Colin Garrow's Blog, page 11
March 17, 2024
‘The Skeleton Road’ by Val McDermid
My Review (5 stars out of 5) The discovery of a skeleton on the roof of a gothic building in Edinburgh gives Detective Chief Inspector Karen Pirie a difficult starting point. The task of identifying the bones, which have lain there for several years, means the lack of evidence leaves the team little to go…
March 13, 2024
‘Friends in Need’ by Joy Mutter
My Review (5 stars out of 5) Taxi driver Andrew Southgate has no problems bedding women. Short of cash, he’s not short of happiness. Until, that is, he starts lusting after Viviana – wife of his best pal, Mike. While Mike often helps Andrew financially, he begins to suspect there may be something going on…
March 6, 2024
‘The Red Riding Hood’ by G Lawrence
My Review (4 stars out of 5) The classic story of the girl in the red hood gets a makeover in this tale of woodcutters, wolves, witches, fae folk and magic. Following the great shaking of the Earth, a multitude of characters gather in a quest to find the Chosen One and stop the red…
March 5, 2024
‘The Good Wife’ by Gemma Rogers
Welcome to my stop on the Blog Tour for The Good Wife, via Rachel at Rachel’s Ransom Resources Blurb Appearances can be deceiving… After a whirlwind romance and three years of marriage, I’d tried to be a good wife.My husband Tom is always watching, controlling my every move. He chooses my clothes, my hairstyle, even…
March 3, 2024
‘Mr Mercedes’ by Stephen King
My Review (5 stars out of 5) Recently retired detective Bill Hodges is tormented by ‘the Mercedes massacre’, a case he couldn’t solve. Now, a letter from the killer gets him thinking. Maybe there’s away he can hunt this guy down himself and bring the perp to justice. But his retired stance means he could…
February 28, 2024
‘A Woman of No Importance’ by Sonia Purnell
My Review (5 stars out of 5) In September 1941, a young American woman posing as a journalist arrived in Vichy, France. Her task was to work with the French resistance to sabotage, upset, and divert the Nazi invaders. By 1942 the Gestapo were hot on her heels, but Virginia Hall continued to slip through…
February 14, 2024
‘The War of the Worlds’ by HG Wells
My Review (5 stars out of 5) When an army of invading Martians lands in England, the population are thrown into panic. As huge three-legged machines trample across the countryside destroying everything in their path with a deadly heat ray, the people of Earth must come to terms with the possibility that humanity is to…
‘London Tales’ by Tim Walker
My Review (4 stars out of 5) This is another collection of stories from Tim Walker, with eleven tales taken from various points along London’s timeline. Subjects range from legendary Iceni queen, Boudica (seen from the point of view of the Romans), to more modern stories set in the twentieth century, such as a tale…
February 11, 2024
‘Dead Wrong’ by Cath Staincliffe
My Review (4 stars out of 5) In the summer of Euro ’96, Manchester is targeted by an IRA Bomb. In the midst of the ensuing confusion, private investigator Sal Kilkenny takes on two new clients – both very frightened. One is the victim of a stalker, while the other, a teenager, is terrified of…
February 7, 2024
‘Bluebird and the Dead Lake’ by John Pearson
My Review (5 stars out of 5) Following Donald Campbell’s 1964 attempt on the world land speed record, John Pearson spent several weeks with Campbell and his team in Australia’s remote outback, waiting for conditions on the saltpan of Lake Eyre to meet the standards required for a successful record attempt. Aiming to hit speeds…
