Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency still contains Douglas Adam’s trademark offbeat and fantastical elements but its driving force is a much more mature and intelligent brand of humour. Read our full review. Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency Book Synopsis: Dirk Gently has an unshakeable belief in…
Malicious Intent Synopsis: While investigating the drug overdose of a teenage girl, pathologist and forensic physician, Dr Anya Crichton, discovers striking similarities between the case and a number of apparent suicides. All of the victims disappeared for a period of time…
Read the novel before you see the movie. Stephen Fry’s charmingly misanthropic send-up of the English mystery, The Hippopotamus is now a critically acclaimed major motion picture. The Hippopotamus Synopsis: Ted Wallace is an old, sour, womanising, cantankerous, whisky-sodden beast of…
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion is a modern take on the classic screwball romance tackling tough societal issues with compassion and hilarity. Read on for why I think this is groundbreaking contemporary literature. The Rosie Project Synopsis The art of love…
Combustion Synopsis Los Angeles. Traffic clogs the streets. Smog chokes the city. And Zac Bunsen is going to burn it all down. On a ruthless quest to save the planet, Bunsen releases the Swarm, an airborne nanotech virus that targets combustion…
Deborah Levy’s Swimming Home is not so much a book to be enjoyed, but one to be admired in an artistic sense. Swimming Home Synopsis: As he arrives with his family at the villa in the hills above Nice, Joe sees…
David Sedaris’ Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls is the perfect audiobook to get you through your daily commute. Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls Synopsis: From the unique perspective of David Sedaris comes a new book of essays taking his readers on a…
The Art Forger Synopsis On March 18, 1990, thirteen works of art, today worth over $500 million, were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. It remains the largest unsolved art heist in history, and Claire Roth, a…
The Earth Hums in B Flat by Mari Strachan is a story I was very sad to see end. In Gwenni Morgan, Strachan has brought to life a real gem of a character. Read on for our full review. The Earth…
Good News Bad News Synopsis Intrepid investigative journalist Scout Davis has given herself a holiday, but when Hermione Longfellow floats towards her in the supermarket, wanting to engage her services, she stops to listen. Most people in Byron Bay are aware…
Daniel O’Malley’s The Rook is an outlandish sci-fi adventure story with a healthy dose of heart and humour. Highly recommended in audio. Read our full review.
The Art of Travel Synopsis Any Baedeker will tell us where we ought to travel, but only Alain de Botton will tell us how and why. With the same intelligence and insouciant charm he brought to How Proust Can Save…
Poet’s Cottage Synopsis Poets had always lived there, the locals claimed. It was as if the house called to its own… When Sadie inherits Poet’s Cottage in the Tasmanian fishing town of Pencubitt, she sets out to discover all she…
Wolf Hall Synopsis England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the king dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry…
The Amber Amulet… A heartwarming novella now adapted into an international award winning short film. The Amber Amulet Synopsis Dear Sir/Ma’am, Please find enclosed this AMBER AMULET. That must sound unusual to a citizen, but you will have to trust…
In crime thriller Talking to the Dead Harry Bingham perfectly balances entertainment with heart and authenticity. Talking to the Dead Synopsis: A mesmerizing and thrilling novel—perfect for fans of Tana French and Stieg Larsson—that introduces a modern, unforgettable rookie cop whose past…
