Welcome to my wrap-up of the books I read in December. It was a slow reading month and I only managed to finish six books. Picking my top five is therefore rather irrelevant but anyway here they are. (Links from each title will take you to my review or the book description on Goodreads.)
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My thanks to Bloomsbury, Head of Zeus and Verve Books for review copies of Time of the Child, Shadows of the Slain and The War Widow respectively.
The Draughtsman by Robert Lautner (The Borough Press) – a chilling story about complicity and the ‘banality of evil’
Time of the Child by Niall Williams (Bloomsbury) – the perfect Christmas story, showing the best of human nature: generosity of spirit, a sense of community and being true to your values
Shadows of the Slain by Matthew Harffy (Head of Zeus) – a thrilling story that will appeal to those who like their historical fiction full of authentic detail, and the cut and thrust of battle
The Second Sleep by Robert Harris (Arrow) – starts off like a historical mystery but before long there’s a ‘wow’ moment and you realise it’s going to be something entirely different
The War Widow by Tara Moss (Verve Books) – an absorbing story with twists and turns aplenty, and a feisty heroine
What were the best books you read last month? Have you read any of my picks?
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