Wandering the world

I've been reading the Elvis and Joe series by Robert Crais for as long as I can remember. The first book in the series, The monkey's raincoat, was published in 1987. Crais is now into his 70s with 20 books under his belt. The quality of the books is still top notch, though. Robert Crais started his career writing for TV shows like Cagney and Lacey  and Hill Street Blues. I urge you to give the series a go if you love a multilayered and well crafted private eye story with stro

I'd seen the hype about Bonnie Garmus's book, Lessons in chemistry, although I haven't watch the Netflix series of the same name. A female chemist in the 1950s? Awesome. That said, I've honestly found my review quite hard to write, as I have mixed feelings about the book after reading other reviews and mulling over my own thoughts. Lessons in chemistry | Published March 2022 | Read March 2025 Lessons in chemistry follows the story of Elizabeth Zott, a chemist trying to do her

Louise Candlish is a British author who has been writing for around 20 years. Her later books have won a bunch of awards, including Crime and Thriller Book of the Year for 2019's Our house that was later adapted into a television drama. Candlish has a BA in English from University College London and began her writing career with relationship novels. The other passenger is my first go at her crime/thriller collection. Read on for my review. The other passenger | Published June

If you've read my other posts on Marian Keyes novels, you'll know that I have a fondness for the Irish writer despite her chick lit label. I've read all of the Walsh family saga and I am working my way through Keyes's standalone stories. Lucy Sullivan is getting married is the first standalone that Keyes penned, way back in 1996, and her second ever novel (the first being Watermelon in 1995, the inaugural Walsh family book). Why do I love Marian Keyes, as a self-confessed thr