Cath 'n' Kindle Book Reviews

  Oh my days.  Oh . My. Days.   That’s it, that’s my review. Seriously, though, this * has you in its grasp from the very first paragraph...

  My first read  by this author  (India Was One)   was fifteen years ago, and every subsequent book since has delighted me in a different wa...

  I was hooked almost from the get-go. I love picking up a new-to-me author and realising, a few chapters in…actually, in this case, a few p...

  Clichéd? Yes. Predictable. Of course. Implausible? Without doubt. And with an exasperating heroine. Classic chick lit and therefore, utter...

  About eighteen months ago, I read Deadly Choice by Manning, which is an impressively paced, compelling novel, so I plunged into this * w...

  I really liked the sound of this * but, ultimately, felt that some of the impact was lost in the delivery. The present-tense narrative di...

I've read two of Nikki Smith’s books. Glossing quickly over my review of them, I discovered that whilst I rated them pretty highly, my e...

  Oh, I did enjoy this * . And I love that it comes with such a degree of authenticity, as it’s written by an ex-detective who was in the d...

I've read one other book by this author… Now You See Her …which I enjoyed but was disappointed by bad editing. Happily, the editing in ...

Oh my giddy aunt.  I don't have enough wows for this * . I didn't think Daniel could possibly face any more personal tragedies, but ...

  I can't quite make up my mind about this story * about two best-friend podcasters, Benny and (narcoleptic) Joy. Though hugely succes...

  I'm a mighty fan of Kaufman: his books have built-in excellence. There's never a, 'will this be as good as the last one?'...

I balked a bit when I saw how long this * book was, so I hoped it would keep me enthralled to the very distant end. It didn't. It'...

  The minute I 'met' Decima ( see About the Book below ), I knew I was going to like her. A Miriam Margolyes of the early nineteen ...

  I leapt from DI Jennifer Stone #1 ( The Only Child ) to this * , #2, within a second! The first book was enough for me to fall in love wi...

  I was about to read 'Back to Haunt You' by this author, but discovered it's the second in the DI Stone series. I do, a bit p...

  Although domestic abuse is a disturbing and unsettling subject, this * is a masterfully written and compelling debut novel about the evil...

  I don't often read short stories, but it's always with the greatest pleasure that I open a book by Marsh. Her books are always be...

  Having read three of the Jake Scott mysteries, it was with great eagerness that I dived into this, the fourth. As homicide detective Dani ...

  I recently read Never Look Back by this author, which I thoroughly enjoyed, leading me seek out another of her books pretty promptly. Thi...

The Beach Party was my first rendezvous with Smith, which I enjoyed but for the use of the present-tense narrative. It didn't put me of...

  This * was a fun diversion from my usual diet of crime thrillers.   It's a very entertaining tale about the two major elements of exi...

  I hadn't read anything by this author before this * . Gosh. Taut, suspenseful and utterly gripping. It's very well written (gra...

  You can write a review of Kaufman's books before you've even read them because of the inevitability: it will be excellent, grippin...

  Well, gosh. This * has everything: revenge, tragedy, drugs, domestic abuse, deceit, violence, obsession, death, bribery and…believe it o...

  I don't often read a book like this…about another person's journey through a health trauma…but I've read more than one of Aith...