Reviews

‘My favourite type of mystery, suspenseful, and where everyone is not what they appear . . . Christine is great at creating atmosphere . . . she evokes the magic of the stage, and her characters [have] a past to be uncovered before the mystery is solved.’ [Stage Fright]

- Lizzie Hayes, MYSTERY WOMEN

Ten books set on the Home Front

Posted on May 7, 2015 in Anthony Powell, books set on the home front, Christiana Brand, Elizabeth Bowen, Joyce Dennys, Laura Wilson, Lissa Evans, Margery Allingham, Muriel Spark, Penelope Fitzgerald, Rennie Airth | 12 Comments

Time for another list! We had such fun last time that Moira at Clothesinbooks.com and I have got together again, this time to share our ten favourite books set on the Home Front. Mine are all set in WWII. Here goes . . . First up is Joyce Dennys’s Henrietta’s War (1983 – but written during the […]

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What to read when you are not very well

Posted on Dec 31, 2014 in Fredric Brown, Lissa Evans, Their Finest Hour and a Half | 2 Comments

I have got one of those annoying colds that just goes on and on with days when I think I am getting better followed by relapses when I don’t want to do anything but loll around and read something undemanding. So what did I read? This Xmas my brother gave me one of his own books that I have long coveted: […]

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