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Week beginning February 12 2025

Oh dear – two disappointing reads this week! S.E. Lynes The Perfect Boyfriend Bookouture, January 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. I found this book a disappointing read, with none of the page turning enthusiasm other reviewers have expressed. However, there were some twists, undermining stereotypes and raisingContinue reading “Week beginning February 12 2025”

Week beginning 5 February 2025

Kimberly Heckler A Woman of Firsts Margaret Heckler, Political Trailblazer Foreword by Jean Sinzdak, The Globe Pequot Publishing Group, Inc. | Lyons Press, February 2025. * Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. This biography not only covers the period in which five presidents, from different parties were elected (Johnson, Nixon, Ford,Continue reading “Week beginning 5 February 2025”

Week beginning 29 January 2025

Caroline Angus Planning the Murder of Anne Boleyn Pen & Sword | Pen & Sword History August 2024. Thank you, NetGalley and Pen & Sword for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Caroline Angus has set the stage for acknowledging the reality of Anne Boleyn’s death. She was murdered, and King Henry V111 planned theContinue reading “Week beginning 29 January 2025”

Week beginning 22 January 2025

Jane A. Adams Cold Bones Severn House, December 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. This is book 10 of the Jane A. Adams series that features former Detective Chief Inspector Henry Johnstone. Set in the 1930s, it is described as a mystery. It is also a challenging socialContinue reading “Week beginning 22 January 2025”

WEEK BEGINNING 15 JANUARY 2025

Nicci French The Last Days of Kira Mullan Simon & Schuster (Australia)|Simon & Schuster UK, January 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. I had just finished rereading Nicci French’s Frieda Klein series, and joy of joys, “The Last Days of Kira Mullan” became available. This book did notContinue reading “WEEK BEGINNING 15 JANUARY 2025”

Week beginning 8 January 2025

Elie Mystal Bad Law Ten Popular Laws That Are Ruining America The New Press, March 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Elie Mystal does not disappoint in this fiercely passionate, but so cleverly analytical, exposure of the inherent inequality espoused in the ten laws he addresses in thisContinue reading “Week beginning 8 January 2025”

Week beginning 1 January 2025

Angela Youngman The Dark Side of Jane Austen’s World Pen & Sword|Pen & Sword History, August 2024. Thank you, NetGalley and Pen & Sword, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Angela Youngman’s detailed and absorbing exploration of Jane Austen’s world, through her own narratives and additional material, is a valuable read. AlthoughContinue reading “Week beginning 1 January 2025”

Week beginning 25 December 2024.

Diana Wilkinson The Girl in the Window Boldwood Books, December 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. I was disappointed in this novel, despite some clever writing and twists. Starting with those, the way in which the main character, Izzie, moves between watching her husband, using her column toContinue reading “Week beginning 25 December 2024.”

Week beginning 18 December 2024

Margaret Ann Spence Cold War in a Hot Kitchen Wakefield Press, September 2024. Thank you NetGalley for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Cold War in a Hot Kitchen is a special read from beginning to end. It is a social history; a commentary on a sometimes unique, at others familiar, domestic life;Continue reading “Week beginning 18 December 2024”

Week beginning 11 December 2024

Minette Walters The Players Allen & Unwin, October 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Minette Walters has moved beyond the familiar historical fiction featuring the fight for power in court circles, to giving one such person a life outside the court where he meets and pursues a womanContinue reading “Week beginning 11 December 2024”