Monthly Archives: April 2019

THE SECRETARY – Renee Knight

The plot is centred on the relationship between the absolutely discreet and loyal secretary, Personal Assistant Christine Butcher, and her driven ruthless boss, supermarket mogul, Mina Appleton. It is Christine’s post-traumatic diary of the events leading up to that present … Continue reading

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NEVER TELL – Lisa Gardner

Excellent! A thriller, a whodunnit until the last moment with more twists than a corkscrew. This is my first Lisa Gardner, but wow! Where has she been all my reading life? She has 20 previous novels to her name. Her … Continue reading

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CELTIC EMPIRE – Clive Cussler & Dirk Cussler

A DIRK PITT NOVEL – An entertaining adventure packed full of action and our well-known heroes: Dirk Pitt, and all his NUMA team, plus his son and daughter, Summer and Dirk Pitt Jnr. all behaving heroically and surviving, of course. … Continue reading

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DARKEST TRUTH – Catherine Kirwan

After awhile, it doesn’t matter that this is no longer a whodunnit; that it issues its own spoiler, but the doubts come and go. Which adds to the tension, of course. Lawyer, Finn Fitzpatrick, is accosted in the street by … Continue reading

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NOT FORGIVEN, Araneya Series #2 – Neven Carr

This is one of those series where one really needs to absorb the first one first, but, that (FORGOTTEN) being on special at the moment, grabbing it now would be a worthwhile introduction to this one. Both are well worth a read … Continue reading

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