The Wife and the Widow Christian White Hachette RRP: $34.99 My word, this is a clever book! Set on a creepy island, which is bustling in summer with tourists, but chilling (both in temperature and atmosphere) during the off season we follow Kate and Abby who (no spoiler – it’s …
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A Madness of Sunshine Nalini Singh Hachette RRP: $34.99 I’ve often seen Singh’s name on best-sellers lists and heard her discussed and interviewed on the radio. In internationally successful author living in New Zealand is quite a rarity. I was thrilled when the Eldernet Gazette review books arrived to discover …
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In the Clearing J P Pomare Hachette RRP: $34.99 I really do enjoy a novel set in Aussie. There’s something so ‘familiar’ that make it easier to read, easier to identify with. This novel was no different. In this latest offering from Pomare we are drawn into the lives of …
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Village of Lost Girls Agustin Martinez Hachette RRP: $37.99 Two young girls go missing in the Pyrenees in Spain. They’re not seen for five years and then out of the blue one of the girls appears in the hospital after being in a car accident. Where has she been? And …
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Dirty Little Secrets Jo Spain Hachette RRP: $34.99 I have to admit, at first the idea of a novel where an older woman dies alone and no-one cares struck me as so, so sad. Especially given the sector we work in. But novels often written about what actually happens in …
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The Silent Patient Alex Michaelides Hachette RRP: $34.99 This book was flat out creepy (and if that’s what you’re after in a thriller, then that’s good!). There were times when I simply could not put it down! The novel centres around Alicia Berenson – who has the ‘perfect life’ – …
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The Haven Simon Lelic Hachette RRP: $19.99 As a great fan and advocate for young adult (YA) fiction I’m usually the first to encourage my readers to take a chance on the YA book. Sadly, this book is NOT one to take a chance on. Don’t get me wrong, it’s …
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I tried the Roast Hogget and Mint Sauce. It was a great lunch on a chilly day. First, the meat – the meat was nicely cooked and thankfully not chewy at all (usually my #1 complaint about hogget), the meat was tasty and the mint sauce really complemented the flavours. …
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An Anonymous Girl Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen Macmillan RRP: $34.99 I was keen to finish this book because I really wanted to know “whodunit” or who did what, or whatever…but I have to say this double narrative was really unenjoyable. I’m not sure how these authors write, but I …
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Bright Young Dead Jessica Fellowes Hachette RRP: $34.99 This novel is set in the genre of Downtown Abbey – and is the second in a series (that can be read alone). The author is the niece of the creator of Downtown Abbey and she has previously published a number of …
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