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Archive for January 2020

The Man She Married, by Alison James

What a brilliant book! I loved this from start to finish. Alice Palmer meets the charismatic Dominic Gill when they get stuck in a lift together. Their relationship quickly develops and within months they are engaged then married. Alice gets an uneasy feeling and her best friend Jojo is suspicious but Alice is determined to […]

Glittering Death, by Carmen Radtke

  Safely on dry land after an eventful sea voyage, murder included (see my review of The Case of the Missing Bride), Alyssa Chalmers must negotiate the new direction her life is taking. The group of brides head towards their new potential husbands and Matron weds her onboard love. Rosie made her decision on board […]

Finding Veganuary tough? Keep going with these top tips!

Have you take the Veganuary pledge this year? I did last year and although I am proud of myself for making a positive change for myself and the planet, I did found it tough (and still hanker after cheese…) The first month was definitely the worst. I wasn’t sufficiently prepared and discovered that food labelling […]

No, We Can’t Be Friends, by Sophie Ranald

  Sloane and Myles are ready to have a baby and are creating their dream house. But all is not well in their relationship and Sloane suspects that Myles is cheating… Sloane is a vulnerable character, desperate for the love that she missed out on from her estranged mother. Her gradual realisation of the selfishness […]

Jealousy Is Murder, by Jeanette Taylor Ford

    Jealousy Is Murder is the fourth in the River View crime series from Jeanette Taylor Ford. There are many references to previous cases so I believe it would be beneficial to have read those first. The main detectives are DI Dan Cooke and DS Graham Grant who have a gentle cameraderie. They both […]