Book Reviews
Most of the reviews on this website are written by members of our Oundle Crime book group, and if you enjoy reading crime fiction and thrillers and want to know more about Oundle Crime, click here. Having said that, we’re very happy to include reviews of any literary genre. So if you’d like to write something about a book you’ve enjoyed, please send your review to us at join@friendsofoundlelibrary.org.uk
You’ll find our latest reviews below, and you can click through to a book review to find our 6-month Archive. We should also add that if you buy books linked to our website we may earn commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookshops.
December 2024
Watch this space …
… We’ll post another book review here soon.
8 December 2024
Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
This classic sci-fi novel was inspired by the book burnings in Nazi Germany in the 1930s and written at the height of the Cold War and the McCarthy era. 71-years later it’s still a powerful novel that deserves nothing less than 5 Stars.
1 December 2024
Oundle Crime recommends
Part 2 of Oundle Crime’s November recommendations. This batch includes the latest titles from L.J. Ross and Patricia Wolf, as well as an acclaimed biography of one of the most famous fiction authors, Ian Fleming.
25 November 2024
Oundle Crime recommends
The first seven recommendations from Oundle Crime’s last meeting includes the new Jack Reacher novel, classic mysteries, and psychological and high-octane thrillers. Best of all, six of the seven titles are available to borrow from Oundle Library.
16 November 2024
Norwegian by Night by Derek B. Miller
Weeks after listening to this as an e-audiobook, our reviewer is still thinking about the story and characters. Beautifully written, in places it’s laugh-out-loud funny, yet brim full of pathos and insight. 5 Stars.
11 November 2024
The Examiner by Janice Hallett
This is another of Janice Hallett’s trademark mysteries, written in the form of texts, diary entries, WhatsApp messages etc. Brilliant, complicated and clever, it really keeps you on your toes.
4 November 2024
Hands-free reading
Several of our Oundle Crime book group regularly listen to e-audiobooks and we often mention them in our reading recommendations, so we thought it was time to consider the joys of listening to a good book…
27 October 2024
Oundle Crime recommends
Oundle Crime had free rein to read what they liked in October and they’ve come up with eight recommendations – from Classic Crime to the latest book by Australian author, Liane Moriarty plus lots more in between.
21 October 2024
Tall Oaks by Chris Whitaker
Published in 2016, this was Chris Whitaker’s debut novel which went on to win the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger Award. If you read it you’ll understand why. It’s an absorbing story … well-written and challenging.
17 October 2024
The Deadly Spark by Roxie Key
This debut novel – by a local author – is really very good. It’s a proper thriller, well-constructed, intricate, and with excellent characters and a cracking plot. Oundle Crime gave it 4 Stars.
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