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…

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…

Another Peter May. . . this time a stand alone, not one of a series.

Runaway by Peter May“Five of us had run away that fateful night just over a month before. Only three of us would be going home. And nothing, nothing would ever be the same again.” Glasgow, 1965. Headstrong teenager Jack Mackay has just one destination on his mind–London–and successfully convinces his four friends, and fellow bandmates,…

Already the 2nd February and I have only just decided on my 2020 Reading Challenge.

Things have been rather out of sync here  since just after Christmas when the start of all the bushfires in East Gippsland began to affect us here in Metung.  My usual routine has been greatly affected and I only feel as if we are just slowly getting back to normal although we have been told…

Lews Castle in Stornoway . . . Tuesday Travels

Lews Castle, home for the Museum nan Eilean, is in Stornoway. The museum is housed in the addition at the back of the castle.  We spent several hours here taking in all the information that was on display.  The highlight for me was the display of the Lewis Chessmen. Only six of the chessmen are…