Reviewed by Daniel from Kibworth Primary School Julie (an eleven year old girl) thinks her last year at primary school will be normal. She thought wrong. In Liverpool (Bootle Academy), Julie met two boys, Chingis and Nergui who are from Mongolia and who changed her last year at school. These characters face a demon, so […]
Reviewed by Evelyn and Lucy from Kibworth Primary School This book takes you through a journey of mysteries and surprises with a cliff hanger on every page. Harry Potter, an 11 year old boy who lives with his heartless relatives, Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia and Dudley is visited by a half giant with the name […]
Whether she is describing the emotions of a dutiful daughter of a temporarily dependent elderly mother, a successful businesswoman who finds herself in the position of “the other woman,’’an immigrant worker hoping to make a success of living in the UK, or a retired academic struggling to admit that the work of younger colleagues is […]
This hefty novel by a writer recognised as the master of legal fiction can hardly be termed a whodunnit, as within the first 15 pages, we know the killer. He is Pete Banning, head of a Mississippi cotton growing family, war hero, regular church goer – an impeccable character who calmly walks into his local […]
Amy is 44, happily married to Hugh, so is shattered when he announces that he wants to take a break from her, the kids, his current life and work. He plans to go off to South East Asia for six months, on his own, but swears he loves her and that he will be back. […]
Photography, specifically war photography is the dominating theme of this book. A talented war photographer herself, Serena Stone has followed in her father’s footsteps. When he dies, she takes on the task of writing his story, Her former lover, Zac North, is also a war photographer who becomes “a dead man walking’’ following his experiences […]
The story opens with 60-year old Juliet Armstrong dying in a fatal car accident. We learn that she has recently returned to the UK after a long spell abroad, that she has an adored son Matteo, the result of a brief liaison with an Italian musician. To this reviewer’s disappointment, neither is ever mentioned in […]
Ellie Mack is 15, a golden girl with a glowing future before her, a loving and happy family and a boy friend who makes her the envy of all her friends. She goes off to school one morning as usual, then completely disappears without trace. Ten years on, after every search, police and other, has […]
“Poignant, funny and moving’’ is a typical reviewer’s comment on this collection of short stories. Given that they include The Woman Who had a Ticking Clock and The Woman Who Jumped on the Bandwagon, the reader will hope to find something that resonates with her. If not for every woman, there is a tale for every […]
To say this crime novel is intricate is an understatement. It is also disconcerting, as the plot is so full of twists and turns, so full of tension, that this reader found it hard to keep up. It features three small children left at the side of the motorway, their mother having assured them that […]
"And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer." F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby