Little Face by Sophie Hannah

“It’s every mother’s nightmare…” says the cover, and it’s certainly a terrifying scenario. New mum Alice pops out alone for the first time since her daughter’s birth, but when she returns she is convinced the baby her husband David is looking after is a different child. Hysterical, no one believes her, but policeman Simon isn’tContinue reading “Little Face by Sophie Hannah”

The Strange Fate of Kitty Easton by Elizabeth Speller

A gentle mystery this, at least at first glance – but as you read, the strands of the character’s lives enmesh you in a web of violence, duplicity and sacrifice. Underneath the crumbling edifice of a world fractured by war, its class system rotting, is the imprint of a long forgotten labyrinth, a pagan metaphorContinue reading “The Strange Fate of Kitty Easton by Elizabeth Speller”