Tag Archives: Book Review

  Surfeit of Lampreys by Ngaio Marsh – I’ve gone for some old school Golden Age Crime recently, and am revisiting Ngaio Marsh’s beautifully understated stories. Her hero Roderick Alleyn of The Yard is devastatingly urbane and clever, the settings … Continue reading →

Blue Mountains Library wishes you all happy reading, watching and listening in July. It’s been a while since we had a What Library staff are reading – April.  As we entered the COVID-19 lockdown I found I was unable to … Continue reading →

Blue Mountains Library wishes you all happy reading and listening in April. How the Dead Speak by Val McDermid eAudio on RB Digital – the is number 11 in the Tony Hill and Carol Jordan series. (The eAudiobook of number … Continue reading →

The Chain by Adrian McKinty – I have enjoyed Adrian McKinty’s other novels set in Northern Ireland and with such interesting titles as I hear sirens in the street and Police at the station and they don’t look friendly. Apparently … Continue reading →

Wishing you all a safe and happy Christmas from the Blue Mountains Library staff. Winter by Knausgård, Karl Ove. – I will read anything by this author, anywhere, anytime. 4/5 The righteous mind: why good people are divided by politics … Continue reading →

The erratics by Vicki Laveau-Harvie – this is a misery memoir with a difference.  It’s a misery memoir with humour and I awarded it a rare 5 stars.  This is the story of the author’s relationship with her very difficult … Continue reading →