Beyond the Pales by Toby Cole

On Tuesday I teased a few readers with a sample from this book.  Now here is my review. “Why is a Forensic Anthropologist murdered in the largest cemetery in Britain?  Detective Superintendent Pandora Kingdom needs to find out and fast. As well as battling the killer, she has her own demons to deal with. She lost

The Rock by Robert Daws

I was drawn to this fast moving detective story, by actor and writer Robert Daws, because it reminded me of the old house in Gibraltar where my parents lived many years ago, but it will appeal to anyone who enjoys trying to solve a murder mystery alongside a bold heroine. Detective Sergeant Tamara Sullivan has

The Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw

I came to this book with memories of travelling through Malaya during the 1960s when it was very different to the modern Kuala Lumpur of today.  The miles and miles of rubber plantations, occasionally interrupted by small kampongs, were very atmospheric and so I was ready to be disappointed by a modern writer’s attempt to

Monday Musing

  For me there is no contest, the answer has to be one of Jasper Fforde’s Thursday Next books and you might as well begin with the first, “The Eyre Affair”.  For in this book Thursday enters into Charlotte Bronte’s “Jane Eyre.”   In an alternative 1985, the Crimean war still rages, dodos are regenerated