From Her Own Correspondent by Rosie Irish

I read this September 2013
This book is by a fellow member of The St John's Street Writer's Group.
Rosie found a bundle of letters addressed to her mother from a family friend when her mother died. The friend John Ridley was at the time the Daily Telegraph forgiegn correspondent.  The letters are form the East and far fulng places he was sent to.  Containing mostly 'domestic' information and John's feelings being away form home friends and family.
Intriguing

If you are interested in a copy it is available on Amazon.co.uk or you can contact me and I will pass your information on to Rosie.
Highly recommended.

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

I read this September 2013
It was bought for me by my friend's husband as he had read it and enjoyed it and saw a copy when we were out so got it for me.
This is one of those books with two stories set at different times but 'in parallel, one reflecting the other.  The tale is told through stories written by various different characters.
Set against the backdrop of Spain after the Civil War.  Set in Barcelona. It contains love, thrills and violence in equal measure.  The author takes us form a time when his bookseller father takes him to a the 'Cemetery of Forgotten Books' where he finds a book , The Shadow of the Wind, which sets the whle storry going...there ha been someone buying and destroying them...very sinister.
I enjoyed this book
8/10

The Small Hand by Susan Hill

I read this September 2013
I found this in N&P Buildiing Society, Bury St Edmunds, they have a charity bookshelf.. check it out.
Another great book from Susan Hill, a creepy ghost story, short, small but perfectly formed.
A man, lost on his way to see a client in the country, stops at a house for directions, only to find it's derelict.  A small hand takes his while he's there and it's no coincidence that he stopped at this particular house.  I found it resonated with Winter Ghosts for me.
Beautifully written as always.
9/10

The Beacon by Susan Hill

I read his in September 2013
I bought this in a Charity shop, it is a small book just 148 pages.
Beautifully written as all hers are, so neat and precis. T|he story is of a family one of whom writes a book about his childhood and the subsequent fall out
Love it
10/10

Death Message by Mark Billingham

I read this in August 2013
I saw this on the charity book shelf at work and as Mark Billingham had been on the radio lately decided to give this a try.
First off it was a surprise tat tis is a British dectective novel, why did I think MB wrote 'American' novels whenI knew he's British... who knows?
The detective DI Tom Thorne is sent text pictures of dead bodies ... I quite enjoyed this and will certainly read some more
7/10

Before I go to Sleep by SJ Watson

I read this August 2013
It had been recommended to me and I saw it in a charity shop and decided I'd give it a go.
This is a compelling story of a women who loses her memory every time she goes to sleep.
Who can she trust?  what stories are true, what are lies?
I really enjoy this type of book, intriguing...

8/10