Joe Nuthin’s Guide To Life; a life-affirming delight

Wow! Joe Nuthin’s Guide To Life is definitely one of my favourite books of this year. It is full of so much warmth, wit and emotional intelligence. I absolutely love this unique and stunning novel,…

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White as Snow; emotive and powerful crime fiction

As soon as I was invited to review White as Snow I knew without a doubt I wanted to read this Icelandic crime noir. I was so taken away with the dark, gritty description of…

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Stigma: simmering Nordic Noir

Stigma is a chiller of a novel that had me jumping out my skin. It is a brilliant, tense slow burner that had me guessing throughout. Full of clever twists, I genuinely couldn’t work out…

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Blackmail in Bloomsbury; a brilliant new murder mystery

I love it when I hit on a fab new book series. Blackmail in Bloomsbury is the first book in a new classic murder mystery series set in the 1920s. I absolutely loved reading this…

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The Keeper of Hidden Books; brilliant wartime fiction

Inspired by true events in Warsaw during World War 2, The Keeper of Hidden Books is a truly powerful novel full of poignancy and love. It is heart wrenching and raw as it depicts the…

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