A small town. A frozen lake. Three missing women. One body.When young London professional Alex Evans is informed that his sister's body has been pulled from an icy lake in Northern Lapland, he assumes his irresponsible sister accidentally drowned. He ...
Dancing to a dangerous tune: The Dance Tree by Kiran Millwood Hargrave #bookreview #TheDanceTree #NetGalley
In Strasbourg, in the boiling hot summer of 1518, a plague strikes the women of the city. First it is just one – a lone figure, dancing in the main square – but she is joined by more and more and the city authorities declare an emergency. Musicians w ...
Silkweavers, painters and spies in Georgian England: The Fugitive Colours by Nancy Bilyeau #bookreview #TheFugitiveColours #NetGalley
The highly anticipated follow-up to the sweeping historical thriller The Blue is a story of silkweavers, painters...and spies.As Genevieve Sturbridge struggles to keep her silk design business afloat, she must face the fact that London in 1764 is ver ...
My Bookish Month of April 2022
Hi and welcome to another monthly overview! I can't believe it's May already! Where has April got to?! I felt incredibly fatigued during most of the month so I guess most of it passed in daze I remember nothing about but the good news is: this is ...
What I’ve learnt from reading fiction – part 8
Hi and welcome to the eighth edition of What I’ve learnt from reading fiction, the series the hubby unwittingly instigated by daring to ask me what I had learnt from reading fiction. Well, the answer is: more than I ever realised I could! And if you ...
This is not just sibling rivalry, this is a murder waiting to happen: Keep Her Sweet by Helen FitzGerald #bookreview #KeepHerSweet
Desperate to enjoy their empty nest, Penny and Andeep downsize to the countryside, to forage, upcycle and fall in love again, only to be joined by their two twenty-something daughters, Asha and Camille.Living on top of each other in a tiny house, wit ...