Title: The Mercies Author: Kiran Millwood Hargrave Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Pan Macmillan, Picador Publication Date: 7th February 2020 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: On Christmas Eve, 1617, the sea around the remote Norwegian island of Vardø is thrown into a reckless storm. As Maren Magnusdatter watches, forty fishermen, including her father and brother, are lost … Continue reading The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave – Review
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A Good Man by Ani Katz – Review
Title: A Good Man Author: Ani Katz Genre: Psychological Thriller, Suspense Publisher: Random House UK, Cornerstone Publication Date: 16th January 2020 Cover: Rating: 4/5 Summary: Thomas Martin is everything a man is supposed to be. He has a beautiful wife and a loving daughter, a good house on Long Island, a flourishing career at a … Continue reading A Good Man by Ani Katz – Review
The July Girls by Phoebe Locke – Review
Title: The July Girls Author: Phoebe Locke Genre: Thriller Publisher: Headline, Wildfire Publication Date: 25th July 2019 Cover: Summary: Every year, on the same night in July, a woman is taken from the streets of London; snatched by a killer who moves through the city like a ghost. Addie has a secret. On the morning … Continue reading The July Girls by Phoebe Locke – Review
The Burning by Laura Bates – Review
Title: The Burning Author: Laura Bates Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Simon and Schuster UK Children's Publication Date: 21st February 2019 Cover: Summary: Fire is like a rumour. You might think you’ve extinguished it but one creeping, red tendril, one single wisp of smoke is enough to let it leap back into life again. Especially if … Continue reading The Burning by Laura Bates – Review
Circe by Madeline Miller – Review
Title: Circe Author: Madeline Miller Genre: Fiction Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing, out now Summary: From Goodreads In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child--not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals … Continue reading Circe by Madeline Miller – Review
Ponti by Sharlene Teo – Review
Title: Ponti Author: Sharlene Teo Genre: General Fiction Publisher: Pan Macmillan in April 2018 Summary: From Goodreads 2003, Singapore. Friendless and fatherless, sixteen-year-old Szu lives in the shadow of her mother Amisa, once a beautiful actress and now a hack medium performing séances with her sister in a rusty house. When Szu meets the privileged, … Continue reading Ponti by Sharlene Teo – Review
