Chronicle of a Death Foretold, a novella by Nobel Laureate Gabriel García Márquez, tells through the eyes of an unnamed narrator the events that lead to the murder of Santiago Nasar by the two Vicario twin brothers Pablo and Pedro. Hours after marrying the beautiful Angela Vicario, Bayardo San Roman returned his bride in disgrace to her parents as she was not ...

In Ash & Bone by John Harvey, retired Detective Inspector Frank Elder is called back from an isolated life in Cornwall by double trouble: his daughter Katherine is running wild and shacked up with a possible drug dealer, and a detective sergeant Frank used to work with has been murdered.  Elder’s fears for his daughter are underscored by guilt – it was his involvement in ...

Private Peaceful is the second book by Michael Morpurgo that I have read and I love it just like the first book Waiting for Anya. Both books are just over 180 pages in length and are easy to read. Both have left a lump in my throat. Private Peaceful By Michael Morpurgo The story is told from the perspective of Thomas “Tommo” Peaceful and begins ...

Waiting for Anya By Michael Morpurgo is a novel set in a mountain village, Lescun, in France near the Spanish border during World War II. The author has written lots of books aimed at children but his books are loved by adults all over trhe world. Waiting for Anya By Michael Morpurgo When  a young shepherd Jo finds a man hiding in ...

The Helper by David Jackson is a crime thriller featuring a sort of Good Samaritan turned serial killer. The Helper by David Jackson Tainted by his association with a case in which a few fellow officers died, Doyle is trying to stay below the radar but when a part-time student is brutally murdered while working in a shabby New York bookshop, he ...

Wild Justice is the third and final book  in Kelley Amstrong’s Nadia Stafford series. I have not read the first two books.  By reading this one as a standalone, I guess I miss so much of the background and buildup. This book has a very high Goodread ratings of 4.3. Nadia Stafford is a former cop turned professional hitwoman. She owns a retreat ...

I checked Goodreads for the rating on Split Second by Sophie McKenzie before I bought the book. It has a high rating of 4.02 but I forgot to check what genre of book it was.  The book got off to a good start but after reading for some time, I began to feel that the two protagonists Nat and Charlie ...

Gemma Adderley has had enough. After years of abuse by her violent husband, she finally decides to leave her husband and takes her seven-year-old daughter Carly with her. After contacting Safe Harbour, a refuge for women, she is told to wait at a certain rendezvous where a car will pick her up.A traumatised Carly is found on the city streets on her own the next ...

A handful of Ashes by Rob McCarthy is a mix of detective thriller and medical drama. It  starts with both of McCarthy’s two main protagonists, Force Medical Examiner Dr. Harry Kent and Acting Detective Chief Inspector Frankie Noble at strained periods in their lives and careers. After the sudden cancer diagnosis of her boss, Acting DCI Noble suddenly finds herself in charge of the Major Investigation ...

Sheriff Dan Grayson is in a coma in intensive care with two bullet wounds inflicted by a sniper. The police department of Grizzly Falls, Montana, is in shock.  Then a prominent female judge is reported missing. Her body is found a couple of days later. She too has died from a bullet wound from a sniper while she is skiing. The ...