Tag: homophobia
The Grapevine – Kate Kemp
A gripping and atmospheric debut novel about a mysterious murder that exposes the secrets behind closed doors in 1970’s suburban Australia. It’s the height of summer in Australia, 1979, and on a quiet suburban cul-de-sac a housewife is scrubbing the yellow and white checkered tiles of the bathroom floor. But all is not as it seems. For one thing, it’s 3am. For another, she … Read More The Grapevine – Kate Kemp
+ female friendship, fiction, gay, gay community, grief, lockdown, loss, love, mental health, mental illness, psychiatric hospital, review
Hold Back The Night by Jessica Moor
From the Observer debut novelist of the year, comes a blistering, heart-wrenching new novel of complicity and atonement, delving into one nurse’s experience of the little-known history of conversion therapy and the heart-breaking betrayal of the AIDS crisis. March 2020. Annie is alone in her house as the world shuts down, only the ghosts of her memories for company. But then she receives a phone call … Read More Hold Back The Night by Jessica Moor
+ crime fiction, fiction, friends, murder, murder mystery, relationships, review, Scandi noir, Sweden, thriller
Because You’re Mine (Gunvor Ström #2) by Luna Miller
Gunvor Ström, a Swedish surgeon who had to retire because her hands weren’t steady enough to perform operations, accepts a position as a private detective and enters a new and surprisingly dangerous career. In Because You’re Mine, she accepts her second assignment. Is it always for the best to look for a missing person? Gunvor is not entirely sure as she believes there are those … Read More Because You’re Mine (Gunvor Ström #2) by Luna Miller
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