Sunday, May 13, 2012

Review: The Demands by Mark Billingham


DI Tom Thorne is back and in the hot seat. Detective Constable Helen Weeks from Billingham’s stand-alone novel In the Dark is one of the people taken hostage. The hostage taker, to uncover the truth about his son’s death has tasked Thorne with finding the truth.
I am glad to see the return of the Weeks character; I enjoyed In the Dark and was left wanting more of the character at the end of the book. From the first chapter you are pulled into the case. You will want to jump into the book and help, if only so Thorne can get some rest because that will only happen after the hostages are safe.
With plenty of action, twists and surprises and with a plot that keeps you guessing, you will have hard time putting this down until you finish. - Jennifer

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Review: So far away by Meg Mitchell Moore

(Pub date May 29, 2012) Touching and heart-warming. The story of a bullied teenager and a mother who feel her own child is lost to her. I was quickly drawn into the lives of these characters. Kathleen would like so much to have another chance with her daughter whom she has lost contact with over the years. Natalie wants to find a way to stop her ex-best friend and her friend from bullying her but doesn't know what to do. Through the discovery of an old journal and as we follow the characters through their lives we learn more about them and feel for what they are going through. You will long for Kathleen to find her daughter and mend their relationship and the pain that Natalie suffers brings the want of justice for this young girl. Jennifer