Songs by Dead Girls

I hadn’t read the first book in this series, something I will rectify, as “Songs By Dead Girls” was an energetic and entertaining read with some cracking dialogue and brilliantly divisive characters. The Health Enforcement Team, set up after a virus ravaged Britain, is supposed to look out for those......more

I hadn’t read the first book in this series but soon got to know what was going on. A killer pandemic virus had resulted in hefty regulations being enforced which restricted people’s movements and activities. To ensure that the virus had less chance of spreading, everyone had to have monthly checks......more

Charmingly written with wit and humour. Very entertaining storyline with an escapade down to London by an unlikely trio. Great fun with real drama.......more

Songs By Dead Girls takes the reader back to Lesley Kelly’s virus riddled depiction of Edinburgh first encountered in the fabulous The Health of Strangers. I was a huge fan of THoS when I read it last year (my review is here) so I was delighted to hear Lesley was re-visiting the dystopian world she......more

When I find a new author I like, I have a bad habit of reading several books by them in a row. By the time I'm halfway through the third, I'm usually getting bored. I'm delighted to say that hasn't happened with Lesley Kelly's Health of Strangers series. I've now read book 1, book 1.5 (a novella) an......more