Book Reviews

The Golden Thread by Tèa Cooper is a rollicking, twisty twiney (thank you Dr Who) mystery involving a beloved grandmother, Nell, her granddaughter, Connie, and a gorgeous silk dress that once belonged to Governor Bligh’s daughter. Told across dual timelines

I had this book for a while before reading it as I mainly bought it as an adjunct to research I was doing. What I didn’t expect when I finally picked it up was that I would enjoy it so

One thing a reader can always feel assured about when they pick up a book by Michael Robotham, is that you’re in accomplished hands. This is an author who never fails to tell a cracking story, with marvellously flawed and

While a great deal of the publicity around this book has been about the fact it deals with the Eighteenth Century female pirates, the historical figures of Mary Read and Anne Bonney, this beautifully written, marvellously crafted tale deals with

It was a fabulous review on Theresa Smith’s website that prompted me to not only buy this wonderfully titled novel (taken from a quote by writer George Eliot no less) but thrust aside other books in my toppling TBR pile

Firstly, I should apologise that the first review I’m writing is of book number five in a series (the Hawthorne series). But the praise I am about to heap on this latest addition to a thoroughly fabulous series can easily

It’s always a researcher’s delight when a book about a particular period in history is written in such an informative but entertaining style you forget you’re reading non-fiction. How to be a Victorian by Ruth Goodman is one of these

Saddened by the news of C.J. Sansom’s death only a couple of weeks ago (what a loss to literature and culture), I made up my mind to read a book of his I hadn’t yet tackled – his standalone, alternate

After reading a bunch of (wonderful) research books focussing on Victorian England and biographies of a few major figures from that era, I was in the mood for something a bit different. I’ve always loved a good science fiction book,