I am at that stage in my binge-reading of the wonderful Commissario Brunetti’s series when I need to slow down. In no time at all, I’ve reached the end of the 16th in this stunning series of detective novels set in Venice, and – yet again – I close the …
I am a recent convert to the wonderful Commissario Brunetti series of books by Donna Leon, and am devouring them almost too quickly, if that makes sense. Instead of taking them at a measured pace, I’m binge-reading these novels, and loving every minute of it! In “A Sea of Troubles”, …
I had owned up here, publicly, in a review a couple of weeks ago about having only recently discovered the wonderful Commissario Brunetti series, written by the talented Donna Leon. Having got addicted, I am now binge-reading this series of gripping detective novels, set in Venice. Catching up on the …
At times, it’s almost embarrassing how late I come to some parties. Like the Donna Leon party. How on earth did I miss Ms Leon’s utterly wonderful detective novels, set in Venice? Where was I all the years that everyone else was reading and raving about Donna Leon’s wonderful writing, …
What a fabulous book “A Rising Man” is. And what a prodigiously talented writer Mr. Mukherjee is. A murder mystery set in Calcutta in 1919, this is an absorbing page-turner from the very word go. From the first moment you meet the narrator, Captain Sam Wyndham and his endearing deputy, …
What a bewitchingly clever book Michel Bussi’s “Black Water Lilies” is, the original page turner if ever there was one, and a book that keeps you guessing right until the final sentence. It is also a book that is virtually impossible to review without spoiling everything for those who still …
What an extraordinarily good read this book is. And, rather puzzlingly, what an extraordinarily uneven book it is too. I dislike crisiticising someone’s writing, because it is such an intensely personal thing, but this excellent book is so uneven in its writing that it could almost have been written by …
Having just put down Liz Nugent’s fabulous “Unravelling Oliver”, I immediately opened “Lying in Wait.” And this amazingly talented writer’s second novel is, possibly, even more stunning than her début book. What a writer. How exciting it is to discover such talent, even though everyone else clearly knew about Ms Nugent …
How is it possible that this stunning novel eluded me for 2 years? What a read. I sat up in the misty Himalayas, wrapped in a duvet against the damp chill, and read and read and read and didn’t go exploring. Just gobbled up this dark, gripping, clever book. The book …
