Joo's Book Reviews and Interviews

This is the second in the Chronicles of St Mary's series.  The first book set up the concept of St Mary's - a centre for historical ...

A few forumites mentioned this book, saying how wonderful it was, so I had to have a peek, I downloaded the sample and was immediately hook...

Kate is due to get married just before Christmas to a guy she's only know for less than a year.  Whilst looking for the perfect wedding ...

Jake thinks he's just an ordinary 11 year old boy.  But on his grandfather's death he finds out that his future is not going to be a...

This is the fourth in the Jefferson Tayte series of genealogical mysteries and it is back to the dual timeline that the first two books util...

This story is the follow up to What Happened to Polly and is the next phase of the Hamilton sisters' lives.  The aftermath of the end of...

The Christmas Puzzle is the 8th book in the Pitkirtly series and I think they just get better and better.  This series is my favourite as I ...

There is a cat killer operating in the Glasgow area.  Eddie the vet is asked to look into this, but he has suspicions that the killer might ...

This is another Emily Castles short story.  I like the character of Emily.  This time she has volunteered to help at Santa's grotto. I...

Anthony Routledge has been sentence for a crime he didn't commit.  Such was the severity of the crime he gets sent to the highest prison...

This is an epic tale of the Morley family owning and living on a sugar cane plantation in 18th century Jamaica. The story starts when Char...

Amber Fox is back and I'm happy to read a new story, even if it is just a shorter filler. It is Christmas Eve and St Nicholas' bone...

I wasn't quite sure what this book was about before I started and it starts off quietly enough.  Talon is a man who wants to cure cancer...

Lucy starts her life in early 19th Century Eastern England in a good home as her mother is a maid to a well-to-do family, but they have to l...

A Gathering of Ghosts is a collection of short stories.  David Haynes has moved from his macabre stories and delves into the world of ghost ...

Ethan Burke arrives in the town of Wayward Pines but things aren't quite as they should be.  He tries to get out, to contact his family,...

I adore Cecilia Peartree's Pitkirtly mysteries and the author herself had said this early story is "not a Pitkirtly", so it la...

Without a Hitch is almost two books for the price of one.  It's kind of like an episode of Law and Order where the first bit is the Law ...

The No-Kids Club is thought up by Clare when she couldn't get a decent conversation with her friends without them going on and on about ...

Meet Tim Arnot.  You'll find him hanging out after the apocalypse. How do you strike the balance between writing something you wan...