How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder

Title: How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder

Author: Nina McConigley

Publisher:  Pantheon

 
ISBN: 9780593702246

 

Thoughts: A quick and dark tale of sisterhood and fighting back.

 

Rating: 3/5

Heidi

Title: Heidi

Author: Michelle Miller

Publisher:  Amazon Original Stories

 
ISBN: 9781542093422

 

Thoughts: A fun romp looking at the stereotypical men of the finance industry.

 

Rating: 3/5

The Blue Hour

Title: The Blue Hour

Author: Paula Hawkins

Publisher:  HarperAudio

 
ISBN: n/a

 

Thoughts: Good mystery with a lot of twists, but it could have been even more atmospheric with such a perfect setting.

 

Rating: 3/5

Blood for Blood

Title: Blood for Blood

Author: Vistorica Selman

Publisher:  Thomas & Mercer

 
ISBN: 9781503960060

 

Thoughts: Not a bad police procedural, but the slang was sometimes over the top and seemed more like posturing than attempting to be realistic.

 

Rating: 3/5

Life, and Death, and Giants

Title: Life, and Death, and Giants

Author: Ron Rindo

Publisher:  St Martin's Press

 
ISBN: 9781250375339

 

Thoughts: Touching novel about the adults who orbit around the life of a remarkable boy born near an Amish community in Wisconsin.

 

Rating: 3/5

Fantastic Mr Fox

Title: Fantastic Mr Fox

Author: Roald Dahl

Publisher:  Puffin

 
ISBN: 9780141365442

 

Thoughts: Like many of Dahl's books, the characters are caricatures, and the plot is very light, but it is entertaining to younger readers.

 

Rating: 3/5