by Sue Reid | Dec 2, 2025 | Book Reviews
“Two women, twenty three years on from a war-zone – but how will they remember their actions to absolve guilt and heal from war trauma. How will they rebuild their friendship that shattered in the battle? Can they trust their memory?” A truly...
by Sue Reid | Dec 2, 2025 | Book Reviews
“Two stories align in the most clever way and the lead to this finale will bring a chill to your bloodflow… Australian author Trent Dalton is an artist that paints with words. An exploration of an aged and weathered marriage sits alongside a criminal...
by Sue Reid | Dec 2, 2025 | Book Reviews
“A powerhouse of tension from this debut author. A summer holiday in the 80s on Wellington’s Kapiti Coast.” Set over summer of 1985, Alix’s family book a bach on Wellington’s Kapiti Coast to take time out in more ways than one – a...
by Sue Reid | Nov 16, 2025 | Book Reviews
This is the third installment of the Detective Inspector Nyree Bradshaw series that is again compelling and intriguing. Set in Pahia, Northland, Catherine Lea has firmly established herself in the crime fiction genre here in New Zealand to rival Australian authors...
by Sue Reid | Jul 1, 2025 | Book Reviews
Rory, Juliet, Maeve and Dan have been inseparable friends since childhood growing up in Ballyboyne near Dublin, Ireland. But life cuts across their innocence and loyalty. The Good Mistress is an exploration in raw human need, guilt, shame and making peace with blame...
by Sue Reid | Jul 1, 2025 | Book Reviews
Former Detective Senior Sergeant Hana Westerman is sharp, eagle-eyed and efficient but with flaws that gives her the humanity her character demands…this is the third novel in the Investigator Westerman series. Hana is recalled to the force, driven to bring a...
