THE HOTEL by LOUISE MUMFORD

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 …

THE APPEAL by JANICE HALLETT

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 …

THE APOLLO MURDERS by CHRIS HADFIELD

Disclosure time. I didn’t really know anything about Mr. Hadfield, nor had I read any of his books, before picking up “The Apollo Murders”. But I’d read a fulsome review of the book, and decided to “discover” a new author (though it seems that I’m the last person on planet …

CAMINO WINDS by JOHN GRISHAM

Disclosure time. On our first outing to a bookshop since lockdown in March, I was quite clearly not concentrating properly. As I excitedly browsed real books, as opposed to online shopping, I thought I heard the bookshop owner say “The latest from John Grisham”. My husband heard “The latest Camino …