Title: The Devil Aspect Author: Craig Russell Genre: Psychological Thriller Publisher: Little Brown Publication Date: 7th March 2019 Cover: Summary: from Amazon 1935. As Europe prepares itself for a calamitous war, six homicidal lunatics - the so-called 'Devil's Six' - are confined in a remote castle asylum in rural Czechoslovakia. Each patient has their own … Continue reading The Devil Aspect by Craig Russell – Review
Category: Historical Fiction
The Glass Woman by Caroline Lea – ARC Review
Title: The Glass Woman Author: Caroline Lea Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Penguin UK - Micheal Joseph Publication Date: February 2019 Cover: Summary: from Amazon 1686, Iceland. An isolated, windswept land haunted by witch trials and steeped in the ancient sagas . . . Betrothed unexpectedly to Jón Eiríksson, Rósa is sent to join her new … Continue reading The Glass Woman by Caroline Lea – ARC Review
Little by Edward Carey – ARC Review
Title: Little Author: Edward Carey Genre: Historical fiction Publisher: Aardvark Bureau, Gallic Release Date: 4th October (UK) Cover: Summary: from Amazon The wry, macabre, unforgettable tale of an ambitious orphan in Revolutionary Paris, befriended by royalty and radicals alike, who transforms herself into the legendary Madame Tussaud. In 1761, a tiny, odd-looking girl named Marie … Continue reading Little by Edward Carey – ARC Review
Invitation to a Bonfire by Adrienne Celt – Review
Title: Invitation to a Bonfire Author: Adrienne Celt Genre: Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Cover: Summary: from Amazon A seductive, sensual and sinister love triangle set in 1930s America and inspired by the infamous Nabokov marriage Zoya Andropova, a young Russian refugee, finds herself in an elite New Jersey boarding school. Having … Continue reading Invitation to a Bonfire by Adrienne Celt – Review
The Mercy Seat by Elizabeth H. Winthrop – Review
Title: The Mercy Seat Author: Elizabeth H. Winthrop Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Cover: Summary: from Amazon As the sun begins to set over Louisiana one October day in 1943, a young black man faces the final hours of his life: at midnight, eighteen-year-old Willie Jones will be executed by electric chair for raping … Continue reading The Mercy Seat by Elizabeth H. Winthrop – Review
Top Ten Tuesday – Bookish Worlds I Would/Wouldn’t Want To Live In
Top Ten Tuesday was create The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Hi all and welcome to another Top Ten Tuesday. … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday – Bookish Worlds I Would/Wouldn’t Want To Live In
The Hunters by Kat Gordon – ARC Review
Title: The Hunters Author: Kat Gordon Genre: Historical fiction Publisher: Borough Press, out May 31st Summary: Sweeping, evocative and sumptuously told, The Hunters is a dramatic coming-of-age story, a complex portrayal of first love and family loyalty and a passionate reimagining of the Happy Valley set in all their glory and notoriety. Theo Miller is … Continue reading The Hunters by Kat Gordon – ARC Review
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