We Keep the Dead Close – Becky Cooper

In 1969, Harvard graduate student, Jane Britton, was found brutally murdered in her apartment after missing an important exam. There were rumours of an affair with a married Professor but nobody was ever charged, never mind convicted, for her murder. 40 years later when Becky Cooper also attends Harvard the rumours are still circulating and the Professor at the heart of them is still working at Harvard. Cooper was scandalised at the idea that this man could be guilty and hiding behind the power of Harvard. She was drawn to Jane’s story and decided to start digging into it with a view to being the person who might finally solve this decades long mystery.

Faithful – Stewart O’Nan and Stephen King

A blow by blow account of the Boston Red Sox’ World Series winning season in 2004 by die-hard fans and horror writers, Stephen King and Stewart O’Nan.

Keanu Reeves Is Not In Love With You – Becky Holmes

Online romance fraud has become a huge problem, with devastating emotional as well as financial impact. Holmes has dug deep into this murky world, talking to women who have been affected by it, looking at the psychology of fraud and even looking at example scripts used by the fraudsters. Sprinkled in amongst the seriousness are some of her own hilarious tales of interactions with romance fraudsters.

“Keanu Reeves Is Not In Love With You” is available from all good booksellers now, I was given an eArc via NetGalley in exchange for this honest review.

The Consciouspreneur – Manoj Gupta

This book is meant to wake up the Consciouspreneur within you through a tale that takes you around the world and offers you the sights, insights, and sounds of various cultures, religions, and societies. The new borderless world answers several questions but raises new ones about the very existence and beliefs of mankind. Even though we are the custodians of several belief systems, we barely get the true meaning of them even till our death. Technology. Science. Spirituality. Religion. Leadership. These seem to be very distinct spheres of our life, but are they?

The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple – Jeff Guinn

Most people probably know the story of what happened in Jonestown, Guyana, in November 1978 but do they know how events got to that point? Jim Jones was ultimately responsible for the largest murder suicide in American history but how did the cult leader gain such influence over so many people that they were willing to kill and die for him?

The Great Train Robber – Ronnie Biggs

In the early hours of 8 August 1963 a group of men pulled off the most audacious crime of the time, which came to be known as “The Great Train Robbery”. Among those men was Ronnie Biggs and, thanks to his eventual escape from prison and years spent on the run, he is probably the most famous name of them all. Here he tells all about his 13,087 days on the run from plastic surgery and kidnappings to the quieter times spent with family and making new friends.