“The Prime of Ms Dolly Greene” by E. V. Harte This was a review copy kindly provided by the publishers in exchange for a fair and honest review. Righty ho, let’s get straight down to business shall we? What did I think of this book? Well, I thoroughly enjoyed it and I found it to…
Category: Recent Reads
“A Rising Man” by Abir Mukherjee
I had seen this book displayed prominently during recent visits to bookshops. The sumptuous cover artwork had provoked me to pull it from the shelves and read the blurb on the back. But that, initially, was as far as I got. I wasn’t sure that I was quite ready for a tale set in Calcutta…
“Streets of Darkness” by A.A. Dhand. (Harry Virdee #01)
Young Mr. Dhand has a lot to answer for in my view. It is (almost) exclusively down to him that I have been distracted from my own shabby attempts at writing and, instead, have been absorbed in the world he has created in his debut novel. Despite being born abroad and spending my early years…
S.J. Watson – “Before I Go To Sleep”
I have wanted to read this story for a little while now but simply haven’t got around to it. My wife and I celebrate our 26th wedding anniversary visit next week and are planning to see the film (it’s released on Friday 5th September). As the film stars my favourite actress Nicole Kidman (interestingly, Kidman…
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