A missing twelve year old disappeared nine years earlier doing her paper round. A murderer in prison desperate to claim it as another of his crimes. The Finder is called in to investigate and to find out what happened to Alice and who Alice was.
Set in Malaysia it is a story of a city family travelling to their farm run by relatives. The characters are all unsettled and going through life changes. A great read.
A Will Trent murder mystery. As always great twists and turns along the way.
Set in India it covers sibling rivalry, a changing country with ecological collapse and political unrest and family dynamics when inheritances come into play.
Loved this book. The book covers three alternate realities over 35 years showing how a decision of naming a baby can majorly changer the path of our lives. Brilliant!
Gorgeous book. A bereaved woman Paulette falls pregnant and feels her life is complete with the birth of her baby Bird. Another child Nellie comes into her life along with his troubled grandfather.A book about kindness, forgiveness, grief and family.
Loved this book. Beautifully written it covers the lives of Cece, Charlie and Garrett. A complex love triangle that spans 50 years. Set in Montana against an ever changing environment - the results of climate change it explores marriage, betrayal, friendship, family and memory. Great read!!
Kiwi whodunnit the 2nd book in the series following Bella and housemate Freya after their rescue of an abducted child. They become a target this time.
A funny book following Nadia an academic who takes a UN job in Iraq to deradicalise ISIS brides. Out of her depth she bumbles along but then meets a young bride she commits to saving. Interesting as the author was inspired to write the novel based on her experiences working in Baghdad and being asked by the Iraq govt to design a deradicalization program for women associated with ISIS. She describes her time as maddening, fascinating and bonkers and I think the novel although fiction may reflect that.
A tough read but worth the effort.
Set in a remote boarding school on the south coast of England 16 year old Ida arrives after escaping a family disgrace only to find a mysterious illness is taking over the pupils. Is it poison or a virus. This on top of a few staff scandals.Very funny and a nice bit of mystery.
Writer and activist Bella moves in with the older frail Freya and becomes intwined with a murder/abduction mystery. A kiwi mystery set on the Kapiti Coast.
A funny gothic tale about a lonely university student taken in by a circle of rich girls called Bunnies. Part fairy tale part horror!
A book about grief. The story of a man and his two sons coping with the loss of his wife and their mum. More like poetry or essay form it’s a sometimes funny read but on the whole an emotionally moving tale.
A child goes missing on their way to school and is never found. Her sister Willa never gets over it and twenty five years later still sees her younger sister everywhere she goes. Until a dinner party where a guest reveals something which changes everything. A good mystery read.
This book thought to be AI generated is about a building and its architect . Set between 2026 and 2030 is about the incredibly beautiful building, the naming of the building and the fact it is a prison. Interesting read.
An army surgeon who has lost her husband in the field as well as her license to practice gets involved with a mysterious man who wants medical assistance.the plot thickens after the patient disappears. An ok read.
Two sisters on a road trip in a camper van to celebrate a 45th birthday. Very funny and at times complex as past demons are dug up. Loved it.
Loved this book. Across 1900 to 1977 the story follows a family in India that suffers an affliction in every generation - a death by drowning. A tale that turns on climate catastrophes, disease, accidents and at the heart a family - whose story begins with a child bride. A big book worth reading.
Three part story over three generations partly based on the authors life in the persona of Catt Greene. Each generation trying to better themselves. Last part very bleak picture of America’s rural poverty and drug world. Confronting in parts but a powerful and well written novel.
A tale set on Irelands west coast in a fishing village. A baby boy is found abandoned on a beach and is taken in by a fisherman and his family. The story covers two decades and follows the boy he becomes and the complexities of the relationships within that family and the community that has taken him in.