By Marta Orriols Translated by Mara Fay Lethem ** Publication Date 15 June 2021 ** 3.75 stars Paula is grieving. Having suffered not one loss, with the death of her partner, but the loss of him shortly before his actual death. Mauro had just told Paula that their relationship was over. Now she is trying …
By Jennifer Snow ** Publication Date 12 January 2021 ** 4.25 stars Beth never expected to find out her husband was having an affair. After all, they had been together nearly forever. They have two kids and Beth is a devoted mom and wife. But there you have it. Her husband died with a smile …
By Rachel Hawkins ** Publication Date 5 January 2021 ** 4.25 stars / This review will be posted at BookwormishMe.com on 22 December 2020. Jane is a dog walker in an upscale neighborhood near Birmingham, Alabama. She lives with a former foster “brother” in an apartment in a nearby lower end community. The only reason …
By Danielle McLaughlin ** Publication Date 5 January 2020 ** 4 stars Nessa works in a gallery where she is procuring both the studio and it’s resident, The Chalk Sculpture. Of course that’s not its real title, but it’s the one most commonly known. Nessa has been taken by Robert Locke’s work for many years. …
By Lisa Jewell ** Publication Date 13 October 2020 ** 5 stars Don’t even know where to start with a review on this one. This book had me so tied up in knots by the end, I needed a week to recover. Honestly. One of the best books of 2020 by far. Twisty, dark, sad, …
By Cecelia Lyra ** Publication Date 22 June 2020 ** 4 stars Grab this book for your next vacation. Cassie and Julie are half-sisters, though Nana would never tolerate the word “half.” Half is not for family, it’s for sandwiches, or something like that. Cassie is Katherine’s and Stephan’s daughter. Supposedly they are the happy …
By Kristin Miller ** Publication Date 21 April 2020 ** 4.5 stars wel Holy moly what a twisted, wild ride. The beginning of this novel finds us witnessing Colleen broken and bleeding on the floor of the wine cellar at Ravenwood. There is a dark figure at the top of the wine cellar stairs. And …
By Sophie Draper ** Publication Date 28 November 2019** Claire and Duncan are married, but it’s not really a marriage anymore. Their son Joe, now 18, is a difficult child, never diagnosed, but possibly somewhere on the spectrum. He is fascinated by ancient Roman coins which leads him to take up metal detection. The …