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book reviews

Those I Have Lost, by Sharon Maas

India 1930s. Rosie’s first loss is the death of her mother at the age of 10. She goes to live with her mother’s friend Silvia in Ceylon. An idyllic childhood ensues but the Second World War is imminent: who else will she lose…? Those I Have Lost is an historical novel set during the 1930s […]

Queen of Blood, by Sarah Kennedy

England 1553. Mary Tudor ascends the throne and restores Catholicism. But not everyone is happy and rebellion brews… Queen of Blood is the fourth book in Sarah Kennedy’s The Crown and the Cross series but the first book by this author that I have read (something I will swiftly amend!) Set in Tudor England, the […]

Cross My Heart, by D.K. Hood

Jenna Alton’s home is under attack and her life in danger. A killer from her past, a copycat or a coincidence? In the woods, couples are being hunted and murdered by a killer with a crossbow, again echoing a previous killing spree that Jenna investigated. But that killer is in prison… Cross My Heart is […]

The Lies She Told, by Lynda Renham

A quiet village is shocked by a savage attack that leaves a woman for dead. Disgraced police officer Tom Miller is assigned to the crime but will his past get in the way of solving the case…? The Lies She Told is an engaging police thriller with likeable lead detectives and a complex crime. Beth […]

The Lily Garden, by Barbara Josselsohn

Caroline’s happy childhood memeories are threatened when her hometwon decides to demolish her late mother’s lily garden. Caroline travels back to Lake Summers with her daughter Lee so they can save the garden. She uncovers secrets about her parents but this is sweetened by a romance with local historian Aaron. However, he has secrets of […]