My Week in Books – 27th August 2023

MyWeekinBooksOn What Cathy Read Next last week

Monday – I published my review of historical crime mystery, The Night Raids by Jim Kelly.

Tuesday – This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic was a freebie on the theme of genre and I chose ten novels set From Past to Present.  

Wednesday – As always WWW Wednesday is a 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 – My Throwback Thursday post was my review of The Book of Forgotten Authors by Christopher Fowler.


New arrivals

The Storyteller by the SeaThe Storyteller by the Sea by Phyllida Shrimpton (ARC, Aria Fiction)

Melody spends her days combing the shore for items washed up on her beach. She collects them in her basket and takes them back to Spindrift, her weathered little bungalow overlooking the sea, and weaves stories about her treasures.

Everything Melody thinks she could ever need is right where she is, cupped by the rocks that shape her bay. But Melody has been keeping a secret…

When she learns that her little corner of Devon is under threat from developers looking to modernise the strip of coast on which Spindrift stands, Melody realises she is about to lose all she has ever known. Is it time for her to tell her own story – a story of love, loss, secrets and lies?


On What Cathy Read Next this week

Currently reading


Planned posts

  • Book Review: China Blue by Madalyn Morgan
  • Book Review: The Seventh Son by Sebastian Faulks
  • Book Review: The Ghost Ship by Kate Mosse
  • Blog Tour/Book Review: The Postcard by Carly Schabowski
  • #6Degrees of Separation

My Week in Books – 20th August 2023

MyWeekinBooksOn What Cathy Read Next last week

Tuesday – This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic was Characters From Different Books Who Should Team Up… to solve crimes.

Wednesday – As always WWW Wednesday is a 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 Treason by James Jackson.


New arrivals

The Murder WheelThe Murder Wheel by Tom Mead (eARC, Head of Zeus via NetGalley)

When Edmund Ibbs, a young lawyer, defends a woman accused of shooting her husband dead, he finds himself drawn into a web of conspiracy and murder.

Soon, Ibbs himself is accused of complicity in a killing, when a corpse unexpectedly appears as part of a magic act in a crowded theatre.

Also present is Joseph Spector, former illusionist turned highly respected amateur sleuth. Spector begins to investigate the mystery, but when a second body is discovered later the same night, all the evidence points to Ibbs being guilty.

With a host of hangers-on having something to hide, can Spector find the true culprit, or will he and Inspector Flint of Scotland Yard conclude that Ibbs is guilty after all?


On What Cathy Read Next this week

Currently reading


Planned posts

  • Book Review: The Seventh Son by Sebastian Faulks
  • Book Review: The Night Raids by Jim Kelly