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Book Reviews – April 2023 – Sallie Eden – The Swimmer

The Swimmer by Graham Norton Published by Coronet, 2022 After a several weeks of reading depressing, poorly written, unnecessarily detailed or cliched books, I was in need of one of the excellent Reading Agency’s Quick Reads series....

Book Reviews – March 2023 – Sallie Eden – The Cat Who Saved Books

The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa, translated by Louise Heal Kaesong Published by Picador 2021 This month you’ll note there’s a theme to my reading and reviewing: cats. Rintaro’s Grandpa has...

Book Reviews – March 2023 – Sallie Eden – She and Her Cat

She and Her Cat by Makoto Shinkai and Naruto Nagakawa translated by Ginny Talley Takemori Published by Doubleday 2022 I’ve read and enjoyed many stories by Japanese writers. What I loved about them was...

Book Reviews – February 2023 – Sallie Eden

Fake Law (The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies) by The Secret Barrister Published in paperback by Picador, 2021 This book, one of three (so far) written by a practising Barrister, should be compulsory reading...

Book Reviews – February 2023 – Sallie Eden

The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle by Matt Cain Published by Headline Review 2021 Albert is surprised to discover he’s about to retire. He has no friends, unless you count Gracie, and...

Book Reviews – January 2023 – Sallie Eden

Bad Blood by John Carreyrou Published by Picador, 2018 Subtitled ‘Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, the story of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos’, reviews variously describe it as “riveting..compelling”, a “gripping...

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...