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Millie, her husband and her children, are excited to move into a new home. But their happiness is threatened by one neighbour’s relentless flirting and snide comments, and another neighbour being unfriendly and judgemental. Things get even worse when a body is discovered… The Housemaid is Watching is the third book to feature Millie, a […]

Well it has been another manic week! I have been leaving the house before 7.30 for cat feeding and then invigilating exams until gone 4 each day. I feel like I have hardly been home 🙁 but at least I have been greeted by some rosy blooms to cheer me up! The weekend was not […]

The Sanatorium was chosen by my book club under the genre ‘horror’. I think thriller (detective, mystery and psychological combined) is more apt but wouldn’t count it as horror despite some grisly episodes. Elin is a detective but on holiday. Her destination is a luxury hotel situated in a former sanatorium with a sinister reputation. […]

TRIGGER WARNING: historical animal abuse, sexual exploitation of children and violence London, 1601. Shay is swept up in the world of the Elizabethan theatre when she befriends Nonesuch, a teenaged actor. Soon Shay finds herself performing and capturing the attention of the queen herself… The Ghost Theatre is an historical novel with supernatural and fantasy […]

Half term! Sadly it didn’t start too well and, as anticipated in last week’s post, poor Phyllis had to be put to sleep. We cancelled our trip to the Natural HIstory Museum as we were all feeling so low. But we rallied to celebrate Matthew’s 14th birthday with Clip and Climb with his siblings and […]