Tri-City Literary Reviews

A Review of the Book “The Poison Tree”

The book “The Poison Tree” is the first novel of the British writer, Erin Kelly. The story of the novel unfolds with Karen, a young woman, who drives out with her nine year old daughter, Alice to pick up her husband, Rex who has just been released from prison after serving ten years of imprisonment for murder. The story revolves around the relationship between Karen, Rex, and his sister, Biba, a woman who is outspoken and has a bohemian lifestyle.

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C.J. Sansom, Shardlake, and

So this week, in between reading adverts for primary teaching jobs, and actually beginning to apply for some, I’ve been able to take the time to read the latest in C.J.Sansom’s Shardlake series of novels, Heartstone. Now I have to confess to being a bit of a detective novel fan. And I’m also a big big fan of historical novels (in fact I need to post soon about Hilary Mantell’s absolutely freakin’awesome Wolf Hall, which I finished a couple of weeks back). More