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A Different Kind of Evil
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On January 23, 1927, Agatha Christie set sail on the SS Gelria on her way to a holiday in the warm climate of Tenerife. She ...Read Review
The Diplomat’s Daughter
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Japanese internment camps set up inside the United States during WWII have been tackled in historical fiction a number of times in recent ...Read Review
The Body in the Clouds
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In Ashley Hay’s debut novel, The Body in the Clouds (published in the US following The Railwayman’s Wife), she attempts to ...Read Review
The Gilded Years
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Karin Tanabe’s The Gilded Years focuses on the true story of Anita Hemmings. In 19th-century New England, Hemmings is a brilliant student, ...Read Review
The Mountain of Light
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The Mountain of Light is the story of a diamond – the famous Kohinoor now on display in the Tower of London – spanning over ...Read Review
The English Monster, Or, The Melancholy Transactions of William Ablass
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Before the advent of Saucy Jack, the Ratcliffe Highway murders were the most brutal to occur in London’s East End. Four individuals ...Read Review
Comeback Love
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Told through a series of past and present episodes, Comeback Love focuses on the theme of timeless love. Aspiring journalist Gordon falls in ...Read Review
Blessed are the Dead
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It’s difficult to decide what is best about Malla Nunn’s most recent novel, Blessed are the Dead. The setting is the ...Read Review
The House of the Wind
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Readers of multi-period epics will relish this story. Hardie has skillfully blended the themes and settings of the 21st-century United States and 14th-century ...Read Review
The Very Thought of You
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This engaging novel was shortlisted for the 2010 Orange Prize for Fiction, and it is not difficult to understand why. The author writes with ...Read Review
