Week beginning 21 May 2025

Alafair Burke The Note Faber and Faber, April 2025. Thank you, Net Galley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Alafair Burke always creates an absorbing story with logical twists and turns that, rather than arising unexpectedly and having little to do with the plot, always make sense. This does not mean thatContinue reading “Week beginning 21 May 2025”

Week beginning 31 July 2024

Lisa Jackson Our Little Secret Kensington Publishing, June 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. I found this an extremely disappointing read that prolonged my  frustration through repetition and a fairly predictable story line that meandered through family angst, infidelity, missing teenagers, the main character’s internal arguments, and obsession.Continue reading “Week beginning 31 July 2024”