ANOTHER MAN IN THE STREET by author Caryl Philips is the story of an immigrant, of people away from their homes with a feeling of displacement in their hearts. Set in England in the early 1960s where the protagonist Victor leaves his island home in St. Kitts behind and Read more...
Invisible Helix is part of a detective series by the author Keigo Hishigano, I believe it's popular as the Detective Galileo series and this is the latest title. Our central character Sonoka, is a quite, shy, introverted, unambitious girl who lives with her mother and works at a Read more...
It is the end of 1901 and the life of newly married, young couple Addy and Howard Forsythe is about to change. The story is set in Manhattan, New York, following the lives of the lead pair. We meet the young couple in Read more...
THE GRUMP WHISPERER by Kate James. The story is set in the world of horse shows or rather about horse riders forced into early retirement. The backdrop is a working, horse boarding farm.
Ammalie is recently widowed, in her 50s and is on a hero's journey to places where her husband's been while he was a bachelor and then later while she stayed home with their young child.
There are three places she has on her list Read more...
Aahliya is turning 30 in a couple of months. The big day will be celebrated in style with friends, family and hopefully a boyfriend she loves. It comes as an unpleasant reminder which seems more like a shock when months before the birthday her family stages an intervention. Shock Read more...
PIGLET, also known as Pinky to her family, is a cookbook editor in London. She has a boyfriend who's recently proposed and they've bought a house together. We meet Piglet and Kit on the night of their housewarming party with a few close friends.
IS SHE REALLY GOING OUT WITH HIM is set in the town/city of Bath, England. The characters, lead pair Anna and Will are journalists at the local print magazine Bath Living. Anna covers Art, Culture & Living while Will a fairly new recruit of 6 months as compared Read more...
YOU BELONG WITH ME is author Mhairi MacFarlane's latest book. I've always felt her stories are relatable with a touch of aspiration, while not magical but close enough. Have you ever wondered how it must be for someone with a 9 to 5, town girl life who Read more...
HELD tells us a story that starts with John's point of view while he is in WWI, fighting then injured then thinking he's dead and memories flash in front of his eyes. We meet him again when he survives and returns home to wife Helena, they open Read more...
The GREAT HIPPOPOTAMUS HOTEL by author Alexander McCall Smith. When I read the first book, the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, I knew it was a special kind of cosy. An unassumingRead more...
THE HOLIDAY COTTAGE is one of my favourite authors, Sarah Morgan's, latest festive story. It is set in England and is a heartwarming story of second chances. If there's only one book you can or want to curl up with this coming Read more...
LOVE STORY is the latest from author Lindsey Kelk. I read her books when she started writing and her initial books were popular in the chicklit genre. I enjoyed her I Heart series which was very sex and city-esque but with more warmth Read more...
WE SOLVE MURDERS is the latest from author Richard Osman. If you are a mystery fan you'd have definitely heard of him, especially his latest Read more...