Month: August 2020

The Quickening by Rhiannon Ward | @sarahrward1 @TrapezeBooks | #20BooksofSummer

Author : Rhiannon WardTitle : The QuickeningPages : 330Publisher : TrapezePublication date : August 20, 2020Source : Purchased copy England, 1925. Louisa Drew lost her husband in the First World War and her six-year-old twin sons in the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918. Newly re-married to a war-traumatised husband and seven months pregnant, Louisa is…

The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard | @cathryanhoward @CorvusBooks | #20BooksofSummer #recommended

Author : Catherine Ryan HowardTitle : The Nothing ManPages : 350Publisher : CorvusPublication date : August 6, 2020Source : Bought my copy I was the girl who survived the Nothing Man.Now I am the woman who is going to catch him… You’ve just read the opening pages of The Nothing Man, the true crime memoir…

Eight Detectives by Alex Pavesi

Author : Alex PavesiTitle : Eight DetectivesPages : 340Publisher : Michael Joseph / PenguinPublication date : August 20, 2020 All murder mysteries follow a simple set of rules. Grant McAllister, an author of crime fiction and professor of mathematics, once sat down and worked them all out. But that was thirty years ago. Now he’s…

This Week in Books (August 19)

Hosted by Lipsy Lost and Found, my Wednesday post gives you a taste of what I’m reading this week. A similar meme is run by Taking on a World of Words. A naive girl, thrust forward by her ambitious family. A pretty girl, who has captured the heart of the King. Katheryn sings, she dances, she delights…