The long-awaited second novel from the author of DISCLAIMER has an unreliable main character – Christine -whose self-belief is gradually eroded through the manipulation of her charismatic boss.- Mina for whom she sacrifices all personal [...]
A imaginative telling of the life of Lee Miller, model, muse and photographer. She was a model for Vogue in 1920s’ New York before going to Paris. There she became the muse and lover of [...]
This is a heart-warming story about Ellen who is brought up in poverty after the death of her parents. As a young married woman during world War II she helps with the evacuees from the [...]
You really can’t put this psychological thriller down as you just have to find out what happened to Evie. Evie is being held captive by Bill who claims he is trying to protect her from [...]
When the plane crash happens early in this book, I wondered where it could go for its remainder. However, the exciting and unusual storyline, populated with an eclectic mix of characters kept me hooked from [...]
In their mid-teens, Nathaniel and his sister are effectively abandoned by their parents, growing up loosely supervised by a motley crew of guardians. Now, as an adult employed in the Foreign Office archives, Nathaniel is [...]
Pat Barker is renowned for her handling of war and its consequences – her Regeneration trilogy was highly acclaimed. Her latest book also deals with war – the Trojan War – and the plight of [...]
This is the heartbreaking autobiography of a Rwandan girl who was separated from her family at the age of 6 because of the outbreak of civil war and spent the next 6 years migrating though [...]
Set in 1809 during the Napoleonic Wars, when the British army has been forced to retreat into Spain and unspeakable events take place during the rout. John Lacroix an English hussar has been at the [...]
Another wonderful book from Jane Harper after The Dry and Forces of Nature. Again she captures the landscape – this time western Queensland – beautifully: the reader can feel the heat, the desolation and arid [...]
