Here are my five favourite of the eleven books I managed to read in December. Links from the titles will take you to my reviews.
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First up is The Boy With Blue Trousers by Carol Jones. Moving between nineteenth century China and Australia, I really enjoyed its compelling story of love, duty, sacrifice and vengeance, and its wealth of cultural detail.
Next, we turn to crime with Cold, Cold Heart by Christine Poulson. The setting, an Antarctic research station cut off from the outside world during a time of perpetual darkness and with a killer on the loose, makes for an atmospheric, tense and gripping mystery.
More mystery but this time in America’s Coney Island during the early part of the twentieth century. Dreamland by Nancy Bilyeau sees heiress Peggy Batternberg seeking to escape from the constraints of family and social expectations. However, she is seen drawn into the investigation of suspicious deaths.
Finally, two novellas – Joan Smokes by Angela Meyer and El Hacho by Luis Carrasco – that both demonstrate the art of writing memorable and compelling stories in a limited number of pages.
What were your favourite books you read in December? Have you read any of my picks?
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