• Shopaholic & Sister, by Sophie Kinsella *****
  • Three To Get Deadly, by Janet Evanovich ***
Shopaholic & Sister rejoins Rebecca Brandon (nee Bloomwood) at the tail end of her honeymoon before real life settles back in along with the return of her workaholic husband, a long lost sister and a best friend who's replaced her. Lost and lonely Bex finds her marriage in tatters and goes to extraordinary lengths to fix it. The annoyance of Bex shopping and shopping and shopping and digging her own hole is lifted in this fourth Shopaholic installment to make for a delightful and emotionally involved story.

Three To Get Deadly is the third Stephanie Plum novel that sees Stephanie uncovering a darker side to the local ice cream man. An easy read with all the usual Plum elements.