The Many Lives of Heloise Starchild is a wonderful, inventive adventure that takes the reader from late eighteenth-century France to mid twenty-first century Britain and beyond.

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The Whispering House has some elements that I really liked, but is let down by a weak main character who makes bad decisions.

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In which I somehow read 20 books, three of which were by Doug Johnstone.

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The Space Between Worlds is a riveting and detailed parallel universe sci-fi novel with a lot to say about fortune, privilege and belonging.

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Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook is a rich, interesting and devastating book to savour.

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Paris Savages is interesting, vivid and heartbreaking.

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The Sin Eater features an amazing premise, an immersive world and a brave heroine drawn into a courtly intrigue.

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Tennis Lessons is funny, relateable and comforting.

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The Secret of Creek Cottage is a tense, atmospheric and fascinating ghost story.

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The Collector is a tense and fascinating crime novel with a well-rounded main character.

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