Cocooned & Loved You’ve Got This by Maxine Morrey is an absolutely delightful contemporary novel that will warm your heart and make you smile. The action is in the first person from the point of view of the main character. We get to know her intimately. She is kind and amusing but being a pupil […]

Seeking The Truth The Mystery Of The Homeless Man by Gina Cheyne is a contemporary crime novel and the third book in the SeeMS Detective Agency series but can be read as a stand-alone. We witness the plight of a homeless man who, though invisible to some, had a name and a life. It matters […]

Carpe Diem One Moment In Time by Shari Low is a most delightful contemporary novel which I loved. The tale is about love and family. We see characters who love their families so much that they always put them first. They practice sacrificial love. Lives have been squashed for far too long as smiles were […]

Keep Calm & Carry On A Stepney Girl’s Secret by Jean Fullerton is a compelling historical novel that entertained me from the start. The action is set in London in 1940 at the start of the Blitz. We witness the preparations for fear of attack after the end of the phony war. We see children […]

Of Kind & Encouraging Hearts Changing Times At Harpers by Rosie Clarke is a marvellous historical novel and the seventh book in the Harpers Emporium series. It can be read as a stand-alone. I enjoyed meeting up with familiar faces. It is now 1920, the first world war is behind but its affects are still […]

Totally Engaged The Swan Dress Murders by Millie Ravensworth is the fourth book in A Cosy Craft Mystery series. Once more the reader is totally engaged in the exploits of Izzy and Penny as they have another double murder to solve. Murder seems to follow the pair around as their powers of amateur sleuthing are […]

Thrilling The Librarian by Valerie Keogh is a thrilling contemporary suspense that entertained me as my pulse rose. It is definitely not a book to be read alone on a dark night or you will be awake listening to every creak and groan! The past is a dreadful place to inhabit – ten years of […]

Dominoes The Fall by Louise Jensen is an absolutely cracking contemporary psychological thriller that seriously messed with my sleep as I just did not want to put it down! We see the action from various points of view in the third person and in different time periods. The voice of the guilty party can be […]

Light Hearted The Sequinned Cape Murders by Millie Ravensworth continues the fabulous A Cosy Craft Mystery series and is book three. Once more Izzy and Penny pair up to solve another couple of murders. The pair bounce off each other beautifully. They are loyal to each other as proven when a misunderstanding leaves each of […]

Community Minded Shameful Secrets On Coronation Close by Lizzie Lane is a delightful book and the second one in the series. It can be read as a stand-alone but I recommend reading book one first to see both story and character progression. The year is 1937 and the residents of Coronation Close are very much […]