Book Reviews 2022 | Roseland Online

Book Reviews – December 2022 – Sallie Eden

This month I’ve reviewed two Christmas themed books but, if you’re looking for books to give as gifts, here are two recommendations (books written by local authors and previously reviewed on this site) ...

Book Reviews – December 2022 – Sallie Eden

An Unfortunate Christmas Murder by Hannah Hendy Published by Canelo Crime, 2022 This isn’t a great work of literature and nor does it claim to be, but it’s a lighthearted festive read with some clever bon...

Book Reviews – November 2022- Sallie Eden

Invisible Blood edited by Maxim Jakubowski Published by Titan Books 2019 Seventeen stories of murder and mystery by well known authors. If you like crime stories there’ll be something here for you...

Book Reviews – November 2022 – Sallie Eden

The Ice Hotel by Hania Allen Published by Little Brown, 2021 I was attracted to this book because it’s based in and around Kiruna in Sweden and its famous Ice hotel, both...

Book Reviews – October 2022 – Sallie Eden

Songbirds by Christy Lefteri Published in paperback by Manilla Press Written by the author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo and influenced by the disappearance of five migrant domestic workers and two of their...

Book Reviews – October 2022 – Sallie Eden

While Paris Slept by Ruth Druart Published by Headline Review, 2022 It’s Paris, 1944; Jean-Luc and Charlotte meet and fall in love. Fast forward to 1950s California, they are happily married and raising their son. Then comes a...

Book Reviews – September 2020 – Sallie Eden

This month, something a bit different: three books published in their Quick Read series, by The Reading Agency* between 2017 and 2022 A Fresh Start, ten short stories by various writers...

Book Reviews – August 2022 – Sallie Eden

The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex Published in paperback by Picador, 2022 This was a birthday gift from friends* who obviously know my reading tastes really well! One of the reviews quoted in...

Book Reviews – August 2022 – Sallie Eden

The Dinner Guest by B P Walter Published by Harper Collins 2021 After a run of several dreadful, depressing and/or simply dire books, I wasn’t optimistic about this one, which I...

Book Reviews – July 2022 – Sallie Eden

Things We Never Say by Sheila O’Flanagan Published in paperback by Headline Review, 2021 This is a work of fiction which begins with the story of Dilly, giving birth 55 years...