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by Lee Child (Bantam Press) ISBN: 9780857503497 Review 1 Another brilliant page-turner from Lee Child – another glimpse into the tall, dark and handsome loner called Jack Reacher, and another Number one best seller! And there’s a movie out, so why would I read this -simply because reading Lee Child is so exciting. He writes cinematically. The action sequences come […]

by Rob Little (Jacana Media) ISBN: 9781431424146 This handbook on Guinea fowls, Francolins, Spur fowls, Quails, Sandgrouse, and Snipes offers a detailed glimpse into the lives of these remarkable species. As a beginning bird enthusiast I was thrilled to learn more about these African game birds. The book has a wide selection of beautiful photographs. It

by Francois Bloemhof (Penguin) ISBN: 9781485903093 Bloemhof is a decorated South African writer and this makes his 24th novel for adults. Double Echo is translated from Afrikaans which attracted me to the book because I often find a fresh use of the English language reveals itself in the translation process. Ex-cop Paul Mullan finds himself

by Mary Hogan (William Morrow) ISBN: 978-0-06-238693-9 Mary Hogan is the New York based bestselling author of Two Sisters and a number of young adult titles. Hogan weaves together two coming-of-age tales, one set in the late Victorian era and the other in the present day. Elizabeth Haberlin, of the Pittsburgh Haberlins, holidays with her

by Liane Moriarty (Michael Joseph) ISBN: 9780718180287 Erika is the perfect automaton who manages her life on a tightly controlled schedule, and is equally matched by her anxious husband Oliver. Together they seem to have it all, although Erika hides a tragic past that threatens to derail her. Clementine is a flighty cellist who is married to creative marketer,

by Carol Birch (Canongate) ISBN: 9781782116547 Carol Birch is a true author. I know this because with this novel she has taken an innocuous collection of facts and created an entire life and a deeply believable story of that life out of them.  The finesse with which she has done this is nothing short of

by James Patterson and Candice Fox (Century) ISBN: 978-1-78-089544-4 Candice Fox is billed as one of Australia’s best crime writers. This is her first collaboration with James Patterson. It was my first James Patterson co-authored novel. I wasn’t blown away. For a crime thriller, the story took too long to unfold and the short chapters did

by Lu Spinney (Atlantic Books) ISBN: 9781782398875 Lu Spinney’s athletic, fun-loving son, Miles is injured in a snowboarding accident at age 29. The injuries lead to brain damage, and the book follows Lu’s painful journey from when Miles is brought back to a hospital in Innsbruck to start his recovery. What unfolds is the story