Category: British Lit
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THE RISING TIDE by ANN CLEEVES
A Vera Stanhope Novel #10 Since I have recently finished binge-watching the BritBox series Vera, I was happy to receive a copy of this newest DCI STANHOPE novel! We are back on Holy Island for this one. Fifty years ago a group of high school kids and their young teacher went on a retreat there…
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THE WEDDING DRESS SEWING CIRCLE by JENNIFER RYAN
Three plucky women lift the spirits of home-front brides in wartime Britain, where clothes rationing leaves little opportunity for pomp or celebration–even at weddings–in this heartwarming novel based on true events, from the bestselling author of The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir. Cressida Westcott fled her family manor many years ago. She is now a very successful designer…
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How Not to Die Alone by Richard Roper
Andrew is a forty years old, single, living in a small one-room bed-sit, working for the council attending to those who have died with no apparent family or means to provide for a funeral. It’s a grim and depressing job. Due to a misunderstanding when he first got the job, his boss and co-workers think…
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PRISONER OF MIDNIGHT by BARBARA HAMBLY
James Asher #8 Lydia and James are back with our favorite vampire Don Simon Ysidro. While James is off being a spy at the front, Lydia is boarding a luxury liner from Paris, headed to America. All she knows is that Simon is in trouble, in pain and she must help him. Then maybe kill…
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Murder Served Cold by Eric Brown
A Langham & Dupre’ Mystery #6 Crime writer and Private Investigator Donald Langham and wife Maria Dupre’ are back in another puzzling crime. Along with his partner Ralph Ryland. It’s the Fall of 1956 when an old friend of Don’s literary agent, Charles, comes to them with a need for their services. It seems as…
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Coming Out on Tuesday!
What a great week for these new releases on Tuesday! Loved it! Love the series! Loved it! And that one mistake was a doozy! I own all of these. Love! A bit odd, but check it out. So many good books releasing this month! I am so happy that the word Girl…
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INTO THE NIGHT BY SARAH BAILEY
Sarah Bailey follows up her thrilling novel Dark Lake with Into The Night. I think all of us who read The Dark Lake were hoping there would be another and soon! DS Gemma Woodstock has had more than her fair share of knocks and has left her young son to move to Melbourne. A big…
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A CHRISTMAS REVELATION by ANNE PERRY
A short story of an orphan boy who sees a woman being kidnapped and is determined to rescue her whether or not she needs rescuing. We didn’t really have much back story on any of the characters. I didn’t get a good idea of what any of the were really like. It was all surface…
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THE LUCIFER CHORD BY Francis Cottam is out NOW!
It is so nice to have Ruthie and company back for a visit. Ruthie has been commissioned to do an essay on Martin Mear and his band, Ghost Legion, as part of a new boxed set and a tour of his music and memorabilia. But something isn’t right about any of this, she discovers as…
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BOOK RELEASES FOR THIS WEEK
A Psychological Thriller! Award-winning journalist Sam Anderson’s long-awaited debut is a brilliant, kaleidoscopic narrative of Oklahoma City–a great American story of civics, basketball, and destiny. Loved this one! The #1 internationally bestselling author returns with a new novel in the vein of the New York Timesbestsellers Pretty Girls and The Good Daughter—a story even more electrifying, provocative, and suspenseful…
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