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The Sanctuary by Emma Haughton – Review
By Sandra Callard The setting is a desert. Different, certainly, and it begins with thirty something Zoey who is trying ... -
The Winter Garden by Nicola Cornick – Review
By Sandra Callard Nicola Cornick’s novel is split between the modern age and the years before and after those of ... -
The Moon and Stars by Jenna Warren – Review
By Sandra Callard The Moon and Stars concerns the problems of a young man, Matthew Capes, who has a beautiful ... -
Lessons by Ian McEwan – Review
By Alex Mair Lessons, Ian McEwan’s 17th novel, marks a significant departure from his previous fiction in a number of ... -
Belladonna by Adalyn Grace – Review
By Sandra Callard A young girl, Signa, is orphaned and sent to live with relatives in a wealthy home. When ... -
The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager – Review
By Sandra Callard The House Across The Lake is a startling, breathless mystery-murder that will keep your attention with twists ... -
The Shadow House by Anna Downes – Review
By Sarah Morgan Sheffield. It’s the place of my birth and also that of Anna Downes. We both eventually moved ... -
Mercia’s Take by Daniel Wiles – Review
By Sandra Callard This is a reasonably short story written by Daniel Wiles and set in the Black Country in ... -
School Days by Jack Sheffield – Review
By Sandra Callard The uninspiring title hardly made me eager to start reading Jack Sheffield’s latest – and the first ... -
Old Country by Matt and Harrison Query – Review
By Sandra Callard I never read ghost stories, my logic and disbelief working against me, but after reading Old Country ... -
Dark Earth by Rebecca Stott – Review
By Sandra Callard Like nothing I have read recently, Dark Earth is set in what we now call Britain in ... -
The Other Guest by Helen Cooper – Review
By Sandra Callard This rip-roaring story of tantalising complexity is set both in England and Italy and covers misplaced love, ...