Author – Graham Greene “A classic that can be read and reread”If you are perusing a book shop (or the online equivalent) and are about to discard this book as poor value (it is only 160 pages long) then stop right there! If you have never read Graham Greene then you really should and this…

Author – Vikas Swarup “Easy reading, fast paced, destiny (H/B)ollywood?”Written by a man in the first person voice of a young woman, and successfully so, we are propelled into the improbable storyline of a chance encounter with a billionaire industrialist who offers you the opportunity to become a CEO of his conglomerate if you can…

Author – Philip Kerr “Introducing Bernie Gunther, Poirot’s antithesis” This is the omnibus edition of the first three Bernie Gunther books written 20+ years ago. For fans (I am a fan) and first timers this will not disappoint. In the first two books of this set Bernie is the sardonic private investigator living dangerously in…

Author – Chris Stewart “Read this if planning to visit Grenada, Spain” This is an enjoyable documentary on building a life in the Sierra Nevada as a farmer and going native. It is an easy read but far from an easy journey for Chris and his wife Ana as they take over a farm and…

Author – Patrick Hamilton “A classic study of observation in 1930’s London” This is a beautifully written and sometimes comic study of ordinary lives set against the backdrop of The Great Depression. A trilogy, with each story focusing on one of the main characters, Bob a bar waiter, Jenny a prostitute, and Ella the ever…

Author – Elanor Dymott “An Oxford murder with a difference” There are no famous detectives in this investigation and it doesn’t read like a normal murder mystery. This is a deep and sometimes moving narration of love, jealousy, grief and revenge set around an Oxford college. It has an absorbing storyline with a moral dimension…