by Sue Reid | May 10, 2023 | Book Reviews
The first in a new series featuring Danish PI Gabriel Praest. Quite unlike other thrillers I have read, Gabriel is rough in spirit but polished in appearance with a raw and honest character. He admits fear and is humane in his doubts as he takes on a...
by Sue Reid | May 10, 2023 | Book Reviews
Christmas Eve, 1959, Percy Summers is returning to town with his horse in need of water and a cooling down – beside the waterhole…on the Turner’s land near the majestic house called Halcyon. What he didn’t imagine was finding the Turner...
by Sue Reid | Apr 10, 2023 | Book Reviews
A literal gun-shot has called the adult children of Joy Tobin to her side – has brought their lives to a standstill and caused them to stop and consider their lives lived so far. Frances, Conor and Sinead all live as ‘shards of brokeness’ –...
by Sue Reid | Mar 20, 2023 | Book Reviews
Much loved and favoured, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart was the debut novel for Australian author Holly Ringland in 2018 and in 2023, that book will feature on streaming platform Amazon Prime as a series. Holly’s new book is another thoughtful, tense narrative...
by Sue Reid | Mar 9, 2023 | Book Reviews
More than a tale of historical slavery – but not to lessen the deep gouge on human history that slavery was, River Sing Me Home is a narrative on freedom. So longed for, wished for and a driving force deep within the souls of the enslaved, when freedom finally...
by Sue Reid | Mar 6, 2023 | Book Reviews
Stunning, informative, engaging…a book I could not draw away from even after the last chapter closed. Set in pre-colonial East Coast, North Island, Monty brings life to tribal utu (revenge), makutu (witchcraft) and kaitangata (cannibalism). A coming-of-age tale teamed...
