reviews

I can't recall ever recommending to read a novel twice! Once read, you will return to the beginning and start again - such is the monumental shift and collision of all you thought this story to be... Layla literally looks to the constellations, wonder and awe of the...

Marnie is isolated, not only in her South Island (Aotearoa New Zealand) terrain, but in life and hope. At a vulnerable time of loss and heartache, Marnie claims a young magpie that has fallen from its nest - and so, the two forge a bond. Through her nurture and hand...

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 'miscarriage of...

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 children and their mother...

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' - sharpened to life in...

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 with a...

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 comes...

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...

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 successful...

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 with...

In 2010, Anna Bibby sold her Auckland art business and made the bold move to relocate to Martel, a small town on the Pilgrim's Route to Rocamadour, France...