Brutal murder in a Victorian music hall? A feisty heroine? Humour and twists galore? Definitely count me in!
Thanks to Gallic Books for sending me a copy of this book for review – as always, opinions are my own.
Continue reading Book Review: ‘The Tumbling Girl’ by Bridget WalshElly Griffiths writes lots of great crime books – but I do have the softest spot for this series which features DI Harbinder Kaur.
In this book – the third in the series – Detective Kaur has moved to London and is finding her feet with new flatmates, colleagues and city crime. When a school reunion ends in a suspicious death, DI Kaur and her team find themselves investigating some high-profile school alumnae and links to a murder many years previously. Their work is hindered by the fact that one of their team – DS Caitlin Fitzgerald – is one of the suspects…
Continue reading Book Review: ‘Bleeding Heart Yard’ by Elly GriffithsAs an English teacher and long-established Shakespeare geek, I was over the moon to receive a copy of ‘The Shakespeare Game’ from Orion Books for review. As always, opinions are entirely my own.
Reading the sampler of this book, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on the full version. A feisty, independent, female lead? A pet magpie? A Georgian London setting but with Greek myth elements? Absolutely, sign me up now!
Continue reading Book Review: ‘Pandora’ by Susan Stokes-ChapmanIf you haven’t yet discovered Nicola Upson’s excellent historical crime series, here’s your chance.
This novel takes place in the early days of World War Two as war is declared and children evacuated en masse to the country. The Suffolk village in which Josephine Tey is living ends up with a lot more evacuees than planned, forcing those who didn’t want to take children to open their homes – the scene in the village hall where the evacuees are being homed made me really think of ‘Bedknobs and Broomsticks’ in all the best ways! When a child goes missing, Tey and the villagers start asking questions and pointing fingers…
Continue reading Book Review: ‘Dear Little Corpses’ by Nicola UpsonI don’t usually read a lot of historical romance, but this one proved irresistible. The recommendations promised ‘witty’, ‘fun’ and ‘sassy’ which I’m absolutely here for, so I was pleased to be granted a copy by NetGalley for review. As always, opinions are entirely my own.
Continue reading Book Review: ‘A Lady’s Guide to Fortune-Hunting’ by Sophie IrwinWelcome to my stop on the blog tour for ‘The Bloodless Boy’ – a fabulous historical crime novel that is out in paperback on 14th July.
I am absolutely delighted to be opening this tour – thanks to Nikki at Melville House Press for inviting me onto the tour and for my copy of the book for review. As always, opinions are entirely my own.
Well, this was an absolute delight! Thanks to NetGalley for my chance to read this book ahead of its publication in April 2022.
I’m so glad that I saw this on ‘Between the Covers’ on BBC2 as I wouldn’t have otherwise picked it up – the cover didn’t immediately call out to me that it was a period murder mystery, but it is. And a good one.
Continue reading Book Review: ‘Miss Aldridge Regrets’ by Louise HareFennell’s first book, ‘The Art of Death’, was one of my top crime books of last year so I was eagerly awaiting this sequel and a chance to follow the story of DI Grace Archer of London’s Metropolitan Police. Thanks to NetGalley and Zaffre for my copy for review – as always, opinions are entirely my own.
Continue reading Book Review: ‘See No Evil’ by David FennellAnother book that I’m shamefully late in reading – but very glad that I did.
Thanks to NetGalley for my copy in exchange for an honest review – I also bought a copy of the audiobook from Audible and so my review reflects my experiences of both.
This book centres on Mecklenburgh Square, an address in Bloomsbury, London that was home to five groundbreaking and fascinating women during the interwar years. It’s an interesting idea, that this little corner of London famous for its thinkers and writers, was the shared address of these brilliant women – even though they didn’t live there at the same time and were often resident at very different points in their lives. For all of them, Mecklenburgh Square proved to be the ‘room of one’s own’ (in Virgina Woolf’s words) that gave the women the freedom to develop their careers independently.
Continue reading (Audio)Book Review: ‘Square Haunting’ by Francesca Wade
