Zöe Wheddon Jane Austen: Daddy’s Girl, The Life and Influence of The Revd George Austen Pen & Sword Pen & Sword History, March 2024. Thank you NetGalley and Pen & Sword for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. A significant part of Jane Austen’s life has been omitted in the concentration on herContinue reading “Week beginning 5 June 2024”
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Week beginning 29 May 2024
Priscilla Masters The Quiet Woman Book 2 of A Florence Shaw Mystery, Severn House, July 2024. Thank you, Net Galley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. The Quiet Woman is an intriguing murder mystery in so many aspects –characterisation, plotting, pace and writing style. Nurse Florence Shaw is a quiet woman, herself,Continue reading “Week beginning 29 May 2024”
Week beginning 22 May 2024
Hannah McGregor Clever Girl, Jurassic Park ECW Press, October 2024. Thank you, NetGalley for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Clever Girl, Jurassic Park is written in a style that I often find unappealing. However, I must acknowledge that I was so captivated by the perceptive commentary, the substantial research that underlies theContinue reading “Week beginning 22 May 2024”
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”
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