Sunday, 12 July 2026

New Book - The Enigma of Room 622 by Joël Dicker (Pages 1 -15)

 

First Published: May 27, 2020

The book starts on 16 December, and it describes someone entering room 622 in the Hotel de Verbier and finding a corpse on the floor.

A Scandal In Bohemia - Facts

 

The story starts on 20 March 1888. Sherlock can tell that the person who will visit him is from Bohemia because of the paper of his note. Bohemia is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohemian kings, including Moravia and Czech Silesia, in which case the term refers to the historical cultural and political space of the Czech people.

A Scandal In Bohemia - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1 - by Arthur Conan Doyle


 First Published: June 25, 1891

RATING: GOOD

SPOILERS!!!

Lethal Vengeance - Characters

 

SPOILERS!!!

Lethal Vengeance - Facts

 

The restaurant where Erika and Igor are at the beginning of the novel is in OXO tower in London. The Oxo Tower is a building with a prominent tower on the south bank of the River Thames in London. The building has mixed use as Oxo Tower Wharf containing a set of design, arts and crafts shops on the ground and first floors with two galleries, Oxo Bargehouse and Oxo Gallery. The Oxo Tower Restaurant, Bar and Brasserie is on the eighth floor, which is the roof-top level with fine and casual dining.

Lethal Vengeance 4 - The End (Pages 255 - end)

 

RATING: VERY GOOD

SPOILERS!!!

Thursday, 9 July 2026

New Book - Lethal Vengeance - DCI Erika Foster 8 - by Robert Bryndza (Pages 1 - 7)

 

First Published: February 7, 2024

Erika is having dinner in a posh restaurant with her partner, Igor, and she starts suspecting that he is going to propose. They have been together for four years, but Erika can't do the marrying thing. She is still sore from the memories of her first marriage, and she feels unable to be a wife again. 

The Maid's Tale 2 - The End (Pages 59 - end)

 

RATING: VERY GOOD

Wednesday, 8 July 2026

New Book - The Maid's Tale by Tom Quinn (Pages 1 - 59)

 

First Published: September 15, 2011

This is an account of Rose Plummer, who was born in 1910, adn grew up in Hoxton. Life was hard for her and her family. They lived in a couple of rooms, and they lived in poverty. Hoxton is an area in the London Borough of Hackney,

The Curfew 3 - The End (Pages 303 - end)

 

RATING: GOOD

There is a twist when Andy confronts his brother Rob when Laura and Harry discover that one of the trolls that post abuse about Cathy.