BOOKS! BOOKS! BOOKS!

A heavy slant this month on thrillers, as follows:

“Gone Girl”  –  by Gillian Flynn.  If you’ve not seen the film and like thrillers this is the book for you.  A gripping tale – Nick’s wife, Amy, is missing and he’s a suspect.  But, there are always two sides to every story…..;

“Black Leopard Red Wolf” –  by Marlon James.  To be frank, notwithstanding it reached the final of the National Book Award for Fiction in 2019, not my sort of book – a fantasy world of violence, suspense and mystery.  Set in an ancient Africa, narrated in flashback by Tracker, who possesses the gift of a heightened sense of smell, employed as one of a group of mercenaries seeking a boy who disappeared three years ago;

“The Wicked Girls” –  by Alex Marwood.  When Val McDermid says “So good I wish I’d written it myself” you know that this novel is at the top of the psychological thriller tree.  Well plotted, told in real time and flashback.  Also, an effective social comment on child murderers and their reintegration into society.  I enjoyed reading it; and

“Gaudy Night” –  by Dorothy L Sayers.  From one of the doyennes of 1930’s Golden Age of crime fiction – a mystery novel (no murder), full of suspense interwoven with a love story and an examination of women’s struggles to enlarge their roles and achieve some social independence – is it possible for a woman to have it all?

If you are interested in any of the above books or any others featured since April, please contact Debra Thatcher on 01572 823910 or by email debrathatcher@hotmail.com so delivery can be arranged.