Velvet was the night

By Silvia Moreno-Garcia Spoilers ahead! Using the real life events of Mexico’s dirty war during the 70s and inspired by Mexican Noir writers, the author creates a fictional story of a young woman called Maite, who finds herself on the wrong side of the tracks, while searching for her missing neighbour. Along the way she […]

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Fairy Tale

By Stephen King One of the best books I have read this year. I won’t be giving any major plot away and will keep the spoilers to a minimum. It’s about a seventeen-year-old boy called Charlie Reade, who lives in a modern-day America, with his father. Despite his young age, he appears to be mature […]

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The Exorcist

by William Peter Blatty It is that time of year now, when the air is getting cold, and the nights longer. It is at this time of year where I like to read “scary stuff”. This is the book that inspired the famous supernatural horror film of the same name and the reason why I […]

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Twelve Secrets

By Robert Gold MILD SPOILERS. A well-executed crime thriller that kept me guessing till the end. The book started off slow, building up a steady momentum, and towards the end, I found myself unable to put the book down. I consider myself an armchair detective and this was one book whose twist I did not […]

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