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Book reviews – November 2024 – Sallie Eden – Dance of Death

Dance of Death (these days) by Mark Juhan and illustrated by Gabriella BaileyPublished by Austin Macaulay, October 2024 It seems to me there are fewer and fewer books of poetry published. Perhaps...

Book reviews – September 2024 – Sallie Eden – The Midnight News

The Midnight News by Jo BakerPublished by Phoenix, 2023 Set in 1940s London this is the story of Charlotte who, after breaking away from her family, shares her life with good friends. That doesn’t make up...

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 – 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 – 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,...

Book reviews – November 2023 – Sallie Eden – Murder in the Family

Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter Published by Harper Collins, 2023 A highly original format coupled with a clever plot, this book is more complex than anything I’ve read since I...

Book reviews – November 2023 – Sallie Eden – A Little Life

A Little Life By Hanya Yanagihara Published by Picador Shortlisted for the Man Booker prize and called ‘brilliant’, ‘magical’, ‘absorbing’ and ‘engrossing’ by various critics, this is the story of four ambitious and, frankly,...