by Ellis Peters Rating: **** Really enjoyed this, not too taxing, a fairly simple plot and even though the protagonist is fairly obvious,...

by Edith Wharton, Maureen Howard (Introduction) Rating: **** ** spoiler alert ** I believe that I had picked this book up before but had...

by Val McDermid Rating: *** Bit of a love/hate relationship with this book. I could rate some parts 2* and others 5*. I struggled to get...

by Robert Penn Rating: *** I enjoyed parts of this book immensely, it was reassuring to realise that woodworking craftsman are still...

by Edward St. Aubyn Rating: *** I was a bit disappointed in this, the last of the Melrose novels. I felt it was a bit formulaic and lazy...

by Edward St. Aubyn Rating: **** After reading the first few chapters, I was arguing with myself whether to continue. I had already...

by Chris Hunter Rating: **** I would really like to give this 4.5 stars. Amazing man whose grounded sense of duty and right from wrong...

by Hope Mirrlees, Neil Gaiman Rating: ** I was a bit disappointed in this. The beginning hooked me and I was quite enchanted; it reminded...

by Molly Keane Rating: *** I really would like to make this 3.5 stars or 3.75!! The story starts very promisingly, I could not put the...

by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz Rating: **** This is not my usual sort of book, it was bought for my husband but I fancied a change so thought I...