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Book reviews – August 2024 – Sallie Eden – Professor Phew and His Very Special Cat

Professor Phew and His Very Special Cat by Paul Noel Published by Junagarh Media Aimed a children aged around 7+, this is the story of Professor Peter Phew – an inventor who invents...

Book reviews – August 2024 – Sallie Eden – Who She Was

Who She Was by Tony ParsonsPublished by Penguin, 2024 I was encouraged to read this after reading an article in a London newspaper which described it as a Cornish thriller based on...

Book reviews – July 2024 – Sallie Eden – Narcoball, Love, Death and Football in Escobar’s Colombia

Narcoball, Love, Death and Football in Escobar’s Colombia, by David ArrowsmithPublished by Octopus books 6 June 2024 First of all, a declaration of interest (or the lack of it): I know very little about...

Book reviews – June 2024 – Sallie Eden – Travel Takeaways

Travel Takeaways by Julie WatsonPublished by Beachy Books, 2023 Subtitled “Around the world in forty tales”, the book comprises (yes, you guessed it) forty short accounts of the author’s trips to places...

Book reviews – May 2024 – Sallie Eden – Disappearance in Fiji

A Disappearance in Fiji by Nilima RaoPublished by Zaffre 2023 ‘A disgraced police sergeant, a missing woman and a plantation full of secrets’ Set in 1914, during British colonial rule, this debut novel brilliantly...

Book reviews – May 2024 – Sallie Eden – Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie by Lucy WorsleyPublished in paperback by Hodder, 2023 The Daily Telegraph described this book as a mix of biography, analysis and literary criticism and it’s exactly that. That it’s well researched is...

Book reviews – March 2024 – Sallie Eden – The Last Devil to Die

The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman Published by Viking 2023. Due for publication in paperback May 2024 The fourth in the Thursday Murder Club series, set in Coopers Close retirement village....

Book reviews – February 2024 – Sallie Eden – A Spy Among Friends

Published by Bloomsbury 2014 You might have seen the outstanding TV series but, like me, you may not (until now) have read the book on which it was based. Aptly subtitled ‘Philby...

Book reviews – January 2024 – Sallie Eden – The Girl in the Photo

The Girl in the Photo by Sam Carrington Published by Avon, 2023 Mercy visits the same supermarket every Friday, looking for her daughter who went missing...

Book reviews – January 2024 – Sallie Eden – All The Broken Places

All The Broken Places by John Boyne. Published in paperback by Penguin, 2023 Written by the author of ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’, and reflecting on the horrors of that period and its aftermath. Shockingly realistic,...