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Today I am so happy to be taking part in the cover reveal for  The Helpline by Katherine Collette. Germaine Johnson may not be all that good with people but she’s great with numbers. Unfortunately, as she discovers after 'the incident' at Wallace Insurance (and the subsequent disputed allegations), there are very few openings these days for senior mathematicians. Then her cousin gets her a job at the council. On the Senior Citizens Helpline. It’s not the resumé entry Germaine wanted - but it turns out Mayor Verity Bainbridge has something more interesting in mind for her. A secret project involving the troublemakers at the community centre and their feud with the golf club next door. Which is run by the strangely attractive Don Thomas . Don and the mayor want the seniors closed down. Germaine wants what Don and the mayor want. But when she’s forced to get to know the ‘troublemakers’- things get more complicated. So without further to do here is the big reveal...……. Let me ...

The Teenage Girls Survival Guide is a fantastic new book from Jane Bradley who has, for a while, left off from being a top make-up artist to the stars, to produce this book. She aims to use this book to reach girls about boys, being with them, break-up from them, and so forth. They'll learn about how to deal with friendships and relationships, how to cope with the very real problem of

A Most Unladylike Occupation is an absolutely brilliant and highly important book from Lisa Wright. It details the life and times of Lucy Deane, who was one of the first female factory inspectors in Victorian Britain. Lucy Deane was appointed to the role of Factory Inspector in 1983 by Herbert Asquith, when he was Home Secretary. She was sent to inspect and issue reports on the condition of

A Journey With Brendan is a book by paediatrician Dr May Ng about her own personal account of life with her son Brendan who is autistic. It's known that 1 in 60 children are somewhere on the autism spectrum. Unfortunately in the UK there is a waiting period of anywhere between two years to 36 months for the condition to be diagnosed. Many families of children on the autistic spectrum are

The Veterinary Detectives A Vet in Peru is an amazingly readable book from Roger S. Windsor. You'll possibly have read his previous work, The Veterinary Detectives: More Sherlock Holmes Than James Herriot. Which your reviewer can also heartily recommend. In this book we read of Roger's further adventures, this time in Peru. It tells the story of how Roger came to be awarded a richly deserved

The Grumpy Gnome's Garden is a delightful novel for children about a Gnome who is grumpy and who has a garden. But! Into the life of the grumpy and sometimes lonely Gnome comes a Fairy Princess who has more than a touch of magic about her. The Gnome is disappointed in his garden. He knows what he wants his garden to look like, he wants it to be a green paradise, the reality is that it is an

Before I frustrate blog readers by once again reviewing the second in a mystery series, I wanted to congratulate author Amanda Flower. Like other writer/librarians before her, such as Jenn McKinlay, Amanda is leaving her library job in Ohio to devote herself entirely to her writing career. Congratulations, Amanda. Flower is the author of a number of series.  Death and Daisies  is the second in her Magical Garden series set in Duncreigan, Scotland. When Fiona Knox inherited her godfather's cottage and magic garden in Scotland in Flowers and Foul Play , she thought she'd be welcome in the village where his family, the MacAllisters, had lived for centuries. Instead, the village rector, Quaid MacCullen, refuses her admittance at the church door. He disapproves of the family and the magical garden. Then, on the eve of the opening of her new Climbing Rose Flower Shop, he threatens her. Despite the rector, the opening of the flower shop is a success. At least it's successful until...