Johanna Mo’s new novel, “The Shadow Lily,” is a solid police procedural that brims with twists, turns and surprising revelations.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2022/08/08/books/review/new-crime-fiction.html
With thanks to The Book Jotter
20 Crime Fiction Books by a Diversity of Women Writers
Carole V. Bell celebrates a genre that is embracing political and social relevance and voices from around the world.
— Read on www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/books/g40613585/crime-fiction-global-diverse-20-books-women-writers/
From the nyt
From the nyt
Enjoying a Lord Peter Wimsey novel
I’m listening to Clouds of Witness on Scribd. Check it out: https://www.scribd.com/audiobook/519196703
The Month’s Best Psychological Thrillers
This month is chock full of it—whatever you want, it’s here. There are elaborate, several day long weddings. There are tense family reunions in …
The Month’s Best Psychological Thrillers
Lisa Jewell: How I Accidentally Wrote a Detective Into My Psychological Thriller
Between the ages of twelve and thirteen I read the entire Agatha Christie oeuvre in under a year. They were like crack for me, my first addiction, I …
Lisa Jewell: How I Accidentally Wrote a Detective Into My Psychological Thriller
Some e book bargains for 8.11.22
The Emperor of All Maladies
The Odyssey (not Homer) by Lara Williams
The Barbara Pym Collection Volume One
Divine Secrets of the YaYa Sisterhood
Churchill’s Secret Messenger
Arrowsmith-American classic story of a doctor
The Confessions of Nat Turner
Before We Were Yours
Case Histories and other Kate Atkinson titles
Run Away by Harlan Coben
The Pull of Stars
The Last Trial by Scott Turow
Room and Akin by Emma Donoghue
Girl Last Seen and other titles by Nina Laurin
The Girl in Green
Photos will be back soon…apologies
A Vintage Wedding by Katie FForde
Katie Fforde’s books have been welcome reads to me for many years, starting with The Rose Revived a number of years ago. Now, annually, I look forward to her latest title. Ms. Fforde writes the perfect escapist read with just enough drama, along with the promise of a happy ending. Just right for when life is just that little bit too overwhelming.
In A Vintage Wedding, three women living in the same small village meet and form a business together. Vintage Weddings will hopefully offer the perfect day while not breaking the bank in costs.
Readers follow Beth, Lindy and Rachel along with their male counterparts, family, and friends in these pages. Beth is house sitting; Lindy is a mom with chaos around her; Rachel is her opposite as the story opens-she is neat and clean and hates mess. Watch how each of them experiences life and grows over the course of the novel. It will give you a most pleasant read.
Many thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for this title. All opinions are my own.
Published in 2017.
Joyce's mystery and fiction book reviews with some non-fiction too! 