Month: January 2019
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Cassandra Darke
Posy Simmonds’ latest neatly combines arch Metropolitan satire with a slow-burn, snowballing thriller narrative (truly something for everyone…) – we know from the intriguing cover that elderly, miserly art dealer Cassandra Darke will come into contact with a pistol, and, presumably, some deadly goings-on – the question is, how? And it’s a particularly tantalising question…
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Less
This book made me laugh out loud while alone on the Tube, despite my best efforts (Londoners will know what a travel faux pas this is). Several sections took me a while to get through, due to crying with laughter and being unable to see the text. Arthur Less is a middle-aged American novelist who…
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Black Tudors
How refreshing to get a completely different take on a period that can seem so familiar! Shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize, this is an outstanding history which tells the stories of ten African lives in Britain, and usefully sets each in context. There is a strong local connection to the Riverside Bookshop. Reasonable Blackman,…
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Luna Loves Library Day
Luna’s mum drops her off at the library, where Dad meets her and they have an adventurous day! This beautiful picture book for young children shows libraries to be exciting and safe places. It celebrates all different kinds of reading, and there is even a bonus miniature story book set inside so you can read…
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The Stranger Diaries
A teacher is murdered in Shoreham-by-Sea in Sussex. Her school has an historic connection with ghost story writer R M Holland. As pupils and colleagues try to come to terms with her death, the story surrounding it unfolds with Gothic overtones. Investigating is Detective Sergeant Harbinder Kaur, an excellent character with an acid tongue and…