Yorkshire 1979. Maggie Thatcher is prime minister, drainpipe jeans are in, and Miv is convinced that her dad wants to move their family Down South. Because of the murders. Leaving Yorkshire and her best friend Sharon simply isn’t an option, no matter the dangers lurking round their way; or the strangeness at home that startedContinue reading “Book Review: The List Of Suspicious Things, by Jennie Godfrey”
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Book Review: The Impulse Purchase by Veronica Henry
Sometimes you have to let your heart rule your head . . . Cherry, Maggie and Rose are mother, daughter and granddaughter, each with their own hopes, dreams and even sorrows. They have always been close, so when, in a moment of impulse, Cherry buys a gorgeous but rundown pub in the village she grewContinue reading “Book Review: The Impulse Purchase by Veronica Henry”
Book Review: Maybe In Another Life, by Taylor Jenkins-Reid
At the age of twenty-nine, Hannah Martin still has no idea what she wants to do with her life. She has lived in six different cities and held countless meaningless jobs since graduating college. On the heels of leaving yet another city, Hannah moves back to her hometown of Los Angeles and takes up residenceContinue reading “Book Review: Maybe In Another Life, by Taylor Jenkins-Reid”
Book Review: The House Of Hopes And Dreams, by Trisha Ashley
When Carey Revell unexpectedly becomes the heir to Mossby, his family’s ancestral home, it’s rather a mixed blessing. The house is large but rundown and comes with a pair of resentful relatives who can’t be asked to leave.Still, newly dumped by his girlfriend and also from his job as a TV interior designer, Carey needsContinue reading “Book Review: The House Of Hopes And Dreams, by Trisha Ashley”
Book Review: Working Stiff by Judy Melinek MD and TJ Mitchell
Just two months before the September 11 terrorist attacks, Dr Judy Melinek began her training as a New York City forensic pathologist. With her husband TJ and their toddler Daniel holding down the home front, Judy threw herself into the fascinating world of death investigation – performing autopsies, investigating death scenes, and counseling grieving relatives.Continue reading “Book Review: Working Stiff by Judy Melinek MD and TJ Mitchell”
Book Review: The End Of Men, by Christina Sweeney-Baird
Glasgow 2025. Dr Amanda Maclean is called to treat a young man with a mild fever. within three hours he dies. The mysterious illness sweeps through the hospital with deadly speed. The victims are all men. This is how is begins. Dr Maclean raises the alarm, but the sickness spreads to every corner of theContinue reading “Book Review: The End Of Men, by Christina Sweeney-Baird”
Book Review: The Queen’s Rival by Anne O’Brian
The War of the Roses storm through the country, and Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, plots to topple the weak-minded King Henry VI from the throne. But when the Yorkists are defeated at the battle of Ludford Bridge, Cecily’s family flee and abandon her to face a marauding Lancastrian army on her own. Stripped ofContinue reading “Book Review: The Queen’s Rival by Anne O’Brian”
Book Review: ‘Nobody’s Princess’ and ‘Nobody’s Prize’ by Esther Friesner
She is beautiful, she is a princess and Aphrodite is her favourite goddess, but something in Helen of Sparta just itches for more out of life. Unlike her prissy sister Clytemnestra she takes no pleasure in weaving and embroidery. And despite what her mother says, she is not even close to being interested in gettingContinue reading “Book Review: ‘Nobody’s Princess’ and ‘Nobody’s Prize’ by Esther Friesner”
Book Review: The Pull Of The Stars by Emma Donoghue
Dublin, 1918. In a country doubly ravaged by war and diseaase, Nurse Julia Powers works at an understaffed hospital in the city centre where expectant mothers who have come down with an unfamiliar flu are quarantined together. Into Julia’s stressful world step two outsiders: Doctor Kathleen Lynn, on the run from the police and aContinue reading “Book Review: The Pull Of The Stars by Emma Donoghue”
Book Review: Katherine, Tudor Duchess by Tony Riches
Attractive, wealthy and influential, Katherine Willoughby is one of the most unusual ladies of the Tudor Court. A favourite of King Henry VIII Katherine knew all his six wives, his daughters Mary and Elizabeth and his son Edward. Katherine becomes the ward of Tudor knight Charles Brandon. Her spanish mother Maria de Salinas is QueenContinue reading “Book Review: Katherine, Tudor Duchess by Tony Riches”
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