Manchester Street School

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  • 206 bones

    By Kathy Reichs
    4 stars

    Dr Temperance Brown struggles to find clues to help her and her ex Detective Ryan solve the deaths of three elderly people but this time her own life is in danger too

  • Fearless

    By Colin Thompson
    5 stars

    Children’s book about a bull dog who doesn’t live up to his name until one night somebody forgets to lock the back door

  • The very cranky bear

    By Nick Bland
    4 stars

    Part of a series of books about a bear and his friends lion ,sheep and zebra

  • The new big sister

    By Amanda Li
    3 stars

    Cute little book with a push button that makes s baby noise. To introduce the idea of a new baby in the family

  • The Island

    By Jason Summers
    1 stars

    The latest book in a series by the author about an Australian detective Nick Vada. Predictable and really not very well written

  • Last one out

    By Jane Harper
    4 stars

    Five years after the loss of their son Ro and Griff meet again to attend his memorial in the dying town of Carrian Ridge , the answer to his disappearance is here if they can find it. Good but took a while before I was hooked.

  • The wife and the widow

    By Christian White
    4 stars

    A thriller about a murder as told by two women , enjoyable read with a clever story

  • Toys

    By James Patterson
    3 stars

    Futuristic thriller about enhanced humans and robots ruling the world and the remains of mankind’s struggle to take back what they have lost

  • Flight

    By Laura Griffen
    4 stars

    Forensic Crime Scene Investigator Miranda Rhoda’s leaves her job after a particularly bad case and moves to a seaside town. Unfortunately she discovers a pair of bodies in a canoe while out photographing birds. The detective assigned to the case asks her to help when he discovers who she is and so the story unfolds. Quick easy to read thriller with a bit of romance thrown in.

  • The Choice

    By Nora Roberts
    5 stars

    Last in the series and a great ending Good beats evil and the heroes survive to love in peace

  • The Becoming

    By Nora Roberts
    4 stars

    Second in the series with one more to go. The characters continue to develop their skills in order to beat the evil god and romance blossoms , but the book felt a bit padded with most of the action at the end however I’m still enjoying the series

  • The Awakening

    By Nora Roberts
    5 stars

    Loved this audio book from Nora Roberts, a fantasy about love , family and duty and a world called Tallama which Breen Kelly finds when she travels to Ireland in search of her father

  • The Boyfriend

    By Freida Mc Fadden
    4 stars

    Another dark story by Freida about love that becomes obsession

  • The Botanist’s Daughter

    By Kayte Nunn
    4 stars

    Two Women one living in the present day the other in 1886 tell their story, they are connected by a box hidden in a wall which contains watercolours , a dry flower and some seeds.

  • The Intruder

    By Freida McFadden
    5 stars

    Great book, fast to read with a twist at the end that I didn’t see coming

  • The Heiress of Linn Hagh

    By Karen Charlton
    3 stars

    Historical crime novel, Detective Stephen Lavender (one of Sir Robert Peels Bow Street runners) is called in to investigate the disappearance of a heiress. Although a work of fiction some if the characters were actually real which I enjoyed

  • Under Italian skies

    By Nicky Pellegrino
    4 stars

    Enjoyed this book because it transported me back to Italy.Its a book about endings , new beginnings and friends. Easy light reading

  • Obsessed

    By James Patterson
    3 stars

    Good but not one of his best, a Detective Michael Bennet book

  • Hidden

    By Laura Griffin
    4 stars

    I’ve never read any Laura Griffen books before this was a Christmas present, but I will look out for her books in the future. Crime thriller about a murder and the investigative reporter that has hunch that the victim isn’t who she is thought to be, she teams up with the lead detective (romance alert) and of course they solve the case

  • The lost Bride Trilogy: Inheritance,The Mirror, The Seven Rings

    By Nora Roberts
    4 stars

    Good enjoyable read but padded somewhat to make it a trilogy

  • The Key Stone

    By A M Dean
    4 stars

    Good read, A religious sect believing in Gnosticism and Dr Emily Weiss and her husband race each other to Egypt to find a lost artefact that is the last piece of a puzzle that will allow the group to for fill an ancient promise and in doing so bring terror to the streets of Chicago

  • Recipe for life

    By Nicky Pellegrino
    5 stars

    Great easy read following the lives of two women one already old and one young how their lives interact when they meet up in an old villa in Italy. I enjoyed the simple theme around love , happiness, family and food

  • A dark devotion

    By Clare Frances
    3 stars

    Good read, Crime novel about a wife who goes missing and the family secrets that get uncovered afterwards. Took me awhile to get hooked but then enjoyed it

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