by Helen | Jan 19, 2025 | Book reviews
The first properly good thriller I’ve read in ages! Famous Last Words starts on a relatively ordinary day: Camilla’s going back to work after maternity leave. But when she wakes up, her husband has already headed out without saying goodbye. It’s a...
by Helen | Jan 18, 2025 | Book reviews
Instructions for Heartbreak is a well-written book about friendship, very specifically focused on how you deal with difficult breakups. That specific focus gives it power but also a slightly repetitive feel on occasion. It’s pinpointed at that stage of life...
by Helen | Nov 7, 2024 | Book reviews
Silver is a sweet and thought-provoking science fiction YA book. Silver is also the name of our main character, a young alien come to Earth to spy on humans and see if their world is ripe for takeover. Her job is to ‘inhabit’ the first human she meets and...
by Helen | Nov 4, 2024 | Book reviews
I’m fully invested in this Whity-based crime series now, featuring DCI Frank Black and DI Gerry Carver. Each one (so far) explores a case featuring an old body – the forgotten bodies of the series name. Frank fights hard to do what’s right by each...
by Helen | Nov 2, 2024 | Book reviews
There are so many interesting ideas in Interstellar MegaChef. Glance at the cover and read the blurb, and you may think this will be a cosy SF story about a woman in an intergalactic version of the Great British Bake Off. There’s certainly a (small) element of...
by Helen | Oct 5, 2024 | Book reviews
Forgotten Lives is the second of the Whitby’s Forgotten Victims series, and I’ve seen enough now to think I’ll probably be on board for any additions – it’s a good read.In this volume, a body is found in the walls of a pub that’s...
