Hiking Haiku by Theolonious Pasatiempo

Hiking Haiku – no mystery here; a simple book of beautifully presented poems about the joys of being outdoors and hiking

The Self-Working Trick and Other Stories by John Gaspard

Follow Eli Marks – magician, problem solver and amateur detective – in this lively book of well plotted and written short murder stories

Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith

A great thriller full of human darkness, lightened by chemistry between Robin and Cormoran

Missing 85 Days by Randy Haglund

A story of a man who finds himself adrift without knowledge of his past told alongside that of the family desperately searching for him

Land of the Blue Mist by Susan Mallgrave

The story of Aster Sweetwater, a girl between two cultural worlds – Cherokee and Jackson’s USA – and her search for a place for her people

The Storyteller by Dave Grohl

A view of life as a rock star but through a refreshingly different lens, that of Dave Grohl, one that exudes enthusiasm and love for life

Kindergarten at 60 by Dian Seidel

A great book, describing Seidel’s experience teaching English to students in Thailand – in a kindergarten! Cultural, frank and real.

The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan

A magnificent book of war and love and courage and weakness – a tour through the human experience: its emotions, its hesitancies, its losses