Advantages: Easy to read, simple story with lots of detail Disadvantages: It wasn't long enough!
The Winter Ghosts starts in April 1933, with a man called Freddie. He is off the meet the owner of a bookshop in the hope that he can decipher a letter that he has on his person. The shopkeeper is amazed at the letter and promptly asks where he had come a ...
Advantages: A quick read Disadvantages: A bit too quick
...(the criteria seems to be asking about the audio version - I am reviewing the book not the audio book) During the January sales immediately after Christmas, I ventured out to Waterstone's to see what book I could find to use my loyalty points on. Natura ...
Advantages: Beautiful way with words Disadvantages: Predictable
...Being a huge fan of Kate Mosses' previous books, Labyrinth and Sepulchre, I had very high hopes for what was described as the follow up in the Languedoc trilogy. Winter Ghosts was the third and final instillation of this Languedoc series which was all set ...
Advantages: Good production values, good acting and some interesting ideas Disadvantages: Very difficult to engage with either the characters or the overall story
The Private Patient Plot: In the 17th century an ancient stone circle provides the venue for the burning of a witch. 350 years later and the neighbouring area will bear witness to another violent killing. Controversial journalist Rhoda Gradwyn decides ...
Advantages: Great thriller and characters, well narrated Disadvantages: Not quite as good as the first story
...Having made her fortune because of someone else's dirty dealings in the last novel, Lisbeth Salander has escaped to the Caribbean, wanting a break and some weeks of sunshine. Eventually sated, she returns home, buys a new apartment and finds herself bored ...
