I loved A Little Life so I was looking forward to getting to grips with another big book by Hanya … More
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Book review: The Dangerous Kingdom of Love by Neil Blackmore
In The Dangerous Kingdom of Love, lawyer, politician and philosopher Francis Bacon struggles to advance his place at the court … More
Book review: She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
I was interested in this novel because I recently read Conn Iggulden’s Conqueror series, which tells the story of Genghis … More
Book review: The Great Mistake by Jonathan Lee
The Great Mistake is a novel based on the life and death of Andrew Haswell Green, the “Father of Greater … More
Book review: Who Is Vera Kelly by Rosalie Knecht (Vera Kelly #1)
Vera Kelly is posing as a Canadian student in Buenos Aires in 1966, but she is actually working for the … More
Book review: Anglo-Saxon Attitudes by Angus Wilson
I was surprised when I looked at a few review sites and saw that Anglo-Saxon Attitudes wasn’t particularly popular among … More
Book review: The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne
The Heart’s Invisible Furies has a familiar premise. A young girl in rural Ireland is pregnant and is driven out … More
Book review: A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne
After loving The Heart’s Invisible Furies, I was looking forward to reading John Boyne’s latest novel. A Ladder to the … More
Book review: A Treachery of Spies by Manda Scott (Inès Picaut 2)
Orléans detective Inès Picaut is called in to investigate the murder of an elderly woman, who has been killed in … More
Book review: The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah Krasnostein
The Trauma Cleaner is a subtly layered narrative which asks questions about identity, memory and the way the people and … More