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Week beginning 15 May 2024

Freida McFadden One by One Poisoned Pen Press, April 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. One by One is a competent psychological thriller. The plot is an edgy combination of ill-assorted friends on a holiday jaunt that goes wrong with attempts to find the holiday hotel in whichContinue reading “Week beginning 15 May 2024”

Week beginning May 8 2024

Kerry Wilkinson The Call Bookouture, April 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. I have been an avid follower of Kerry Wilkinson’s work, the stand-alone novels and the absorbing Whitecliff Bay series. The Call, however, has been a great disappointment. Admittedly, I was intrigued by the premise and theContinue reading “Week beginning May 8 2024”

Week beginning May 1 2024

Linda Stewart Henley Kate’s War She Writes Press, April 2024. Linda Stewart Henley was inspired by an event in which her father featured when she wrote Kate’s War. In 1940, CORB was one plan of evacuation in which children and their voluntary escorts were sent overseas to safety. It was short lived because the dangersContinue reading “Week beginning May 1 2024”

Week beginning 24 April 2024

Malcolm Hislop A Guide to the Medieval Castles of England Pen & Sword, Pen & Sword History, January 2024. Thank you, NetGalley and Pen & Sword for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. A Guide to Medieval Castles of England must be packed in the luggage of anyone embarking on a tourContinue reading “Week beginning 24 April 2024”

Week beginning April 17 2024

Scott Ryan The Last Decade of Cinema Black Chateau Fayetteville Mafia Press, June 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Scott Ryan has a distinct writing style that carries this serious, perceptive and analytical approach to a decade of film with a firm grasp of the need to engageContinue reading “Week beginning April 17 2024”

Week beginning April 10 2024

Melissa Clark Bacon Through Her Lens Atmosphere Press, April 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Through Her Lens is accomplished storytelling with several threads that move smoothly through the narrative. Seamless links intertwine the past, romance, detailed searches on the ground and in the air for signs ofContinue reading “Week beginning April 10 2024”

Week beginning 3 April 2024

Jonathan Cott Let Me Take You Down Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields Forever University of Minnesota Press, April 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Jonothan Cott combines a story of the Beatles’ commitment to touring aimed at giving their audiences access to them and their work with anContinue reading “Week beginning 3 April 2024”

Week beginning March 27 2024

Jackie French The Sea Captain’s Wife Harlequin Australia. HQ (Fiction, Non-Fiction, YA) & Mira, March 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. The Sea Captain’s Wife is an engaging amalgam of Jackie French’s knowledge of the intriguing historical hunt for marriageable shipwrecked sailors; meticulous attention to depicting an authenticContinue reading “Week beginning March 27 2024”

Week beginning 20th March 2024

Rosemary Hennessy In the Company of Radical Women Writers University of Minnesota Press, August 2023. Thank you NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Rosemary Hennessy’s stories from Black, Jewish, and white women who saw communism as an answer to the problems arising from the Great Depression is a riveting read. PerhapsContinue reading “Week beginning 20th March 2024”

Week beginning 13 March 2024

Kathy Lette, The Revenge Club, Aria and Aries, May 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Kathy Lette has not let her joy in creating a comedy undermine her strong story line that promotes the abilities and strengths of women fast approaching their sixties, a continuing fight to breakContinue reading “Week beginning 13 March 2024”