Reproductive rights are frequently a source of controversy. In ‘Ava’, Victoria Dillon imagines a world in which, post Roe vs Wade, and in an increasingly authoritarian America, women’s ability to make choices about their own bodies are restricted to the point where one scientist decides the only way to freedom is to change the very […]
So your child has received an ADHD diagnosis. What now? Now, you learn how to help your child manage the way their brain works, and ADHD coach and therapist Sarah Templeton is here to help you. Diagnosed with ADHD herself in adulthood, Sarah is very familiar with the consequences of unmanaged ADHD wants you to […]
Recently I joined two new book groups, because, obviously, my TBR pile wasn’t ridiculous enough. I love a deadline and not, (to paraphrase Douglas Adams,) because I love the whooshing sound they make as they go by, but because a deadline means that I will actually, definitely, genuinely read the exciting sounding book that I’ve […]
If something has been covered up for eighty years, someone, somewhere, knows why… I was intrigued by the premise of this book and was happy to accept a copy to review, but I was surprised as the story began and didn’t seem to be about a day by the pool, but instead focused on a […]
A father and son enter a ghost house at a theme park. They never come out. This isn’t Private Investigator David Raker’s case – he is hired to uncover what happened to Fiona Murphy, a mother who walked out of her house on boxing day 40 years ago and was never seen again – but […]
Six students. One murder. Your time starts now… Once again, Janice Hallett has created a cosy, clever murder mystery composed entirely of everyday documentation and messages, this time surrounding a multimedia art course. What’s it about? Since the start of their one year MA, the mature students have caused their course leader trouble, from setting […]
How does a whole village vanish? Well, it’s a small village – four houses, nine people – but this is still a cracking premise for a crime thriller. Where did the people of Black Gale go? Two and a half years on, there are still no answers. Enter: David Raker, a Private Investigator whose sole […]
‘Bunny had been dead for several weeks before we came to understand the gravity of our situation.’ This is a book that starts with an acknowledgement of a murder and nods at the impact this has had on the narrator’s life: ‘This is the only story I will ever be able to tell.’ There is […]
‘I had no interest in turning my gaze to my family. I was more interested in the strangeness of others.’ Yorkshire, 1979. Margaret Thatcher has just been elected and the news channels are brimming with news about the Yorkshire Ripper, both his crimes and the hunt for him. Meanwhile, two best friends are navigating life […]
I defy you not to be intrigued by the blurb for this book. ‘Sally Diamond cannot understand why what she did was so strange. She was only doing what her father told her to do, to put him out with the rubbish when he died.’ There, you see? Sally is indeed strange, but Nugent is […]