Monthly Archives: August 2017

The Hidden Room by Stella Duffy – 2017

Posted on August 31, 2017 by alysonebaker

Martha and Laurie have a totally solid family, with firmly entwined DNA – they each carried the other’s children, all from the same sperm donor.  They love each other and flowing water surrounds them; their property is in the fens, … Continue reading →

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A Killer Harvest by Paul Cleave – 2017

Posted on August 27, 2017 by alysonebaker

A Killer Harvest reprises The Hands of Orlac idea that body parts transplanted onto a new host will carry the evil intent of the donors – as donors in historic horror are most likely to come from the criminal classes.  … Continue reading →

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Deception Island by Brynn Kelly – 2016

Posted on August 27, 2017 by alysonebaker

Deception Island won the 2017 KORU Published Romance Book of the Year Award, and deservedly so.  It is a Romance novel; a large part of it deals with two people on a tropical island, they should hate each other but … Continue reading →

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Fletcher of the Bounty by Graeme Lay – 2017

Posted on August 14, 2017 by alysonebaker

I really enjoyed Lay’s James Cook trilogy, from the first installment which adores Cook, through to the final depiction of a man gone mad.  I picked up Fletcher of the Bounty expecting a combination of the two – adoring of … Continue reading →

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Catching the Last Tram by Susan Holt – 2017

Posted on August 5, 2017 by alysonebaker

What a charming book!  Catching the last tram is a romance that follows the usual romantic arc – but not at all in a usual way.  Beth is a librarian who has moved into a new part of town, she … Continue reading →

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