ALL THE BEGGARS RIDING BY LUCY CALDWELL – BOOK REVIEW
Published by Faber & Faber When Lara was twelve, and her younger brother Alfie was eight, their father died in a helicopter crash. A prominent plastic surgeon, and Irishman, he had honed his skills on the bomb victims of the Troubles. But the family grew up used to him being absent: he only came to London for two weekends a month to work at the Harley Street Clinic, where he met their mother years before, and they only once went on a family holiday together, to Spain, where their mother cried and their father lost his temper and left early.…
View PostSILENT EVIDENCE BY CLEA KOFF – BOOK REVIEW
Published by Avon on the 29th August 2024 Clea Koff, who is mixed-race and Jewish, was born in 1972 to a Tanzanian mother and an American father, both documentary filmmakers focused on human rights issues. Her parents took her and her older brother, Kimera, with them around the world. She spent her childhood in England, Kenya, Tanzania, Somalia, and the United States. By the time she was a teenager, she had decided to study human osteology, which she did first in California. She earned her bachelor’s degree in anthropology from Stanford University. Koff then went on to the master’s program…
View PostSTRAWBERRY MOON BY JOY M LILLEY – BOOK REVIEW
Published by Long Overdue Books I met this author, Joy, when I was running the writing group in Folkestone, Kent and she kindly gave me her new book to review, I must admit the front cover appealed to me as I am sure it will to others. The setting was the Dordogne in France which is a lovely area easily reached from the south coast in the UK. The Patterson family are starting a new life there with their two teenagers, what starts as a new adventure turns into a period of their lives they would never forget. Maisie who…
View PostWITNESS 8 BY STEVE CAVANAGH – BOOK REVIEW
Published by Headline on the 1st August 2024 Ruby Johnson is a nanny and maid to wealthy families in Manhattan’s West 74th Street. She knows their routines. Their secrets. One night, on her way home, Ruby witnesses a neighbour’s murder. She knows the victim. She knows the killer. She makes an anonymous call to the police and names the murderer. But Ruby didn’t tell the truth… Because there’s something wrong with Ruby Johnson. What did this witness see or should I say who, plus who is telling the truth? This will keep you hooked from the beginning as it is…
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