‘Shame has to change sides’ – Book Group report, #WITMonth, #20BOS26

The ordeals of Gisèle Pelicot and her family in 2024 can’t have escaped your notice! Having discovered that her husband had been drugging then her raping her while unconscious, and then letting other men rape her and filming it for ages, she bravely stood up in court in public to take him and the other Read More

A Timely Thriller…

Anatomy of a Scandal by Sarah Vaughan This legal and psychological thriller has been on the receiving end of a lot of hype since its publication a couple of weeks ago. My local bookshop got some advance signed copies in for Christmas, so I got my hands on it early and read it before the Read More

Two Short Takes

Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty I had been planning to read Apple Tree Yard well in advance of the then imminent TV series (preferring to read the book first), but only just made it in time. Suffice it to say, this was a thriller that I raced through in a couple of sessions, finding Read More