H.M.C

               White Walls by H.M.C

White Walls is a psychological thriller that had me biting my nails, as my heart raced and my mind tried to foresee the next twist. It's a whirlwind of a story that burst off the page and engulfed me it as it surged, twisted and turned.

Jade Thatcher is a psychiatrist who after a failed marriage returns to her hometown and gets a job at the Rowan's Home Psychiatric Institution. But all is not as it seems and as Jade gets to know her patients, more and more questions arise and she soon discovers a secret that threatens to destroy both her and everyone around her.

The descriptive writing is beautiful. The characters are incredibly complex and also very authentic, very real.

Once I'd started reading, I just couldn't put it down!

ian laing

this is what you're doing wrong by ian laing

Hilarious in parts, uncomfortable in others, this book reads like stand up comedy. There were pages that made me think of a group of blokes getting drunk in the pub, and trying to put the world to rights... ignoring the fact that they were offending pretty much EVERYONE with their views. As politically incorrect as a book could possibly be, but if not taken seriously, at times very funny.

Sarita Mandana

        Good Hope Road by Sarita Mandana

Good Hope Road transported me to the front during the First World War. The cold and despair in the trenches, the futility of lives lost in order to advance but a few feet, the hunger, the pain of missing loved ones was all tangible and yet the hope, the camaraderie, the bravery and determination was so prevalent it brought tears to my eyes. 

The story is in parts narrated by Obadaiah Nelson, an American volunteer fighting with the French Foreign Legion in The Great War in 1914, but then jumps forward almost two decades and is Major James Stonebridge's story and the fallout of him returning from the Front a damaged, haunted man.

This book is a must read, a glimpse into the heartbreak and devastation of war, but also the damage both physical and emotional to the young men fighting and the lack of assistance and understanding when they return home.