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Olivia’s Enchanted Summer by Lyn Gardner (Nosy Crow)

by Karin Slaughter (Century) ISBN 9781846057977 Karin Slaughter is the novelist who takes readers where no other writers will go. I followed the Dr Sarah Linton novels – captivated, terrified, and sometimes simply brutally shocked. Slaughter doesn’t believe in rules and boundaries for her characters. She imagines the best and the worst things that can

by Isabelle Grey (Quercus) ISBN 9780857383181 Patrick is a homeopath who lives in England with his wife and young child. A strained visited from his parents leaves him disoriented. The events that follow change his life forever. Five years later in a village in South-West France an Englishwoman, Leonie, meets a quiet reserved man named

Confessions of a stay-at-home dad by Bruce Clark (Umuzi) ISBN: 9781415201701 The point of no return was reached with two simple words, ‘I’m late’. When Bruce Clark (48) discovers his wife Christine (38) is pregnant, he is in his own words ‘Mr Stunned’. Still trying to come to terms with what it means to be

by Sam Eastland (Faber and Faber) ISBN 9780571260676 Who knows where the missing treasure of Tsar Nicholas II is hidden? The Nazis are poised to invade Russia. Stalin’s need for the Tsar’s gold is greater than ever. When Stalin learns that a prisoner who could have revealed the place of the gold has been brutally

by Reuel J Khosa (Penguin) ISBN 9780143528197 This book is supposed to be about incorporating Ubuntu into Capitalism. I think the intent is to emulate Malcolm Gladwell and create the success and hype of an African Outliers. However, it is written in such a highbrow style that anyone who could benefit from reading this book will