The New Zealand Bread Book, by Simon & Alison Holst (Hyndman Publishing, RRP $24.99): A decade after producing their first bread book, the Holsts are back with one that features all the old favourite recipes and a bunch of new…
Tag: HarperCollins
It’s Richard’s shout
Leftover Gourmet, by Richard Till (HarperCollins, RRP $30): I feel that I should kick off this review by owning up to the fact that I’ve always been a bit irritated by Richard Till. Not for his foodie efforts, because the…
Recipe for engaging nonsense
Celebrity Cat Recipes, by Joe Bennett (HarperCollins, RRP $28.99): A disclaimer on the front cover states this book may contain nuts while on the back cover there is the assurance that the book contains neither cats nor recipes. That might…
Plenty of twists
Reckless, by Andrew Gross (HarperCollins, RRP $38.99): With its fast pace and gritty feel, the third Ty Hauck novel is every bit as riveting as its predecessors. Private security investigator Hauck is blown away by the news that an old…
Final novel an old-fashioned adventure
Pirate Latitudes, by Michael Crichton (HarperCollins, RRP $36.99): Michael Crichton was a bit of a rock star in the literary world: an author, producer, director, screenwriter and even a medical school graduate who was equally at home in the worlds…
Worth the wait
Too Many Murders, by Colleen McCullough (HarperCollins, RRP $54.99) Aussie author Colleen McCullough is probably best-known for The Thorn Birds and while I enjoyed that book every bit as much as everyone else in the world, I wasn’t such a…
Gripping sequel
Out at Night, by Susan Arnout Smith (HarperCollins, RRP $34.99): This is the second book in the Grace Descanso series. Unlike so many other sequels, instead of taking place a comfortable month or two down the track, this one opens…
A New Zealand passion
Zephyrs and Zodiacs, by Tim Chadwick (HarperCollins, RRP $29.99): We really do have a passion for Zephyrs and Zodiacs in New Zealand and I doubt there are many of us who haven’t either owned one or had parents who owned…
Joe Bennett as good as ever
The World’s Your Lobster, by Joe Bennett (HarperCollins, RRP $26.99): If you’re a regular reader of The Southland Times, I’m sure you’re also a regular reader of the columns of the very talented Joe Bennett. Young Mr Bennett is, without…
Almost addictive writing
Don’t Look Twice, by Andrew Gross (HarperCollins, RRP $36.99): This book kicks straight into the action with a drive-by shooting at a service station happening in the first chapter and right under the nose of main character, Detective Ty Hauck. What…