About the Book: A heartbreaking novel of an extraordinary lifelong friendship. Everyone has a Tully Dawson: the friend who defines your life. In the summer of 1986, in a small Scottish town, James and Tully ignite a brilliant friendship based on music, films and the rebel spirit. With school over and the locked world of … Continue reading Book Review: Mayflies by Andrew O’Hagan
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Book Review: The Echo Chamber by John Boyne
About the Book: From the author of The Heart's Invisible Furies and powered with Boyne's characteristic humour and razor-sharp observation, The Echo Chamber is a satiric helter skelter, a dizzying downward spiral of action and consequence, poised somewhere between farce, absurdity and oblivion. What a thing of wonder a mobile phone is. Six ounces of … Continue reading Book Review: The Echo Chamber by John Boyne
Book Review: Still Life by Sarah Winman
About the Book: 1944, in the ruined wine cellar of a Tuscan villa, as bombs fall around them, two strangers meet and share an extraordinary evening. Ulysses Temper is a young British soldier, Evelyn Skinner is a sexagenarian art historian and possible spy. She has come to Italy to salvage paintings from the wreckage and … Continue reading Book Review: Still Life by Sarah Winman
Book Review: Circus of Wonders by Elizabeth Macneal
About the Book: It is 1865 and in a coastal village in southern England, Nell picks violets for a living. Set apart from her community because of the birthmarks that pepper her skin, Nell keeps her head down and her sights small: her world is her beloved brother and devotion to the sea. Then, Jasper … Continue reading Book Review: Circus of Wonders by Elizabeth Macneal
Blog Tour Book Review: Someone I Used to Know by Paige Toon
About the Book: So much can change in half a lifetime… ThenAt fifteen, George is the foster brother Leah never asked for. As the angry, troubled boy struggles to come to terms with his circumstances, Leah finds herself getting drawn closer to him. Theo’s wealthy family have mysteriously pulled him out of boarding school and … Continue reading Blog Tour Book Review: Someone I Used to Know by Paige Toon
Book Review: Mrs England by Stacey Halls
Mrs England… About the Book: From the bestselling author of The Familiars and The Foundling comes Stacey Halls' most compelling and ambitious novel to date. West Yorkshire, 1904. When newly graduated nurse Ruby May takes a position looking after the children of Charles and Lilian England, a wealthy couple from a powerful dynasty of mill … Continue reading Book Review: Mrs England by Stacey Halls
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: 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: The Betrayals by Bridget Collins
The Betrayals… About the Book: If everything in your life was based on a lie would you risk it all to tell the truth? At Montverre, an exclusive academy tucked away in the mountains, the best and brightest are trained for excellence in the grand jeu: an arcane and mysterious contest. Léo Martin was once … Continue reading Book Review: The Betrayals by Bridget Collins
#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
