The First Act of Summer by Joanna Glen, coming-of-age novel set on Mudeford Spit, Dorset Hester is about to turn 60 and she is in her favourite place in all the world, in her hut on Mudeford Spit, far...
To The Moon and Back by Eliana Ramage – The Cherokee perspective: a novel of ambition and dislocation USA The perils of ambition and the need to escape Eliana Ramage’s To the Moon and Back is a debut novel...
A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne, novel of several parts set around Europe. #fromourbookshelves The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is by John Boyne and I am sure many people have read this novel and been struck...
The Killer in Room Five by Sam Holland, psychological thriller set in BASINGSTOKE Reviewing The Killer in Room Five by Sam Holland and my reaction is “Phew!” I needed a lie-down in a darkened room after reading this deep,...
Dead Heat by Sabine Durrant, psychological thriller set on the Mani Peninsula (Peloponnese). I read this for the Grazia Book Club, April 2026. If you are a fan of Beautiful Animals by Lawrence Osborne (one of our favourite authors...
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