by Patrick WeekesI’m perfectly happy to admit that I’m a gamer, so when I see that a whole series of books are based on a series that I enjoyed, I’ll give it a go. Dragon Age is a fantasy series set in a world very much like medieval Europe (as many fantasy series are), with […]
Edited David BaldacciHave you ever wondered what it would be like if your favourite mystery detectives met and worked together? Well this collection of short stories gives readers a chance to see into a world where thriller and mystery writers come together along with their most popular characters. Face Off is a collection of stories […]
The girl on the train by Paula Hawkins Three women. All intertwined. With their own story to tell. Who do you believe? Who do you trust? What really happened that night? This book was fantastic! I did not want to put it down, and when I had to, all I could think about was picking […]
Tell It To The Treesby Anita Rau Badami The novel opens with the discovery of a body in the snow outside the family home. It is Anu, the tenant from the cottage behind the house. How did Anu come to this terrible end? What was she doing outside so woefully underdressed in a blizzard? So […]
by Cixin LiuContact has been made. Aliens exists and they know we are here. This is the story of what happens when people find out that we aren’t alone in the universe. Translated from the original Chinese Cixin Liu brings a under-represented point of view to science fiction to the West. A fair amount […]
By Glenn CooperThis is the first in the Will Piper series by Glenn Cooper. In Library of the Dead Cooper has demonstrated that, through a great deal of research, he can put together a novel full of twists and turns and span the depths of time. I very much appreciate an author who can create […]
by Hector TobarIn August 2010, 33 miners were trapped after a cave-in deep in a century-old Chilean mine. Miraculously no one was killed but the men spent over two months pinned underground with very few resources, little light, and initially, no hope of rescue. The world came together to pull them to safety, but until […]
BenedictionBy Kent Haruf Like all Kent Haruf novels, Benediction is set in the high plains of Holt County outside of Denver, Colorado. It tells the story of Dad Lewis, a man dying of cancer, and the lives of those close to him in his final days. His wife, Mary, and daughter, Lorraine, are at his […]
By Shauna James Ahern and Daniel AhernI love to cook and I am celiac so I though that this book would be a helpful tool for me in my kitchen. I am very visual and I like to see what I am going to create; So I was a little disappointed when I found there […]
The Long Songby Andrea Levy July is a slave in Jamaica in the 1800s. Life is understandably harsh, but July’s mistress, Caroline, takes a liking to her and provides her with the life of a lady’s maid which is much more genteel than the hard, forced labor of the people in the fields. Life changes […]