by FOOL | Jan 28, 2021 | Non-fiction
A work of non-fiction that’s a mix of autobiography and social commentary. It will grip you from the first page. The Salt Path from 2018 by Raynor Winn, is a work of non-fiction, a mix of autobiography and social commentary, which I was given for Christmas. Initially...
by FOOL | Jan 22, 2021 | Crime Fiction, Fiction
A welcome return to form for Louise Penny, with a complex mystery set in Paris. All the Devils are Here is Book 16 in Louise Penny’s Armand Gamache series. For my money this book marks Penny’s return to the top of her game. As a fan I felt the previous two novels...
by FOOL | Jan 19, 2021 | Crime Fiction, Fiction
A beautiful Italian Renaissance garden and two murders – centuries apart. What does the killing of an Italian nobleman by two German soldiers in 1945 have to do with a beautiful Italian Renaissance garden with a mystery at its heart? Well, if you want to know, read...
by FOOL | Jan 15, 2021 | Crime Fiction, Psychological Thriller
A mystery that takes some time to get into, but which is worth the effort. For ten years Sadie and Avery were best friends, almost inseparable, in spite of their vastly different circumstances. Until one day Sadie was found dead at the bottom of a cliff overlooking...
by FOOL | Jan 9, 2021 | Crime Fiction, Detective Fiction, Fiction
A cold case mystery that doesn’t let you go. The Katharina Code by Jørn Lier Horst is a cold case story in the William Wisting series. Katharina went missing twenty-four years earlier and her body has never been found. When the police arrived at the house after her...