Synopsis: Wade Jackson was born and raised in Newfoundland. One day in the university library he meets Rachel van Hout, a young woman who immigrated to Canada from South Africa with her parents a number of years previously. As Wade gets to know Rachel, her parents and three sisters, he discovers that the sisters are... Continue Reading →
Book Review – The Lodge by Chris Coppel
This book is an unusual Christmas story; in fact, I would call it “horror Christmas story”. A man has died from choking on a quail bone at a hunting lodge in the Scottish Highlands just before Christmas and Andrew, a constable from the nearest town travels out to the remote lodge to check to ensure... Continue Reading →
Book Review – Under The Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
Synopsis: This is a contemporary fantasy and one like I have never read before. In it, we have Wallace Price, who has recently died from a heart attack and who many considered not to have been a good man. He is sitting in a church pew watching his own funeral and begins to suspect that... Continue Reading →
Book Review – An Image in The Lake by Gail Bowen
Synopsis: Another strong outing for the Joanne Kilbourn series by Gail Bowen. In this installment summer is coming to an end and Joanne and Zack are looking forward to a new grandchild being born. The six-part series, Sisters and Strangers, about Joanne and her sister's early life that was filmed during the last book, The... Continue Reading →
Book Review – Operation Angus by Terry Fallis
Synopsis: Operation Angus is the third book in the Angus McLintock series with the first being The Best Laid Plans and the second book, The High Road. In Operation Angus, Angus is still a Member of Parliament in Canada and is now the Minister of State for International Relations. The book begins with Angus and... Continue Reading →
Book Review – Falling by T.J. Newman
Synopsis: Captain Bill Hoffman is not supposed to be flying today but a phone call from his supervisor requesting a favor has him flying to New York City. Little does he know that he has been set up. After takeoff, Bill gets an email with a picture showing his wife, Carrie, and his two children. ... Continue Reading →
Hungry Hill by Eileen Patricia Curran – Book Review
Synopsis: Grace Cavanaugh suddenly became a widow when her husband Michael, died unexpectedly. She misses Michael so much that she can’t stand living in the house that they shared with all of their things but she also can’t stand the thought of someone else living in it so she hires someone to look after the... Continue Reading →
Book Review – The Night Hawks by Elly Griffiths
This is book number 13 in the Ruth Galloway series and a word to the wise – these really need to be read in order and do not work well as a stand-a-lone read. Ruth is a forensic archaeologist who lives near Norfolk, England and is now in her late forties. She has a daughter,... Continue Reading →
Book Review – The Pilot’s Daughter by Audrey J. Cole
Synopsis: When Cora’s husband was killed in a helicopter crash, she never wanted to fly again despite the fact that she had taken flying lessons as a young woman and had practised flying passenger jets on a simulator, however, she needed to fly to Seattle to Honolulu in order to attend a ceremony honoring her... Continue Reading →
Book Review – Hairpin Bridge by Taylor Adams
Synopsis: Lena and Cambry Nguyen are twin sisters. Three months ago, Lena and her family were notified that Cambry committed suicide at Hairpin Bridge in Montana but Lena doesn’t believe that Cambry killed herself. Lena arranges to meet up with Corporal Raymond Raycevic who was the highway patrolman who found Cambry’s body in the hopes... Continue Reading →
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