This just published thriller is one of the most heart-racing, gripping books I‘ve read in ages. I’d already pre-booked “I Follow You” which was published on October 1st and it duly appeared in my kindle that same day. 2 days later, galloping through the final chapters, metaphorically turning over the …
What a delight it is to meet up again with Captain Sam Wyndham of the Calcutta CID and his Sergeant and friend, Surrender-Not Banerjee. There are 2 story lines in “Death in the East”, going back and forth between London in 1905 and Assam in 1922. 1905 forms the back-story …
Well, this was a fun read. A whodunnit set inside Buckingham Palace during the Second World War. Against the backdrop of London during the Blitz, a war hero, who is now a royal courtier, is found dead inside the Palace. Although everything seems to point to suicide, it is both …
It is rare that I gasp out loud with shock when reading, but I did, in the closing pages of this absolutely stunning novel. “Miss Graham’s Cold War Cookbook” is a beautifully crafted story that is absorbing, original, creative and has you captivated until the final pages. The book starts …
Watch out, Inspector Singh. Your redoubtable wife, Mrs. Singh, might just be muscling in on your territory, and in the process proving to be quite the scene-stealer. I have read all the Inspector Singh books, loved them all, and reviewed most of them here in this blog. Indeed in a …
The author of the hugely fun & hugely successful “Crazy Rich Asians” has a new book out, and it makes for a happy, escapist read in these dire Covid-19 times. Though the central characters are of Asian descent or are Asian, the action takes place in Capri in 2013 and, …
This psychological thriller is an interesting read, though a little patchy in parts and perhaps a little uneven. There is a wealth of detail given to us in the opening chapters of the book, the minutiae of family life, of office life, of streets, of playground politics – and the …
This is, and I quote, “a tale of old money, new money and no money at all.” In the “House of Trelawney” we are witness to what would seem to be the imminent demise of what was once declared “the grandest, if not the finest, stately home in the county …
“You want to believe your husband. She wants to destroy him” And with these words on the front cover of this suspenseful psychological drama, we are led into a world of marriage and affairs and honesty and memories. Of crime and secrets. Of shame and retribution. Sophie and James met …
