Catching Fire is the second book in Suzanne Collins’ ground-breaking Hunger Games trilogy. But is it as good as the first novel? Read our full review. Catching Fire (The Hunger Games Book 2) Synopsis After winning the brutal Hunger Games, Katniss…
Hope Road… You can’t change your past. But what about your future? Hope Road Synopsis: John Ray, son of crime boss Antonio ‘Tony’ Ray, is the straight one of the family. With a successful business and a lifestyle to match, he wants…
The Golden Scales by Parker Bilal features colourful characterisation and a complex and thrilling mystery that kept me guessing. The Golden Scales Synopsis A lost child. A missing hero. A bitter rivalry. In Cairo the ghosts of the past are stirring… Makana…
The Furnace Synopsis In the tradition of THE THING and INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS. As a Homicide Investigator working the solar system’s most remote outposts, Lieutenant Kyle Tanner has been involved in more criminal investigations and captures than any other…
In Gillespie and I, Jane Harris has crafted an immensely engaging tale filled with a cast of eccentric characters and enough red herrings to sink a ship. Gillespie and I Synopsis As she sits in her Bloomsbury home with her two…
A Partial History of Lost Causes Synopsis In Jennifer duBois’s mesmerizing and exquisitely rendered debut novel, a long-lost letter links two disparate characters, each searching for meaning against seemingly insurmountable odds. In St. Petersburg, Russia, world chess champion Aleksandr Bezetov begins…
Due Preparations for the Plague Synopsis This electrifying novel chronicles the lives of two strangers connected by the tragic loss of parents in a hijacked Paris-New York flight. As an adult, Samantha, one of the children set free by the terrorists,…
Love in the Years of Lunacy by Mandy Sayer is a moving, tender and compelling story of forbidden love set amid the devastation of war. Love in the Years of Lunacy Synopsis Sydney, 1942. Pearl is eighteen, beautiful and impetuous. She plays…
The Curse of the Pharaohs is the second title in Elizabeth Peters’ bestselling Amelia Peabody Series. The Curse of the Pharaohs Synopsis The sun rides high over the British Empire and the light still sparkles brightly in Amelia Peabody’s eye…
Sink or Swim Synopsis Harry Gordon, sports hero and merchant banker, finds that despite his best efforts, a year after taking over the family steel business it is on the brink of collapse. Then he discovers that the seemingly random events…
In The Winter Dark, Tim Winton’s lesser-known dark novella, fuelled by impending disaster features startling imagery and impressive dialogue. Read our full review. In The Winter Dark Book Synopsis When a man dreams things from the past, you’d think he’d be able…
Matthew Reilly’s Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves is more compelling, more action-packed and more intense than the previous Scarecrow outings. Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves Synopsis: An old Soviet weapons installation in the Arctic has fallen into disrepair. Known…
The First Rule of Ten Synopsis Tenzing Norbu (“Ten” for short)-ex-monk and soon-to-be ex-cop-is a protagonist unique to our times. In The First Rule of Ten, the first installment in a three-book detective series, we meet this spiritual warrior who is singularly equipped, if…
In The Informationist Taylor Stevens has brought into the world a gritty and irresistible heroine who has enormous scope for future adventures — Vanessa “Michael” Munroe. The Informationist Synopsis Vanessa “Michael” Munroe deals in information—expensive information—working for corporations, heads of state, private…
Lenny Bartulin’s De Luxe is Book 3 in his entertaining Jack Susko Mystery Series. De Luxe Synopsis For once, Jack Susko is feeling pretty good: his secondhand bookshop is on the up, and the cops haven’t been around in ages….
No One To Hear You Scream Synopsis In upstate New York, Brett and Pamela Jameson find the house of their dreams on twenty acres of land. Bucolic and serene, it is the answer to all of their prayers. But their dream…
