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Wild Card by Simon Rowell is another excellent murder mystery featuring detective Zoe Mayer and her support dog Harry. review: /review/show...
My review for Cinderella's Costa Rican Adventure: Curl up with this magical Christmas romance! Scarlet Wilson
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Nothing Stays Buried by P.J. Tracy was an entertaining addition one of my favourite crime seriesreview: /review/show...
Perfect Shot by Steve Urszenyi is a fast paced thriller with plenty of action and a dynamic female agent.review:/review/show...
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The Dreaming Path: Indigenous Thinking to Change Your Life by Paul Callaghan/review/show...
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Korean American Axie Oh is the retelling of a Korean legend in which young girls are sacrificed to the sea god. Great idea but sadly not for me. ⭐⭐ here is my review
Angeline Ball's Irish accent really enhances the listening experience with Ciara Geraghty's topical, thought-provoking and hugely entertaining novel, Queen Bee. 4★s/review/show...
Anyone in the mood for a clever, blackly funny and highly irreverent serial killer tale can't go past Joanna Wallace's brilliant debut novel, You'd Look Better as a Ghost: A Novel. 5★s/review/show...
The Battle Drum by Saara El-Arifi is the second in a fantasy trilogy based on Ghanaian folklore and Arabian mythology, featuring kickass female characters, battles, monsters and mysteries.⭐⭐⭐⭐ here is my review
A Disappearance in Fiji by Fijian Indian Australian author Nilima Rao is a charming debut historical mystery series set in 1914 Fiji featuring Police Sergeant Akal Sing and exposing some of the underbelly of Fiji’s colonial past. A great read. ⭐⭐⭐⭐� here is my review
Blue Beans is the debut novel by Anguillan author Patricia J. Adams. It explores the relationship between a boy growing up and his father. It also sheds light on many of the traditional customs of the island. ⭐⭐⭐⭐� here is my review
The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave Narrative is a short memoir written by Mary Prince, a slave born in 1788 in Bermuda. Her memoir was published in 1831 (the first black woman's story to be published in England) and was influential in the battle to abolish slavery. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ here is my review
Rachel wrote: " The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Korean American Axie Oh is the retelling of a Korean legend in which yo..."I too found this boring.
Kids, Christmas, myths.
Kid Christmas: Of The Claus Brothers Toy Shop
is David Litchfield's colourful interpretation of a Santa Claus /Saint Nicolas origin story. Beautifully done. I think kids will love it.
My review of Kid Christmas with many illustrations and a summary of the story
The Professor by Lauren Nossett is a mystery set on a college campus where the death of a student is followed by rumours of an affair with a young professor.review: /review/show...
Elle Mickel's audio rendition of the first book in Simon Rowell's brilliant Detective Zoe Mayer series, The Long Game, is excellent, and I look forward to #2, Wild Card. 5★s/review/show...
I do enjoy short stories, but this volume of two is a mixed bag, so only 3★s overall for The Organist and The Magistrate by Richard Trahair/review/show...
The Black Air by Jennifer Lane
A YA mystery thriller with shades of paranormal. Pretty good, especially for a debut YA work.
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Majnun and Layla: Songs from Beyond the Grave by Yann Damezin
Only for those graphic novel readers with a poetic bent of mind.
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Mary Haversticks 'A Woman I Know' is the fascinating true story of Jerrie Cobb, aviation pioneering heroine whose role in a world of Cold War spies and assassinations is still classified./review/show...
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