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Book Review: ‘Browse’ by Henry Hitchings.
What’s better than a book? A bookshop! Bookshops have a special kind of magic: the ability to answer our questions; to transport us to anywhere in any period of time; […]
Exclusive Book Review: ‘Stealth’ by Hugh Fraser.
“An action-packed thriller with a powerful heroine.” – a CUB must-read! London, 1967. A working girl is brutally murdered in a club in Soho. Trained by her own life experiences, […]
Exclusive Review: ‘Broken Ponies’ by Sophie Jonas-Hill.
“An engaging thriller with a feisty heroine.” After taking some time off work as a casino security guard in Vegas, Rita seeks out her ex brother-in-law, Red, so that he […]
Book review: ‘The Mosul Legacy’ by Christopher Lowery
“The topicality of this novel is what makes it so poignant to read.” Mosul, Iraq, 2016 – once the defining moment of ISIL’s rise to power, but quickly becoming a […]
Review: ‘Layover’ by Lisa Zeidner
“As humorous as Zeidner’s heroine is, the emotion is raw and heartfelt.” Claire Newbold is not a conventional heroine. She’s intelligent and sexy, but she has also been known to […]
Peril at End House by Agatha Christie
“A classic whodunnit, Christie is the queen of crime!” – CUB’s perfect summer detective read The first accident: a heavy picture that falls on Miss Buckley’s bed. The second […]
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
“ A powerful and poignant read about familial relationships – a CUB must-read!” In a small town in Ohio in the 1970s, Lydia Lee is the favourite child of […]
Review of Dorthe Nors’ ‘Middle, Shoulder, Signal’
“A spiritually Scandi perspective on life’ Living in Copenhagen, Sonja is in her forties and is trying to move in the right direction in life. She is learning to drive, […]
REVIEW of ‘The Gradual Disappearance of Jane Ashland’ by Nicolai Houm
“A cleverly structured novel that explores the emotions of grief and loss.” After a tragic accident that changes American writer Jane Ashland’s life, she travels to Norway in search of […]