Bone China... About the Book: Consumption has ravaged Louise Pinecroft's family, leaving her and her father alone and heartbroken. But Dr Pinecroft has plans for a revolutionary experiment: convinced that sea air will prove to be the cure his wife and children needed, he arranges to house a group of prisoners suffering from the same … Continue reading Book Review: Bone China by Laura Purcell
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Book Review: Inexpressible Island by Paullina Simons
Inexpressible Island (End of Forever saga – book 3)... About the Book: They were ready for anything ... except the end. The must-read conclusion to the epic End of Forever saga by Paullina Simons. Julian has lost everything he ever loved and is almost out of time. His life and death struggle against fate offers … Continue reading Book Review: Inexpressible Island by Paullina Simons
Book Review: A Beggar’s Kingdom by Paullina Simons
A Beggar’s Kingdom (End of Forever saga – book 2)... About the Book: Love was just the beginning ... The second novel in Paullina Simons' stunning End of Forever saga continues the heartbreaking story of Julian and Josephine, and a love that spans lifetimes. Sometimes a second chance is your only hope. Is there a … Continue reading Book Review: A Beggar’s Kingdom by Paullina Simons
Book Review: The Truants by Kate Weinberg
The Truants... About the Book: People disappear when they most want to be seen. Jess Walker, middle child of a middle class family, has perfected the art of vanishing in plain sight. But when she arrives at a concrete university campus under flat, grey, East Anglian skies, her world flares with colour. Drawn into a … Continue reading Book Review: The Truants by Kate Weinberg
Book Review: The Alexandrite by Dione Jones
The Alexandrite... About the Book: Who is the stranger found dead in the woods, outside Pamela Lady Scawton's family home? Why was he carrying a stone that changes colour and a threatening letter? The quest leads from World War One to the present day and from an English village to New Zealand farmland, to discover … Continue reading Book Review: The Alexandrite by Dione Jones
Book Review: I Have a Bed Made of Buttermilk Pancakes by Jaclyn Moriarty
I Have a Bed Made of Buttermilk Pancakes... About the Book: A fairy-tale for grown-ups. The Zing family lives in a misguided world of spell books, flying beach umbrellas, and state-of-the-art covert surveillance equipment. There's a slippery Zing, a graceful Zing, and a Zing who runs as fast as a bus. But most significant of … Continue reading Book Review: I Have a Bed Made of Buttermilk Pancakes by Jaclyn Moriarty
Book Review: The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo
The Night Tiger... About the Book: A captivating and magical story set in 1930s Malaysia about a dancehall girl and an orphan boy who are brought together by a series of unexplained deaths and an old Chinese superstition about men who turn into tigers. They say a tiger that devours too many humans can take … Continue reading Book Review: The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo
Book Review: Painting In The Shadows by Katherine Kovacic
Painting In The Shadows: An Alex Clayton Art Mystery About the Book: Art dealer Alex Clayton and conservator John Porter are thrilled to be previewing the Melbourne International Museum of Art’s (MIMA) newest exhibition, until they witness a museum worker collapse and badly damage a reportedly cursed painting. Belief in the curse is strengthened when … Continue reading Book Review: Painting In The Shadows by Katherine Kovacic
Book Review: The Fragments by Toni Jordan
The Fragments... About the Book: From the award-winning, bestselling author of Addition and Nine Days, a superbly crafted and captivating literary mystery about a lost book and a secret love. Inga Karlson died in a fire in New York in the 1930s, leaving behind three things: a phenomenally successful first novel, the scorched fragments of … Continue reading Book Review: The Fragments by Toni Jordan
New Release Book Review: The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth
The Mother-In-Law… About the Book: ‘Someone once told me that you have two families in your life - the one you are born into and the one you choose. Yes, you may get to choose your partner, but you don't choose your mother-in-law. The cackling mercenaries of fate determine it all.’ A twisty, compelling new … Continue reading New Release Book Review: The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth
