This book opens with an introduction speaking directly to the reader that goes for a few pages, letting us know that not everyone can see magic. Some people are mundane and aren't special, and those unmagical types will not like this book. It reminded me of The Emperor's New Clothes. If you like this book, …
Continue reading The Enchanted Lies of Celeste Artois by Ryan Graudin
This stunning volume is Scotland the Strange: Weird Tales From Storied Lands, one of the latest in the Gilded Nightmares Series from The British Library. I love this series and have quite a few from the collection. They feature beautiful binding and cover art, and each one contains horror or ghost stories collected around a …
In the day's leading up to Agne's daughter's wedding, Uncle Malcolm decides to give Agnes a letter, written by her mother, that he's been holding on to since the war, while Joe anticipates seeing Agnes, whose therapist he was and who he has feelings for. Agnes, meanwhile, thinks back over her failed marriage and the …
Ah, my good (fictional) friend Tanz is back. This is the third book in the Accidental Medium series, which tells the story of Tanz, a 30-something actress who recently discovered that she has psychic powers. She lives in a flat in London with her cat Inka, and has two mentors in her journey to understand …
Continue reading Cross Bones (The Accidental Medium #3) by Tracy Whitwell
When James Taylor was in school, he and his two best friends were known as the Three Musketeers because they were inseparable, but as they grew up, they also grew apart. As the novel opens, James is at Barnie's funeral, thinking that his friend didn't turn out so well and he's only attending for old …
Continue reading One Of Us Is Dead (Roy Grace #21) by Peter James
When the body of a missing staff member is found in the early hours on the common outside Rosebank, a care home for teens, DCI Vera Stanhope is assigned the case. The death seems linked to missing 14 year old Chloe, which is unsettling. Vera does not want to believe that a troubled 14 year …
Continue reading The Dark Wives by Ann Cleeves (Vera Stanhope #11)
Alfred, a true Hitchcock fan, has opened a hotel themed after the movies by his favourite director, and it's full of memorabilia and references to films like North By Northwest, The Birds, Vertigo and more. When the hotel reaches it's first anniversary, he decides to invite his former college film studies buddies for a celebration, …
I was very excited to get my hot little hands on the latest volume of the Cesare Aldo series. This is a crime mystery series set in 1500's Florence, and A Divine Fury is the fourth book in the series. (For reviews or more information about the other titles, Ritual Of Fire HERE, The Darkest …
Continue reading A Divine Fury by DV Bishop (Cesare Aldo Book #4)
Judge Belvin Perry Jr was nicknamed the Velvet Hammer during his time as chief judge in Florida, so called because he had the soft ease of velvet in the court room, but also served justice hard like a hammer. In this book, co-written with Amy Mitchell, he talks about his varied life experiences, from growing …
Continue reading The Velvet Hammer by Chief Judge Belvin Perry Jr & Amy Mitchell
The interconnected night time lives of different in habitants of Tokyo are explored in this slim book, with each chapter starting at 1AM. Mitsuki works at a movie prop warehouse and has to source loquat fruits in the middle of the night. Kanako works at a 24 hour advice call centre and has a brother …
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