Book Review – Page 7 – Scuffed Granny

HaiLOS by David Perozo

What would you think if you saw haloes appearing above people’s heads? In Perozo’s book, Drew, his main character, experiences exactly that.

A family memoir which is also a potted American history, showing the author’s family members’ significant involvement in many key events

Another story full of humour and humanity about marriage, family dynamics, the wounds of past arguments and moving forward.

A disillusioned medical student encounters an older patient who takes him to task over his attitude, wanting to alter it for the better

Fabler holds a mirror up to the world, using what he sees to write a taut thriller where good people try to expose those who would control

A tense tale set in coastal Scotland where enquiries about the mystery of a baby’s abandonment and her mother’s suicide stir up trouble

Ruso’s life as a doctor is busy. Add rescued slave, disappearing girls, family, pedants and dogs and it gets interesting – and troubling

A book about four friends, set in Ireland, centring on how they are all there for each other – but are there secrets that could divide them?

A book very much of our time where questions of authorship and cultural appropriation are rife – an interesting read

A book of boys and baseball which rolls along at a fair old pace, with humour, cracking dialogue and scrapes and incidents galore