About the Book: Winner of the Prix Eugène Dabit There are no monsters. Only humans. Anna and Constant Guillot and their two daughters live in the peaceful, remote mountain village of Carmac. Everyone in Carmac knows each other, leading simple lives mostly unaffected by the outside world – that is until Bakary and Sylvia Langlois … Continue reading Book Review: People Like Them by Samira Sedira (trans. Lara Vergnaud)
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Book Review: Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
About the Book: 1970s Mexico City: while student protests and political unrest consume the city, Maite seeks escape from her humdrum life in the stories of passion and danger filling the latest issue of Secret Romance. She is deeply envious of her neighbour, a beautiful art student apparently living the life of excitement and intrigue … Continue reading Book Review: Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Blog Tour Book Review: The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell
About the Book: Midsummer 2017: teenage mum Tallulah heads out on a date, leaving her baby son at home with her mother, Kim. At 11pm she sends her mum a text message. At 4.30am Kim awakens to discover that Tallulah has not come home Friends tell her that Tallulah was last seen heading to a … Continue reading Blog Tour Book Review: The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell
Bookish TV: Panic by Lauren Oliver
Over the weekend, I binged Panic, a ten episode series (Amazon Prime) based on the book of the same name written by Lauren Oliver, who also created and wrote the series. I watched it with my 15yo son and we both loved it. Every summer in a small Texas town, graduating seniors compete in a … Continue reading Bookish TV: Panic by Lauren Oliver
Book Review: The Sanatorium by Sarah Pease
The Sanatorium... About the Book: High in the Swiss Alps, a luxury hotel opens in what was once a sanatorium, but the new design can't hide the building's dark history for long . . . This is the chilling debut from the hottest new talent in crime fiction. EVERYONE'S IN DANGER. ANYONE COULD BE NEXT. … Continue reading Book Review: The Sanatorium by Sarah Pease
Book Review: Shiver by Allie Reynolds
Shiver… About the Book: In this propulsive locked-room thriller, a reunion weekend in the French Alps turns deadly when five friends discover someone has deliberately stranded them in a deserted mountaintop resort. When Milla is invited to a reunion in the tiny resort that saw the peak of her snowboarding career, she drops everything to … Continue reading Book Review: Shiver by Allie Reynolds
Book Review: The Perfect Guests by Emma Rous
The Perfect Guests… About the Book: From the author of The Au Pair comes an enthralling time-slip mystery about two women, one house and a lifetime of secrets, perfect for fans of The Guest List and The Family Upstairs. When Beth was fourteen, she was invited into Raven Hall, a rambling, isolated manor house in … Continue reading Book Review: The Perfect Guests by Emma Rous
Book Review: Vanishing Falls by Poppy Gee
Vanishing Falls… About the Book: Celia Lily is rich, beautiful, and admired. She's also missing. And the search for the glamorous socialite is about to expose all the dark, dirty secrets of Vanishing Falls... Deep within the lush Tasmanian rainforest is the remote town of Vanishing Falls, a place with a storied past. The town's … Continue reading Book Review: Vanishing Falls by Poppy Gee
Book Review: We Are All the Same in the Dark by Julia Heaberlin
We Are All the Same in the Dark… About the Book: Ten years ago, Trumanell Branson disappeared. Her brother, Wyatt, lives as a pariah, cleared of any involvement but tried and sentenced in the court of public opinion. So, when he finds a lost girl he believes she is a sign, someone to lead him … Continue reading Book Review: We Are All the Same in the Dark by Julia Heaberlin
#TheClassicsEight: A Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie
A Cat Among the Pigeons About the Book: Unpleasant things are going on in an exclusive school for girls – things like murder… Late one night, two teachers investigate a mysterious flashing light in the sports pavilion, while the rest of the school sleeps. There, among the lacrosse sticks, they stumble upon the body of … Continue reading #TheClassicsEight: A Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie
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