A Special Relationship - Douglas Kennedy

I started trying to read this book a few months and was surprised to find that, having read the first few pages, I just didn't feel motivated to continue. Usually I love Douglas Kennedy's novels and can't put them down until I've read them from cover to cover. However, when I finally made a second attempt on this one yesterday, exactly the same thing happened, and by midnight last night I'd finished it. In a way this is disappointing, as it's always a shame when a great book comes to an end, but I love reading books that are so addictive. It's quite difficult to say much about the plot of this book without giving too much away. Basically, a journalist based in ...  Read the complete review

~ Introduction ~ A few weeks ago while sitting in Starbucks with my friend she put the book she was reading on the table. She went to get some coffees so I sneaked a peek and caught a random sentence mid-page that read: " The worst thing about London is that nobody really fits in. And the best thing about London is that nobody really fits in". Well, I thought, that actually sounds like me and said to her I want to read it so I borrowed her library copy and finished it in three days over the Easter weekend. ~ About the author ~ Douglas Kennedy is a contemporary author of popular fiction novels - many of them bestsellers and ...  Read the complete review