memes – Page 34 – What Cathy Read Next…

Hosted by Taking on a World of Words, this meme is all about the three Ws:

What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?

Why not join in too? Leave a comment with your link at Taking on a World of Words and then go blog hopping!

Currently reading

West Heart Kill by Dann McDorman (ARC, Raven Books)

You.
Yes, you, reading this.
Get in the car.

Sit in the back – you’re joining the detective and the other guy who’s driving. They’re both in the front. Don’t think about the other guy. He’s not important.

You’re going to the West Heart clubhouse. The country club that’s so swanky it’s in the title of this book. Kill. It’s not that kind of kill. Or maybe it is, after all.

You arrive, it’s the Fourth of July weekend and look – there’s cocktails on the lawn. What’s your poison?

Don’t flick forward. You just have to wait. Especially for the part when you find out what happens on page XX.

The Trap (Alias Emma #3) by Ava Glass (eARC, Penguin via NetGalley)

How far would you go to catch a killer?

This is the question UK agent Emma Makepeace must ask herself when she is sent to Edinburgh for the upcoming global G7 Summit.

The Russians are in town and Emma and her team know a high-profile assassination is being planned. But who is their target?

There is only one way to find out. Emma must set a trap using herself as bait.

As the most powerful leaders in the world arrive and the city becomes gridlocked, Emma knows the clock is ticking.

Recently finished

In the Garden of Sorrows by Karen Jewell (MindStir Media)

Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz (Orion)

What Cathy Will Read Next

Normal Rules Don’t Apply by Kate Atkinson (Penguin)

In this first full collection since Not the End of the World, we meet a queen who makes a bargain she cannot keep; a secretary who watches over the life she has just left; a man whose luck changes when a horse speaks to him.

With clockwork intricacy, inventiveness and sharp social observation, Kate Atkinson conjures a feast for the imagination, a constantly changing multiverse in which nothing is quite as it seems . . .

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl.

The rules are simple:

Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want.
Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own Top Ten Tuesday post.
Add your name to the Linky widget on that day’s post so that everyone can check out other bloggers’ lists.
Or if you don’t have a blog, just post your answers as a comment.

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic is Debut Novels I Enjoyed, a topic suggested by Angela at Reading Frenzy. The publication of a debut novel must be a special thing for an author and, for a reader, it’s the chance to be in at the beginning of what might be a long term relationship with a writer’s work. Here are ten debut novels that I awarded at least 4 out of 5 stars. (Some of the authors have written nonfiction, poetry or short stories before publishing their novels.) Links from each title will take you to my full review.

In the Garden of Sorrows by Karen Jewell – Passionate, moving and powerful story of love and loss in the aftermath of WW1
Alvesdon by James Holland – Brilliant combination of emotional family saga and fascinating wartime story
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley – Mindbending blend of science fiction and romance with a dash of historical fiction and an element of mystery
Sweetness in the Skin by Ishi Robinson – Lovely coming-of-age story that is just as delightful as its vibrant cover
The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan – Powerful and immersive story set in Malaysia that reveals a lesser known aspect of the events of WW2
The Unheard by Anne Worthington – A moving story with unforgettable characters which, although short, packs a real punch
In Defence of the Act by Effie Black – A thought-provoking, poignant and powerful story that explores whether it can ever be right for a person to take their own life
Banyan Moon by Thao Thai – An absorbing multi-generational story about love, loss, motherhood and the healing of fractured family relationships
The New Life by Tom Crewe – An intricate, detailed and thought-provoking exploration of the search for sexual freedom and equality in Victorian Britain
The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho by Paterson Joseph – A thoroughly entertaining historical novel that reveals events in the life of a remarkable man