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  The Tutor - Daniel Hurst Wow! Let me take a breather before I continue with a review! This is my first Daniel Hurst, after hoarding all his book on my Scribd/Kindle/Audible. And I can say I was not disappointed. Amy is quite fed up with her 16-year old son, who just won't study. He is not serious about his work or his upcoming GCSE's. I quite know the feeling for having gone through a similar situation!. Amy & her husband Nick are childhood sweethearts. They have a pretty happy marriage. He largely works from home. Amy & Nick also have a younger daughter, Bella, who seems to enjoy school and excel in it, unlike her older brother Michael. What with the exams coming in eight weeks, Amy & Nick are panicking about Michael's performance & grades. Amy, like any mother, felt that her son would probably do better if he got a little more personal attention from a private tutor. And it was only for eight weeks. They could pretty much afford it and it would be wis...

#notfortbr #justfortimepass Just what my hashtag says - just time pass. I was in my reading slump as usual. Also battling the war of what to read. I jumped paragraphs and pages of No Strings Attached with no strings attached!  So this is a story of one good looking Rajput chap, Samar meeting this Indian-British Nina at their corporate obligations. Nina wants to be a writer and has her manuscript just about approved by her publisher. Samar's mom and aunt want him to join their family business and this photo journalist job is not their bread butter and thali.  The story is based out of Bangalore and couple of scenes in beautiful Coonoor - two of my favourite places and the only reason I read through the paragraphs that mention these two places. Bangalore is home and Ooty is where my crochet hobby took flight to become a more serious job.  Nina knows Samar's reputation of being a heart breaker and he would not even flinch post break up. But, obviously things are different wh...

  The story talks of three women living their lives in Bangalore. Any book or article that speaks of my city, immediately gets my undivided attention. I was hoping a good story would come out of the city's whereabouts. I love to read books based out of my city, which speak so much about Bangalore and its coffee and pub culture but, when a book uses the Bangalore backdrop so carelessly, only to get dedicated readers, one can pretty much catch the mistake. The story starts off well, introducing these three ladies, Juhi, Reshma and Leela. These women work with an advertising agency and come from different walks of life. The author introduced many issues to deal with, which occurred with these ladies. One of the girls had escaped from her home town citing job opportunities in Bangalore. She had dealt with witnessing her mother killing many girl babies in their infancy. Then there was abuse at work. A boss constantly groping and seeking sexual favours. And then single parenting. So many...

  The Teacher is the first of the Imogen-Miles series by Katerina Diamond. DS Imogen Grey and DS Adrian Miles are introduced to each other for the first time and are thrown together to be colleagues and handle city crimes. Both were convinced that either party was "a punishment posting" and they just had to deal with it as long as it lasted. What started off as awkward, straightforward to the extent of being blunt, gradually saw a growing, respectful and indispensable camaraderie. I loved this partnership. That said, The Teacher is the story of how a series of gruesome murders rattle the city of Exeter. The Grey-Miles team assumed it to be a serial killer on the prowl, but they were shocked to discover that there was a whole network of corruption, lies and unimaginable exploitation. The story preludes with a teacher committing suicide in the school's assembly hall. He had received a package just a few hours ago, which was his cue that the game was over and his time on Ear...