The Child Garden by Catriona McPherson – a review

I was lucky enough to be given a copy of this via netgalley. Although I’ve since found out that Catriona McPherson has an extensive back catalogue of books, this was the first of her books I’d read. I have got one of her previous novels, ‘As she left it’ on my to be read pile…

Snow White Must Die by Nele Neuhaus – a review

This is the first novel from Nele Neuhaus that has been translated into English, although it is actually the forth in the series, and she has apparently sold over a million copies worldwide. Tobias has just finished a ten year prison sentence for the murder of two girls, one of whom was nicknamed Snow White….

Dead run

I have recently taken up running again. Now I’m never going to be a marathon runner, but I would like to be able to run a full 10k eventually. Therefore I started small and downloaded a couch to 5k programme on my phone, got myself a new audio book (Jeffery Deaver, the skin collector) and…

Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberley McCreight – a review

I downloaded this on a whim whilst in a pub trying to avoid football, and it certainly beat watching sport. Reconstructing Amelia is Kimberley McCreights debut novel. The story centres on single mother Kate and her daughter Amelia, a pupil at the expensive Grace Hall school. Kate is called to the school as Amelia has…