THREE SECONDS by ROSLUND & HELLSTROM

Clichés like “a page turner” and “unputdownable” are unavoidable in a review of this extraordinary, gripping, dark novel which is – yes, here goes –  a page turner and is absolutely unputdownable. This hefty novel (beautifully translated from the original Swedish) grips you from the very first page, and keeps you …

The Hundred-year-Old man who climbed out of the window and disappeared by Jonas Jonasson

What a charming, feel-good read this novel is. It is humorous and quirky and – without in the least spoiling the plot – it has a happy ending. Delightful, in a word. Allan Karlsson is 100 years old, and well and truly fed up of the old people’s home where …