Valerie Keogh, His Other Woman, Boldwood Books, November 2025. Thank you, NetGalley and Boldwood Books, for this uncorrected proof for review. Valeria Keogh’s books always have a twist that logically follows the storyline, rather than emerging from nowhere; she always has an intriguing plot; and her writing is always not only engaging but grammatical. Certainly,Continue reading “Week beginning November 19 2025”
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Week beginning November 12 2025
John Bassett, Rachel Crothers Broadway Innovator, Feminist Pioneer, Bloomsbury Academic, August 2025. Thank you, Net Galley and Bloomsbury Academic, for this uncorrected proof for review. This book is not only about an intriguing and successful professional woman but written by someone who genuinely seems to admire her. John Bassett’s commitment to Rachel Crothers permeates theContinue reading “Week beginning November 12 2025”
Week beginning 5 November 2025
Victoria Scott The House on the Cliff Boldwood Books, October 2025. Thank you, Boldwood Books and NetGalley for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. The House on the Cliff is the fourth of Victoria Scott’s novels that I have enjoyed. However, although there is much to admire, I felt a little disappointed. TheContinue reading “Week beginning 5 November 2025”
Week beginning 29 October 2025
Lona Bailey Wicked Witch of the West The Enduring Legacy of a Feminist Icon Bloomsbury Academic, October 2025. Thank you, NetGalley and Bloomsbury Academic for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Lona Bailey has produced a tremendously readable account of the feminist underpinnings of the wicked witch of the west, and more. ThisContinue reading “Week beginning 29 October 2025”
Week beginning 22 October 2025
Lisa Murkowski Far from Home An Alaskan Senator Faces the Extreme Climate of Washington, D.C. Penguin Random House Christian publishing | Forum books, June 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. My immediate interest in this book arose from Senator Lisa Murkowski’s vote on the recent ‘Big Beautiful Bill’Continue reading “Week beginning 22 October 2025”
Week beginning 15 October 2025
Samantha Vérant The Writers’ Retreat Storm Publishing, July 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. A thriller set around a writers’ retreat and writers? What could be a more enticing location and concept? Sadly, the premise promised by the title is not fulfilled. To be fair, it is establishedContinue reading “Week beginning 15 October 2025”
Week beginning 8 October 2025
Danielle Leavitt, By the Second Spring Seven Lives and One Year of the War in Ukraine, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, May 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Danielle Leavitt’s enterprise is an important part of recognising Ukrainians as other than ‘faceless war people.’ In her introduction she makesContinue reading “Week beginning 8 October 2025”
Week beginning 1 October 2025.
Mark Splitstone, Für Elise, Girl Friday Productions | Amalgam Books, May 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Für Elise is sensitive and thoughtful, written in a deceptively simple style which is at times almost stilted. However, it is this writing style that is the key to the cleverness of theContinue reading “Week beginning 1 October 2025.”
Week beginning 24 September 2025
Laura Lippman Murder Takes a Vacation A Mrs Blossom Mystery, Faber and Faber Ltd, August 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Mrs Blossom holds the fears of many whose route to the back of a plane is accompanied by the overwhelming feeling that they will not be welcomeContinue reading “Week beginning 24 September 2025”
Week beginning 17 September 2025
Helene Harrison The Many Faces of Anne Boleyn Interpreting Image and Perception Pen & Sword | Pen & Sword History, July 2025. Thank you, NetGalley and Pen & Sword for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Helene Harrison’s forensic approach to discovering Anne Boleyn is a remarkable enterprise, and one that provides aContinue reading “Week beginning 17 September 2025”
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