On What Cathy Read Next last week
Monday – I shared my review of The White Hare by Jane Johnson as part of the blog tour.
Tuesday – This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic was Book Covers That Feel Like Summer.
Wednesday – WWW 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 published my review of historical mystery Twelve Nights by Penny Ingham as part of the blog tour.
Friday – I shared my review of Think of Me by Frances Liardet.
Saturday – I previewed some of the events taking place at this year’s Henley Literary Festival.
New arrivals
Sometimes People Die by Simon Stephenson (eARC, The Borough Press)
The year is 1999. Returning to practice after a suspension for stealing opioids, a young Scottish doctor takes the only job he can find: a post as a senior house officer in the struggling east London hospital of St Luke’s.
Amid the maelstrom of sick patients, over-worked staff and underfunded wards a darker secret soon declares itself: too many patients are dying.
Which of the medical professionals our protagonist has encountered is behind the murders? And can our unnamed narrator’s version of the events be trusted?
The Lost Diary of Samuel Pepys by Jack Jewers (eARC, Moonflower Publishing)
It is the summer of 1669 and England is in dire straits.
The treasury’s coffers are bare and tensions with the powerful Dutch Republic are boiling over. And now, an investigator sent by the King to look into corruption at the Royal Navy has been brutally murdered. Loathe to leave the pleasures of London, Samuel Pepys is sent dragging his feet to Portsmouth to find the truth about what happened.
Aided by his faithful assistant, Will Hewer, he soon exposes the killer. But has he got the right person? The truth may be much more sinister. And if the mystery isn’t solved in time, then England could be thrown into a war that would have devastating consequences . . .
On What Cathy Read Next this week
Currently reading
Planned posts
- Blog Tour/Book Review: Lucky Jack by S. Bavey
- Book Review: That Bonesetter Woman by Frances Quinn
- Book Review: The Cleaner of Chartres by Salley Vickers
This year’s events take place in Henley Town Hall, the Baillie Gifford Marquee at Phyllis Court and the Kenton Theatre. For those who can’t attend in person, in many cases there is an option to purchase a ticket to access a live-stream of the event.
Raynor Winn, author of The Salt Path and The Wild Silence, talks about her latest book, Landlines, which describes her experience of walking the Cape Wrath Trail through Scotland with her husband, Moth.
Sunday 2nd October
Mike Anderson & Neil Hanson talk about their book The Ticket Collector from Belarus, the true story of the UK’s only war crimes trial.
Bestselling author Chris Ryan talks about his latest action thriller, Outcast. (I’ve read it and it’s great.)
Justine Picardie talks about Miss Dior, her biography of Resistance hero, Catherine Dior, sister of the renowned designer Christian Dior.
Bestselling writers Patrick Gale and Sarah Winman discuss their books, Still Life and Mother’s Boy.
Former politician Alan Johnson talks about his latest novel, One Of Our Ministers Is Missing.
What Cathy Read Next... 