Marketed as a “literary thriller” The God of the Woods features shifting timelines and multiple perspectives to tell the story of the disappearances of the two children of the affluent Van Laar family: eight-year old Bear in 1961, and his 13-year-old sister Barbara in 1975. The story opens in August ... more >
Simone St. James returns with her scariest, most shocking novel yet in this pulse-pounding story about siblings who return to the house they fled 18 years before, called back by the ghost of their long-missing brother and his haunting request: Come home. Strange things happen in Fell, New York. A ... more >
It is just Inspector Ghote’s luck to be landed with the case of the Perfect Murder at the start of his career with the Bombay Police. For this most baffling of crimes there is the cunning and important tycoon Lala Varde to contend with. And if this were not enough, ... more >
The owners of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau are back, and more determined than ever to bring love matches to the residents of Post-WWII London . . . so something as trivial as being dragged into a spy mission isn’t going to stop them! Sparks fly when an old friend ... more >
It’s that time of year again! I went through and looked at all the 2025 releases I’d rated 5 stars on Goodreads. I had 11, so I decided to include all of them. Misdirected by Lucy Parker, narrated by Gwilym Lee and Nicola Coughlan – Parker is the queen of ... more >
I can’t recall what prompted me to buy this book, but I think at the time I acquired it I was aware that it was the basis of Hitchcock’s “The Lady Vanishes”, which I’ve seen parts of on cable over the years. However, I then didn’t read it for several ... more >