An absolute corker of a read.

This is a book that you could easily spend all day reading.  I was so keen to get to the end that is exactly what I did. I have read a few Michael Robotham books, make that all of his books, and this one was his most recent. “Philomena ‘Phil’ McCarthy is a promising young…

Some recent reads

Both of these reads are from way back in August but I thought I should mention them as I enjoyed both of them for very different reasons. Val McDermid is one of my favourite authors and 1979 is her most recent book. 1979 is the story of Allie Burns, an investigative journalist whose stories lead…

Coincidence?

So strange that this quote is at the beginning of this book being read during Australia’s push to get everyone vaccinated and AstraZenta is a hot topic during COVID.  The book was first published in 2003. This is the fifth novel in the China Thrillers series. “A top Chinese swimmer kills himself on the eve…

Lots of book reading in lockdown

If you look at my Book Challenges Page for 2021 you will see that August has been a month of very serious reading.  I don’t think I have read so many books in a month before.  Here is just one of August’s reads. A new author I have discovered is Matt Nable.  One of my…

A new book series for me.

Three of the books I bought at the bookshop in Maffra were by the author Peter May.  I have written about him in previous blog posts and the three books are part of a series called The China Thrillers. The first book is called The Firemaker. Taken from the back cover of the book. “LI…

Just a few

My recent reads have all been crime fiction although the Strawberry Thief is not really crime fiction. Two Peter May books and two Robert Crais and one by Joanne Harris Freeze Frame is another in the Enzo Macleod series, book #4. “A promise made to a dying man leads forensics ace Enzo Macleod, a Scot…