My Week in Books – 24th July 2022

MyWeekinBooksOn What Cathy Read Next last week

Monday – I shared an update on my progress with the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge 2022

Tuesday – I published my review of memoir Lucky Jack by S. Bavey as part of the blog tour.

WednesdayWWW Wednesday is my weekly opportunity to share what I’ve just read, what I’m currently reading and what I plan to read next… and to take a peek at what others are reading. 

Thursday – I shared my publication day review of historical novel That Bonesetter Woman by Frances Quinn. 

Saturday – I made another trip Down the TBR Hole


New arrivals

The House at HelygenThe House at Helygen by Victoria Hawthorne (ARC, Quercus)

2019: When Henry Fox is found dead in his ancestral home in Cornwall, the police rule it a suicide, but his pregnant wife, Josie, believes it was murder. Desperate to make sense of Henry’s death she embarks on a quest to learn the truth, all under the watchful eyes of Henry’s overbearing mother. Josie soon finds herself wrestling against the dark history of Helygen House and ghosts from the past that refuse to stay buried.

1881: New bride Eliza arrives at Helygen House with high hopes for her marriage. Yet when she meets her new mother-in-law, an icy and forbidding woman, her dreams of a new life are dashed. And when Eliza starts to hear voices in the walls of the house, she begins to fear for her sanity and her life.

Can Josie piece together the past to make sense of her present, or will the secrets of Helygen House and its inhabitants forever remain a mystery?


On What Cathy Read Next this week

Currently reading

Planned posts

  • Book Review: The Cleaner of Chartres by Salley Vickers
  • Book Review: The Iron Way by Tim Leach
  • Book Review: Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason
  • Book Review: Learwife by J R Thorp