atmospheric setting and very entertaining. If...
The Little Drummer Girl by John le Carre.
The Little Drummer Girl by John le Carre. The visually striking TV adaption has just started on BBC1 but so far the series seems very...
Girl Unknown by Karen Perry
This was a tricky review for me as though this was a well written and incisive book, it never really grabbed me until near the end. I...
The Cry by Helen FitzGerald
This is a story of grief and guilt – as well as power, manipulation and deceit in relationships – told from the perspective of the two...
Just Chillin'
Personally, I found this one of the least enjoyable Jo Nesbo thrillers I've read - convoluted and at times even dull. It spends pages...
Snakes on a Plain
Yet another great thriller from Sharon Bolton: layered, detailed and chilling with another damaged but sympathetic protagonist that you...
Smiley Culture
An auspicious start to both Smiley and le Carre's careers and, unlike the second book A Murder of Quality - which is more of a murder...
Spellbound
NAMELESS: The Hellbound Anthology by David McCaffrey This was a difficult book to review for me, as it is part of a series and not a...
Uncommon Heroine.
One day, Yasmin sees a man watching Alice. Then she sees him the next day. And the next ... Then Alice goes missing. The police get...
Dear Amy
I would like to thank Netgalley for an advance copy in return for an unbiased review. Dear Amy is a bit of a curate's egg of a book, in...
