Perhaps it’s the rich voice of Robin Laing that adds authenticity to this Scottish thriller but the Scottish burr lends a richness to the telling of this superb tale by Helen Fields. DI Callanach has arrived at his new post in Edinburgh at odds with his new location and at odds with his new colleagues. Straight […]
What a fabulous warts and all biography from the lovely Patsy Palmer. I had no idea of the personal struggles that she was going through during those famous Albert Square years. She has been very open about her demons and hopefully others will learn from her story, I certainly hope so. The text is articulate, […]
Oh how I love that title! As the title suggests the story is about a woman of a certain age. Rose is living in London leading a conventional middle class life, she has a husband, two grown children and both she and husband have well paid jobs in publishing. When not working she fills her […]
Rosie’s charming tale of boy meets girl is set in London with a theme of My London Life weaving its way through the story which is told mainly from Jess’s view she of small town Bournemouth and also of Alex’s view he the nurse in training having previously given up a well paid job in law […]
I have recently been learning a language at my local library, not only have I learned how to tell the time in Italian but I have also learned that our libraries need to be used as we are likely to lose them otherwise. My local library apart from lending books and magazines is a meeting […]
To get a ten out of ten for me audiobooks need to score highly on two criteria …. both the content and the narrator. If I don’t ‘gel’ with the narrator’s voice then it doesn’t work for me. Sleep by C L Taylor scored full marks on both accounts. The book opens with a letter from […]
Un put down able ………that’s how I would describe Celia’s autobiography, in other words a damn good read from this actor of fine good stock. I have always enjoyed whatever Celia has starred in whether it be Dinner Ladies or The Marigold Hotel. So starring in her own book had to be a winner for […]
The dramatic images on the cover of Beautiful Lies drew me to the book. A lone man standing on a New England bluff. A crime story that I could not hazard a guess on the outcome …….. but then surely that is what a good crime story should be, a mystery, a thrill and this one […]
First class writing from Elizabeth Jane Varley with Wives and Lovers set in the leafy suburb of Wimbledon, London and the middle class town of Marlow. Having just returned from my first visit to this little Thames side town it was purely coincidental to be reading about it in Jane’s great tale of a middle class family […]
An unusual story but gripping never the less and I loved it. Max and Sandy make an unusual couple. Sandy is homeless and accepts coffee from Max a bit of a high flier in the Irish media world. Suddenly Max isn’t there and Sandy Is concerned. After some detective work she finds him in a […]
