This gripping crime novel features an eye-catching cover, with the words 'Four murders. One terrible secret.' which gives a hint a hint of what to expect. I am a great admirer of this author's novels and eagerly await each new one. Alas, there is usually a lengthy wait as Louisa Larkin is a meticulous researcher... Continue Reading →
This is a small novella (hand bag size and with only 112 pages) but an absolute jewel! (I thought I knew the meaning of the intriguing title "a flight of blackbirds". but checked. I was correct, but it can also mean "murmurings") It is a collection of the musings and experiences of a number of... Continue Reading →
I think I might have mentioned this book on Facebook and perhaps I have left it a little late to promote it now we are moving back to 'normal life", but it still provides a totally frivolous but highly entertaining read. I see author Ian Doors (a play on words?) lives in England, but the... Continue Reading →
FAMILY, FOOD & FEELINGS by KATE BERRY This is a book I really enjoyed and found to be full of interesting, honest and practical information. Kate Berry is a sole parent and has two young daughters, who feature prominently right through the book. One is a young teenager, the other still in primary school. There... Continue Reading →
A guest to my radio program The Good Life on 3MDR on the 17th of Feb 2020 was author J.P. (Josh) POMARE, whose recent book 'In The Clearing' I loved and in which I became totally involved. Set in Australia, it reverberates very strongly with those of us who have followed the story (well known... Continue Reading →
I read a great numbers of books, as I am sure you know, and it is always a delight to discover a new author whose work one really enjoys! This certainly applies to a book titled Maggie’s Going Nowhere, a first novel by Australian author Rose Hartley. One has to disapprove of Maggie who is... Continue Reading →
Anyone who knows me or who listens to The Good Life will understand that I have a very great affection for dogs, so it was a wily publicist who sent me a copy of LOST but FOUND, knowing I would love it! And I certainly did! Author & photographer PETER SHARP, in conjunction with the... Continue Reading →
A book I very much enjoyed this month was titled You Don't Know me, written by SARA FOSTER, who already has an impressive number of successful novels to her credit. This book is a crime novel, but full of twists and turns.. which I love! It was a pleasure to speak with Sara, although I... Continue Reading →
In October author Chloe Bayliss an extremely multi-talented young woman named, who has written a very personal account of her medical problems in a memoir titled En Pointe. Ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher and now actor and author, she has survived an extreme medical condition which threatened to end her career and which took many months... Continue Reading →
I recently had Favel Parrett as a guest on my program "The Good Life" on 3MDR, and who has previously written two very popular books and this latest offering, There Was Still Love, will be equally well received, I feel certain. I loved it and really enjoyed speaking with Favel. It is told through the... Continue Reading →
a good book, a good life 