You know all those clichés you hear bandied about – unputdownable, gripping, spine-chilling, page-turner? Well, if ever a book deserved all of the above, but ABSOLUTELY NOT as clichés but most definitely as compliments, “The Hotel” is that book. This is such a cleverly crafted book, carrying the reader along …
Am I allowed to start a review by loudly berating myself for having only just now discovered Jean Hanff Korelitz, a sublimely talented writer? Consider it done. But I made up for lost time by devouring this amazing book in record time and am ordering Ms Korelitz’s other books as …
Sometimes, one reads a book that is so good, so fiendishly clever, so gripping, so un-put-down-able that the only way to describe it is, well, as fiendishly clever and gripping and un-put-down-able. And this, dear reader, is “The Appeal”, which is truly clever, amazingly crafted, and totally unpredictable. This is …
What a gripping thriller this is, made all the more enthralling by the juxtaposition of deep secrets and what – on the surface – appears to be an ideal life: young couples living in a small, pretty gated community in London’s Finsbury Park, all good neighbours and (seemingly) good friends, …
It’s painful to admit to being late to the party, but here I am, “discovering” a writer, long after everyone else has been a fan for years. “Slow Horses” was published in 2010, so – yup – this is more than a decade late. There’s even a TV series based …
This is one interesting, happy-making read. If you love dance (as I do), if you are interested in a fun way to try and keep fit, or even if you are a non-dancer but interested in psychology, this book is for you. The author, Dr. Lovatt, is a former professional …
Disclaimers first of all – and there are several of them : 1) Dr. Chauhan is a friend and my running mentor. 2) Dr. Player is a zoom acquaintance. 3) I am quoted in the book. The latter first. It was such a thrill to see myself quoted in the …
The Jubilee weekend was as good a time as ever to settle down with the 2nd Guy Harford mystery, ”Burying the Crown.” I’d already been googling the Kents and the Gloucesters (as one does), while watching the extended Royal Family on parade, so this delicious whodunnit played perfectly to this …
From the opening sentence of this psychological thriller “If she’d turned off her phone instead of listening in, perhaps no one would have died…” the reader is drawn into this tightly crafted book. And the pace never lets up. “She” is Cressida, wife of Laurence Howard, a rich Irish entrepreneur …
