Fiction
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A dark, amusing, wry and quirky tale of a woman who opens a utopian nursery school.
read my review of November 2012
Listen to Catherine's choice for BBC Radio Suffolk
A peak into the life of the journalist and novelist, and the generations who have preceded her in her London Victorian terrace.
read my review of November 2012
A funny, raw and gripping account of divorce and life on a national newspaper. Bridget Jones 10 years on?
read my review of November 2012
The village of Worlingworth in the 1980s - a bleak, dark, disturbing account of the secrets of village life.
Review not yet available - book details
Harold Fry goes out to post a letter and doesn't stop walking. This is a wonderful, uplifting and life-affirming story everyone should read!
read my review of July 2012
A feel-good saga of family, friendship and love set in Italy and America in the 1920s.
read my review of May 2012
An uplifting account of life in the menacing and repressive regime of Afghanistan.
read my review of May 2012
What caused 173 people to be crushed to death as they sought refuge in the Bethnal Green air raid shelter in 1943? Thirty years after the original investigation, the magistrate is asked to look again at his report into the tragedy.
read my review of March 2012
Each morning a woman wakes up remembering nothing of the day before. Her past and her identity are revealed to her, day after day, by the one person she can trust. But is she being told the whole story?
read my review of January 2012
Susan has been sent the manuscript of a book written by her ex-husband. As she reads the gripping and terrifying story we learn more and more about her life, her present husband, her former marriage, and her thoughts about this book and her response to it.
read my review of January 2012
A group of women share stories about their life as they meet to knit together.
read my review of January 2012
Mr Golightly has retreated to a quaint Devon village to cure his writer's block. As he immerses himself in the lives of his neighbours, we learn more about him, community and life itself.
read my review of January 2012
An apocalyptic thriller covering environmental disaster, psychotherapy and evangelical Christianity. Packed with issues, and a gripping read.
read my review of January 2012
Life isn't turning out how she expected, so when 30-something Louise discovers a fascinating treatise on fashion in a second-hand bookshop, she decides to put the principles into action.
Review not yet available - book details
A thriller based in the world of high finance and artificial intelligence.
read my review of October 2011