Cath 'n' Kindle Book Reviews

  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...

  This * is a gripping and entertaining cosy murder mystery. It's well-written, suspenseful and thoroughly enjoyable. Maisie is our ama...

  The saddest day of the year last year was the last episode ever of Gavin & Stacey, which will forever be one of the best things on TV,...

  This * was an absolute delight. It's a melange of coincidences and misunderstandings and utterly, but deliciously, ridiculous! It...

  I love a book you can't wait to pick up at any free moment but is also one you don't want to finish because you enjoy it so much. ...

  Rob Rinder is one of those TV celebs I never hesitate to watch. He has a wry and intelligent sense of humour and a dry wit. This qualifi...

  I thoroughly enjoyed Miller's debut novel, The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder , so of course I was really keen to read novel num...

  This * is the third of Kaufman's books I've read. After the first, I knew I had to read more (if not all) of his books, and now,...

  I'm afraid I found this * rather tedious and stodgy. It was less about the 'boy from the sea' (baby abandoned on a beach, th...

  This* is a little word-dense, but as I progressed, I realised how important all the words are. Every character has a history and baggage (...

  Ahern's In a Thousand Different Ways  was the first book I read by her, and I enjoyed it enough to want to read another of her books. ...