Retired Michelin-star chef Griff Barlow has lost his appetite. He’s done with grief, guilt, and the beige slop they call food at Sunny Glen Aged Care Facility, where he resides. Six decades of life have handed him all the lemons he can handle, so he breaks into the nursing home ... more >
Dear Natalie Walters, Cybil Langford is working as a spy/informant for a private secret organisation, trying to get information about her employer, Earl Edmond. Bennett Bradley works for the FBI and is undercover as “Craig Miller” a shady financial expert who helps criminals move and launder money. He is after ... more >
I’m not sure how this book ended up on my reading device. It’s not the sort of book I read these days, but something made me open it up and once I started reading I was drawn in. Into the Blue opens in 2013 in New York – AJ Graves ... more >
Content notes: reference to the opioid crisis Dear Emma Barry, I played a (very) little chess as a teen, so I know how the pieces move but I have never watched a match played by others. Even so, I was happy to dive into the world of competitive chess in ... more >
Content note: Dear Rachel Reid, Riley Tuck and Adam Sheppard used to play hockey together for the Toronto Northmen. They were rookie defensemen together in the early 2000s and shared an apartment. They hit it off straight away and soon became best friends. Riley fell in love with Adam, believing ... more >
Dear Mary Balogh, Those who read Always Remember may recall that the carpenter in the village of Boscombe made Lady Jennifer Arden a wheeled chair and a new crutch, both of which helped her become mobile in a way she had not been before. That carpenter was Matthew Taylor. As ... more >