BOOK REVIEWS
Cold-Blooded Myrtle by Elizabeth C. Bunce
High stakes for detective Myrtle in this middle-grade mystery
Silverfin by Charlie Higson
Terrific middle-grade thriller introducing thirteen-year-old James Bond
A Touch of Mistletoe by Barbara Comyns
Haunting, sad, and darkly funny: an utter joy to read
My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
An elegant portrait of motherhood and integrity
His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet
A terrific tale of criminal behaviour and the manipulation of evidence
Night Birds on Nantucket by Joan Aiken
Dido Twite wakes up to whale-hunters in this terrific children’s adventure
The Tunnel by Ernesto Sábato
It’s a short, bitter chain from meet-cute to murder in Ernesto Sábato’s The Tunnel.
The Lost Book of Adventure by The Unknown Adventurer
This book whips up a sense of imminent possible adventure. Five stars.