This is a delightful story with an environmental message for all children who read or listen to it. I chose to listen to the audiobook, which is not something I do often. Nessie is worried about plastic in Loch Ness as she sets off to meet her sheep friends with their lambs. But she […]
I chose to read Retreat from Nuala as a member of Rosie’s Book Review Team and received a copy from the author, but that does not alter my review in any way. There is nothing like returning to a series you know for that wonderful feeling of contentment as you settle back in with familiar […]
In this latest adventure Amanda, age twelve, has travelled to the Isle of Arran off the west coast of Scotland with her friend Leah to stay with Aunt Jenny. As always Amanda is inquisitive about everything around her and excited by being on an island. She soon gets to know some of the locals. […]
When Only Memories Remain is a book that tells the story of every parent’s worst nightmare. That one where your children go out and don’t come back. In this case there is an accident and tragically several families are affected. Paul is the Church of Scotland Minister in the parish of Burnbrae and in a […]
When you enjoy an author’s writing, you will endeavour to read as much of their work as you can, whatever it is. In a departure to the mostly historical fiction that Barrow produces, Live and Let is the lively and often humorous telling of a young family’s move to Pembrokeshire and their holiday let. The […]
I chose to read this book as a member of Rosie Amber’s Book Review Team and received a copy from the author. This does not affect my review in any way. I like books of shorter fiction. They often give me respite between longer works and are great when travelling or in waiting rooms. At […]
I have already read the books that make up the Howarth Family Saga Series which I thought were excellent, so I was delighted when I came across this prequel, which was written after the trilogy. You might think it was completed as an after-thought. A ploy by the author to produce yet another story using […]
This is a cracker of a story. Our nameless narrator is a professional dog walker with a nice little business in the Derbyshire town of Ripley. I’ve never been there, so have no idea if everything is in the place it’s meant to be, but it doesn’t matter if it is or not, because Barry’s […]
Hard to Forgive is one week old today and I thought I would share with you the first chapter: 1: Not the Weather for a Funeral Now I usually look forward to a funeral. Prefer them to weddings, in fact. There is less dancing. But that wasn’t the case with today’s following the horrific murders […]
One of my lovely Advance Copy Readers (thank you, Amanda) contacted me recently to say they had finished reading Hard to Forgive (and thoroughly enjoyed it, thankfully) and were loving the series with all the different aspects of suspense covered in each book. I thought that was an important point to perhaps mention again. When […]
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