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...
by Sue Reid | Mar 6, 2023 | Book Reviews
Like so much of English history, Dawnlands encapsulates the turbulent times of ‘a king in trouble, a country divided and determined women’. Set in 1685 through to the eventual overthrow of the Roman Catholic King James in 1688. Dawnlands returns to the...
by Sue Reid | Feb 22, 2023 | Book Reviews
If you haven’t discovered New Zealand author Fiona Sussman, then now is the time! Returning to her crime fiction genre, she delivers a well-crafted, precise and tense novel. From the first page, we are introduced to the characters in a focused way and you engage...
