Writers Write Book Review

by Carol Ann Duffy (Picador) ISBN 9780330442459 British poet Carol Ann Duffy, winner of the Costa Prize for poetry 2011, has produced a gem. There

by Dennis Lehane (Little, Brown) ISBN: 9781408703168 Dennis Lehane could write about a snail race and make it sound thrilling. He doesn’t though. The author

by Andre Brink (Random House) ISBN 0 781846 557057 In 1832, after following the Elephant Trail that runs from the Village of Franschoek to the

by Lucinda Riley (Pan) ISBN 9781447218425 The cover promised a breath-taking and intense story of love, war and above all, forgiveness. I was disappointed. It

by Sinovuyo Nkonki (Reach) ISBN: 9780620512459 Petra is a bi-racial high school student in Johannesburg, a pretty girl and average student. She’s nothing extraordinary—yet Kevin

by Danielle Steel (Bantam Press) ISBN: 97805930682501 After the suicide of her teenage son and her marriage falling apart, Danielle Steel decided to distract herself

by Lisa Jewell (Century) ISBN 9781846059230 Lisa Jewell has a gift. She writes beautifully. After her grandmother dies, Betty Dean leaves Guernsey for London to

by Joanne Hichens (Mercury) ISBN: 9780987005809 Sometimes the crime genre focuses on the cops, other times on the criminals. Mostly, it follows the pure, almost

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