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...

by Ruth Rendell Rating: ***** I absolutely love Wexford, although not all the Omnibuses I have read have been five stars, there have been...

by Marina Lewycka Rating: *** I read this book fairly swiftly and it was perfectly readable. Well-observed and mildly humorous in places...

by Lucy Worsley Rating: *** I was really excited about reading this book, it's my favourite historical period, I have read a lot already...

by Vladimir Nabokov Rating: **** An interesting and clever read. Seems a fairly simple premise to begin with but there are times, when...

by Raymond Chandler Rating: *** I really enjoyed the majority of this book. The writing is fresh, stylised, deceptively poetic and clever...

by Antonia Fraser Rating: *** On the whole, an absorbing, interesting read. The level of research and detail is second to none and after...

by Ruth Rendell Rating: **** ** spoiler alert ** Readable as ever, I thoroughly enjoyed getting stuck into this Omnibus. However, I did...

by Robert Tressell Rating: *** Brilliant but over-long and rather laboured in places. A strange book and compelling in many ways but does...