By D.S.Butler ** Publication Date 25 March 2021 ** 4 stars In the continuing series of DS Karen Hart mysteries, this novel finds Karen still working on her corruption case, as well as being first at the scene in a grisly murder. It’s Christmastime and while shopping with her romantic partner Mike, she comes upon …
By Philippa Gregory ** Publication Date 24 November 2020 ** 3.5 stars Book reviews are always subjective. Philippa Gregory is a fabulous novelist and the stories are well written. But try as a might, this book was a challenge for me to finish. Perhaps because I hadn’t read Tidelands, I wasn’t completely invested in the …
By Lia Louis ** Publication Date 14 July 2020 ** 4.25 stars Emmie Blue’s life has never been normal. Her mom hasn’t been around much. Since Emmie was a young teen, her mom has been on the road traveling with festivals. Emmie doesn’t even know her father. All she knows is what her mom told …
By Phillipa Ashley ** Publication Date 19 October 2020** 4 stars Lottie is rebuilding her life after a devastating break up and her sister’s cancer diagnosis. She has come to Firholme to start anew and build a new life, living and working on-site. As an event planner, it is her job to put Firholme on …
By Cynthia Harrod-Eagles ** Publication Date 05 March 2020 ** A mysterious body is found near an auto shop in a derelict corner of Shepherd’s Bush. With no ID and the auto shop owner claiming he’s never seen the man, Bill Slider has quite the mystery to solve. What was a smartly dressed man doing …
By Phillipa Ashley ** Publication Date 31 October 2019 ** Ellie has been running from her past for years, but when the manor owned by her late Aunt Joan is vacant and needing a caretaker, she jumps at the chance to settle in and rest for a bit. For Christmas, Ellie sets up household for …
A Fethering Village Mystery By: Simon Brett ** Publication Date 6 June 2019 ** Jude is a healer – trained in the art of helping people to heal themselves. Along the way to this place she has been many other things, including model, actress and restauranteur. Living in Fethering, a small coastal village has been …
By C.L. Denault ** Publication Date 22 March 2019** Willow is a teenage girl with a special gift. She is what is considered a prodigy in this new dystopian world. In book two of this series, Willow is living in the Core and expected to conform to what it is to be a prodigy. But …
By Sue Fortin ** publication date 10 January 2019 ** Goodreads has this listed as the most gripping page turner of 2019. I don’t know that I’d go that far, but I will say that it definitely is a page turner. Neve is a 30 something adoptive mother of Poppy. Poppy is mentally challenged. We …
By Georgia Hill ** Publication Date: 19 October 2018 ** What a charming place The Little Book Cafe is. Set in seaside England, The Little Book Cafe series picks up where The Cupcake Cafe series leaves off. Amy manages this fabulous bookstore in Berecombe and introduces us to the many characters who frequent the store. …