Marina by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. A young adult Gothic love story set in Barcelona in present time but is haunted by past events and a mysterious woman dressed in black. Evil lurks on every page.
A Taxidermist's Daughter by Kate Mosse. Set in 1912 -1913 in a small village in UK, Fishbourne near Chichester (Darkest Hour by Barbara Erskine also set in Chichester) Connie struggles to remember incidents from her early years before she had a head injury. The book is about identity, murder, revenge. A good fast flowing story.
The Mystery of the Missing Masterpiece by Robin Bowles. A Cornelia Finnigan mystery. Set in Australia Cornelia is a private investigator, also preoccupied with her clothes and shoes, especially shoes and boots.
Say You're Sorry by Michael Robotham. This was a well written book that kept me guessing all the way through.
Three Story House by Courtney Miller Santo. Three cousins help to restore Lizzie's grandmother's house all the while trying to uncover the secrets of the house and who is really Lizzie's father.
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins. It was about a girl who travels on a train every day.As the train slows down in the same place everyday passing the house she used to live in, she notices things about the people who live in the house and what their habits are. She also notices that something is not right in a house further along the street. This book is about stalking.
The Whispering by Sarah Rayne. A good ghost story about a house - Fosse House, a secret room and a walled garden.
The Girl in the Photograph by Kate Riordan. Two women at different times in history are drawn to and haunted by a house and the events that happened.
How to Fall in Love by Cecelia Ahearn. Christine Rosi stops Adam Basil from jumping off a bridge.
One Wish by Maria Duffey. Becky Greene is a single mother, her daughter Lilly starts asking about her father. Becky starts looking for him.
The Year I met You by Cecelia Ahearn.
Northanger Abbey by Val McDermid. Young Adult Fiction. About book festivals, an old Abbey, vampires and romance.
In August 2015 I went to the Byron Bay Writers' Festival. I attended 2 sessions where Michael Robotham was on the panel.
No comments:
Post a Comment