Quick quick ! Holiday reads

I'm currently reading and enjoying "She's Up To No Good" by Sara Goodman Confino.

A mix of ages of characters, some challenging family dynamics (but nothing gory!).
It's set across two time periods but easy to follow as it's chapter by chapter.

I have it on the Kindle app.

All Elizabeth Strout books .

Do you use Libby ? ?

A Net for Small Fishes : Lucy Jago .

Has anyone read “The girl with the louding voice” or “Redhead at the side of the road “ . I have them for some reason and wondered if you enjoyed either or both ?

Fearless by Catrina Davies. A memoir about a road trip into Scandinavia, on a whim, in a battered old van with a cello and a hope/plan to busk her way around, with an initial repertoire of about 3 pieces. Young characters and interesting people along the way (of course). Enjoyable and interesting. I won't spoil it by telling you why she did this (it does come out early on on the book).

I second 'Still Life' - just finished it for book club and loved it.

Just read and thoroughly enjoyed 'Diplomatic Baggage' by Brigid Keenan. She was a diplomat's wife and her book is about the ups and downs of life in their various postings. She's a very good writer and obviously has a great sense of humour. Strongly recommended.

The Black Widow by Christopher Brookmyre.

Ditto to any by Clare Chambers. I’m going to download ‘Back Trouble’ on to my Kindle. Read it years ago but IIRC passed the ‘proper’ book to a sister with very similar tastes.

Another I’ve loved and passed on to same sister is Two Caravans, by Marina Lewycka - about an assortment of illegal-immigrant (mostly trafficked IIRC) strawberry pickers. There’s a wonderful canine character, too, but I won’t go into any ‘spoiling’ detail.

J52

Agree Terribull , How to Kill Your Family.
But it’s a numerous crime with a great twist at the end.

Yes it's pretty tongue in cheek crime and the description of the family she sets out to kill presided over by a Philip Green (esque) head honcho gives it a great humorous edge imo.

Toast: the story of a boy's hunger by Nigel Slater. Food nostalgia. Very funny in places
Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier. Worth re-reading. A real page turner
The Sealwoman's Gift, by Sally Magnusson. Very well written.

All the light we cannot see, Anthony Doerr
The mermaid of black conch, Monique Roffey
The giver of stars, Jo Jo Moyes
Piranesi, Susanna Clarke
King Hereafter, Dorothy Dunnett
Anything by Kate Atkinson, although the Jackson Brady series are crime (sort of)

Have you read ‘A thousand splendid suns’ by Khaled Hosseini? Loved this book. He also wrote ‘The Kite Runner’ and although I’ve read both, I preferred the former.

Humorous! But also ‘ numerous’!

Agree Terribull , How to Kill Your Family.
But it’s a numerous crime with a great twist at the end.

Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty. Excellent read, great characters and plot twists.

Jennifer Scoullar books about Outback Australia?

Any non crime offerings? Sorry to be picky… I’ve read a lot of these eg salley vickers tracey chevalier ec and liked them.

Learning to Swim also by Clare Chambers. I'd recommend all of hers.

All my Mothers.

How to Kill Your Family Bella Mackie dark humour loved this book when I read it on holiday

The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett

Small Pleasures Claire Chambers

The Appeal Janice Hallett

GranyGravy, The Times recently stated that Richard Coles book "Murder at Evensong" is far better than the overrated ubiquitous Osman's cosy crime offerings may give that one a go myself.

I'm with Merlotgran. Saving Missy, a lovely book. Susie Steiner's Manon Bradshaw crime novels are a good read.

I’ve read a lot of these ! Plus a lot seem tobe about the elderly etc? A bit doom and gloom maybe ?
Any more ?!

Another Salley Vickers one - Mr Golightly’s Holiday.

Rebecca Tope's Cotswold and Lake District mysteries.

The Ellie Griffiths Max Mephisto ‘whodunnits’ are also very good.

Another vote for Saving Missy.