A wonderfully immersive novel about facing up to who you are, and who you are not, Tom Houghton will keep you reading late into the night.
Category: Book Reviews
Quality book reviews by suspense writer Rowena Holloway. Reviews across all genres, with emphasis on suspense and women’s fiction.
Review: Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer
Troubled Teens, Sylvia Plath and ‘magical’ journals: Belzhar is a thoroughly enjoyable YA novel with a great twist, the whiff of romance and a dark side.
The Half-Child by Angela Savage
The Half Child is another intense and memorable mystery from Australian crime writer Angela Savage. Jayne Keeney heads to Pattaya and a case that will test her vulnerabilities in way she hasn’t intended.
Behind the Night Bazaar by Angela Savage
Behind the Night Bazaar by Angela Savage is thoroughly enjoyable: enlightening, tense and evocative. Does Jayne understand Thai culture well enough to stay alive and solve her friend’s murder?
The Eye of the Sheep by Sophie Laguna
Sensitively and beautifully written, The Eye of the Sheep by Sophie Laguna is a heartfelt tale of loss and the pain of love.
Review: Frantic by Katherine Howell
Frantic is so pacey I often felt like I was in the ambulance with Sophie, sirens blazing and speeding down the wrong side of the road.
Review: The Temporary Detective by Joanne Sydney Lessner
With this first in the Isobel Spice series, Lessner creates a likeable if somewhat scatty heroine in a world where office politics is murder.
Something to Hide by Deborah Moggarch
Intelligent, vibrant and subtle, Something to Hide is another masterpiece from the author of These Foolish Things (better known as The Best, Exotic Marigold Hotel).
Review: Friday On My Mind by Nicci French
Book five in the Frieda Klein series is typically restrained and one hell of a good read.
Review: The Lost Swimmer by Anne Turner
A tense debut that will leave you pondering the nature of truth and what—and who—you take for granted.