WHAT HAVE I BEEN UPTO?
The weather has been superb, so I have been reading in the garden. Sorry for all the book reviews in one go. I like to do a word search or crossword sometimes. When I saw this puzzle book for the garden, I could not wait to have a go. I am still trying to plough through it. I got some great books for my birthday. I actually had one of the best birthdays for a few years, so many invites that I think my celebrations lasted almost a month. I could not fit all the presents on the table! The…
View PostWHEN YOU LOOKED AWAY BY S.M. GOVETT – BOOK REVIEW
Published by Michael Joseph S.M. Govett read Law at Trinity College, Oxford, before qualifying as a solicitor in the City. After realising that didn’t suit her, she started tutoring before turning her hand to writing, which she discovered was her true calling. She has since authored several bestselling YA novels, including The Territory trilogy and We Go On Forever. She also co-wrote the screenplay for the feature film, T.I.M., which was the No. 1 film on Netflix upon release. Believe is her debut adult thriller. What a brilliant story for your debut into thriller writing! This was very good, loved…
View PostTHE WOMAN IN THE VILLA BY HELEN COOPER – BOOK REVIEW
Published by Hodder Paperbacks Helen Cooper is a writer of psychological thrillers living in Leicester, UK. She has taught English and Academic Writing in both Further and Higher Education and was Head of Learning Enhancement at the University of Birmingham. She has a Master’s Degree in Creative Writing from Nottingham Trent University and has been published in Writers’ Forum, Mslexia, Woman, the Lincolnshire Echo and Derbyshire Life. She was shortlisted for the Bath Short Story Prize in 2014 and came third in the Leicester Writes Short Story Prize in 2018. Her novels include The Downstairs Neighbour, The Other Guest, The…
View PostMURDER AT ST.ALFRED’S BY JULIE WASSMER – BOOK REVIEW
Julie Wassmer is a UK TV drama writer who wrote the BBC series EastEnders for almost 20 years until becoming the author of the popular Whitstable Pearl Mystery crime novels – now a major new TV series, Whitstable Pearl, starring Kerry Godliman, Howard Charles and Frances Barber. In 2010, Julie’s memoir, More Than Just Coincidence, entered the Sunday Times Best Selling Non-Fiction Top 20 and became Mumsnet Book of the Year. Her debut novel, The Whitstable Pearl Mystery, followed in 2015, published by the award-winning Little, Brown Book Group. Ten other books in the Whitstable Pearl Mystery series have since…
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