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Unwanted – Kristina Ohlsson – 8/10
“A mother who didn’t care at all must be worse than one who cared too much.” Little Lilian Sebastiansson vanishes from a crowded train in broad daylight, leaving only a pair of shoes. Her mother, stuck...
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Silenced – Kristina Ohlsson – 6/10
“And by the time they found her, she was already another person.” Having really enjoyed Ohlsson’s debut novel Unwanted, I was thrilled to have the sequel to hand as soon as I finished it. Having...
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Close My Eyes – Sophie McKenzie – 7/10
“Of course, what I didn’t realise then is that grief, like the seasons, is cyclical. I would just start to feel open to life again, then find myself thrust back under the water, drowning in loss.”...
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The Bedlam Detective – Stephen Gallagher – 6/10
“The names of the house always charmed her. They hadn’t when she’d lived here, but they charmed her whenever she returned. Prospect Place. St Cuthbert’s. Puffin. St Elmo’s. Evangeline was a city...
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The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes – Marcus Sakey – 7/10
(at least 18 months since I read this. Might be a little vague) “‘Y cuidate lo que dices,’ Daniel replied over his shoulder, then did a double take. Huh. I know Spanish. Cool.” Daniel wakes upon on an...
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Can Anybody Help Me – Sinead Crowley – 7/10
“With consciousness came distress. Her eyes flickered open and met his. but her thirst was greater than her feat and she moved her hand feebly on the blanket, her fingers flickering in the direction of...
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A Dangerous Fiction – Barbara Rogan – 7/10
“In the well-ordered world of fiction, murder and mayhem never arrive unheralded. For as long as men have told tales, disaster has been foreshadowed by omens and signs. But if there were portents the...
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Cocaine Blues – Kerry Greenwood – 8/10
“The Princesse nudged Phryne in the ribs with an albow evidently especially sharpened for the purpose of compelling attention… She was the last person in the world whom Phryne could imagine selling any...
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The Stone Cutter – Camilla Lackberg – 7/10
Another audiobook that it took me most of 2013 to get through (I wasn’t a quick audiobook listener – I listened to this on walking commutes and while gardening, but not much of the rest of the time)....
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22 Dead Little Bodies – Stuart MacBride – 7/10
“The Espace pulled forward up the ramp, apparently unaware that they had nearly had an extra three passengers in the back seat, complete with patrol car.” So, I’m not getting a lot of reading done at...
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