The first in a trilogy of books about Gabriel Dax, which charts his progression from orphaned boy to popular writer – but is he really sought for his writing talent?
Tag Archives: British fiction
Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms by Katherine Rundell
A story of a girl taken from all she knows and her fight to survive in a world where she doesn’t fit
Of Lions and Unicorns by Michael Morpurgo
A collection and selection of Morpurgo’s work, including complete short stories and excerpts from his most applauded novels
The Axeman’s Jazz by Ray Celestin
New Orleans: a city of mob and racial tension and now, there’s a serial killer on the loose in this well-written thriller
The Serial Killer’s Wife by Alice Hunter
An original book with a surprising ending which failed to set this reader alight
Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce
A tale of friendship, reconciliation with the past, and adventure, with two unlikely women searching for a beetle on the other side of the world
The Fool’s Tale by Nicole Galland
An historical fiction book, loosely based on Welsh history, which tells a story of politics, love and the ties that bind
Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon
There are exploits; I’m not sure how glorious they are but this book doesn’t need glory to make it a triumph
The Woman who Walked into the Sea by Mark Douglas-Home
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 and the Disappearing Dancing Girls by R.S. Downie
Ruso’s life as a doctor is busy. Add rescued slave, disappearing girls, family, pedants and dogs and it gets interesting – and troubling
Scuffed Granny 