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Past the Shallows
by Favel Parrett
Moving and heart-breaking, this is an amazing debut novel. (11/26/2018)
Past The Shallows is the first novel by award-winning Australian author, Favel Parrett. Since his Mum died in a car accident, Harry Curren, now almost nine years old, lives with his Dad and his older brother, Miles, on coastal southern Tasmania. Joe’s old enough to live onmore
London Rules: A Slough House Novel
by Mick Herron
Another excellent dose of British spy fiction (11/26/2018)
London Rules is the fifth book in the Slough House series by prize-winning British author, Mick Herron. During a sweltering summer in Slough House, the slow horses perform, with a minimum of enthusiasm, the tasks their boss, Jackson Lamb has dreamed up: Louisa Guy scansmore
Lord John and The Private Matter
by Diana Gabaldon
enjoyable piece of historical fiction. (11/25/2018)
Lord John and the Private Matter is the first novel in the Lord John Grey series by popular American author, Diana Gabaldon. As he waits for his next posting, Lord John Grey, a Major in His Majesty’s 47th Regiment, learns of the death of a Sergeant well known to him.more
The Colors of All the Cattle: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #19
by Alexander McCall Smith
Delightfully entertaining. (11/23/2018)
“There were some people cut out for politics, but she was sure she was not one of them. She believed in reconciliation and compromise; politicians seemed to believe only in the routing of their opponents. That was not the way she saw the world. It was not the way her father,more
Miss Kopp Just Won't Quit: A Kopp Sisters Novel
by Amy Stewart
fans of Miss Kopp will not be disappointed (11/4/2018)
Miss Kopp Just Won’t Quit is the fourth book in the Kopp Sisters series by NYT best-selling American author, Amy Stewart. It’s 1916 and Deputy Constance Kopp has been in the job for over a year. She’s very satisfied with her position as Matron of Hackensack’s jail, lookingmore
Holy Ghost: Virgil Flowers Book 11
by John Sandford
Very entertaining. (10/28/2018)
Holy Ghost is the eleventh book in the Virgil Flowers series by prize-winning American journalist and author, John Sandford. It’s a late May Sunday morning when Minnesota BCA agent Virgil Flowers leaves Frankie Noble coping with morning sickness to investigate two shootingsmore
The Last Hours
by Minette Walters
A brilliant read. (10/27/2018)
The Last Hours is the eighteenth novel by British author, Minette Walters, and is a departure from her usual genre of crime/psychological thriller: this one is historical fiction. It’s June 1348, and the Plague has just arrived in England. The population is completelymore
Transcription
by Kate Atkinson
Another Atkinson masterpiece. (10/25/2018)
Transcription is the fourth stand-alone novel by award-winning British author, Kate Atkinson. In 1940, eighteen-year-old Juliet Armstrong finds herself recruited into the Secret Service. Mostly it’s fairly boring, typing up reports and transcribing recordings of agentsmore
Unsheltered: A Novel
by Barbara Kingsolver
an interesting, thought-provoking and eminently enjoyable read (10/12/2018)
Unsheltered is the ninth novel by best-selling, prize-winning American novelist, essayist, and poet, Barbara Kingsolver. Now in her fifties, Willa Knox never expected to be living in a run-down house in Vinelands, New Jersey, still the hub of a family that includes her twomore
A Spark of Light
by Jodi Picoult
yet another informative, insightful and thought-provoking read. (9/26/2018)
A Spark of Light is the twenty-third novel by popular American author, Jodi Picoult. In Jackson, Mississippi, a women’s clinic that provides, amongst other services, abortions is targeted daily by pro-life campaigners. They harass the staff and the clients as they enter andmore
The Clockmaker's Daughter: A Novel
by Kate Morton
Classic Kate Morton. (9/24/2018)
The Clockmaker’s Daughter is the sixth novel by Australian author, Kate Morton. When bank archivist Elodie Winslow opens a long-forgotten box, she’s fascinated by the contents, in particular a leather satchel containing a sketch book and a photograph of a beautiful youngmore
Force of Nature: Aaron Falk Mystery #2
by Jane Harper
another excellent example of Aussie Crime Fiction (9/20/2018)
“It wasn’t any one thing that went wrong, it was a hundred little things. It all kept adding up until it was just too late.”

Force of Nature is the second book in the Aaron Falk series by award-winning Australian journalist and author, Jane Harper. A late-night call has AFPmore
The Dry: Aaron Falk Mystery #1
by Jane Harper
certainly lives up to the hype (9/15/2018)
The Dry is the first book in the Aaron Falk series by award-winning Australian journalist and author, Jane Harper. After twenty years away, AFP agent Aaron Falk returns to drought-stricken rural Victoria for the funeral of his one-time best friend, Luke Hadler. All ofmore
Whistle in the Dark
by Emma Healey
Healey’s second novel is at least as good as her debut. (7/26/2018)
“Jen felt a sudden exhaustion from the burden of the love she felt for Lana. Why did she have to drag this love around everywhere when, sometimes, she’d like to leave it behind for a few hours? Without that love, she could float away, let her daughter’s mood improve, letmore
Us Against You: A Beartown Novel
by Fredrik Backman
Moving and thought-provoking (7/21/2018)
Us Against You is the second novel in the Beartown series by Swedish blogger, columnist and author, Fredrik Backman. It is translated from Swedish by Neil Smith. Midsummer in Beartown and there’s no ice hockey to be played, but the events of spring, “the scandal” as somemore
Happiness
by Aminatta Forna
a marvellous read (7/16/2018)
“When he was in London, going to see plays and eating in fine restaurants, the city itself began to feel like a stage set, whose denizens enacted their lives against its magnificent backdrop. A theatre of delights, where nothing surely could go wrong, and if it did, allmore
The Winner Stands Alone
by Paulo Coelho
a rather tedious read. (6/24/2018)
The Winner Stands Alone is the eighth stand-alone novel by Brazilian author, Paulo Coelho. It is translated from the original Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa. The Cannes Film Festival: Ewa is there with her fashion-designer husband Hamid Hussein for showings and some high-more
The Weight of Ink
by Rachel Kadish
Stirring and captivating (6/21/2018)
“Nothing of the building’s exterior – not even the stone walls, with their once-giant wingspan – had prepared him for this. The staircase was opulence written in wood. The broad treads ascended between dark carved panels featuring roses and vines and abundant fruit baskets;more
How to Stop Time
by Matt Haig
a marvellous read! (6/9/2018)
“…now I often want to climb back into that time before. Before I knew Rose, before I knew what would happen to my mother, before, before, before… To cling to who I was, right at the beginning when I was just a small boy with a long name who responded to time and grew oldermore
Paint Your Wife
by Lloyd Jones
a delightful read (5/30/2018)
“When you are drawing you are actually learning how to see. You do this through looking. Looking is untarnished glass. No green bits of judgement hanging from the lens. In order to draw you must to learn to see how things are – not how you wish they were, or once were”

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