My top 5 books read this Summer by Liz

Today's top 5 books has been chosen by Liz at Liz Loves Books so I'll hand you over to her to tell us about them.

I have read some terrific books this Summer - picking a Top 5 was very difficult but here we are - in no particular order.....

1) The Summer We All Ran Away by Cassandra Parkin

When nineteen year old Davey finds himself drunk, beaten and alone, he is rescued by the oddly-assorted inhabitants of an abandoned and beautiful house in the West Country. Their only condition for letting him join them is that he asks them no questions.

More than thirty years ago in that same house, burned-out rock star Jack Laker writes a ground-breaking comeback album, and abandons the girl who saved his life to embark on a doomed and passionate romance with a young actress. His attempt to escape his destructive lifestyle leads to deceit, debauchery and even murder.

As Davey and his fellow housemate Priss try to uncover the secrets of the house's inhabitants, both past and present, it becomes clear that the five strangers have all been drawn there by the events and the music of that long-ago summer.  

This was a beautifully written evocative tale of a group of eclectic people who gather in an old mansion in Devonshire - all trying to escape from something in their past, the echoes of which will affect their future. With a Christie-esqe mystery at its heart I loved every minute of this book and will almost certainly read it again at some point.