On What Cathy Read Next last week
Tuesday – IThis week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic was Books on My Winter 2022/2023 To-Read List.
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 The Truth Must Dazzle Gradually by Helen Cullen.
Friday – I shared my review of The Darlings of the Asylum by Noel OReilly.
New arrivals
The Spy Across the Water by James Naughtie (eARC, Head of Zeus via NetGalley)
We live with our history, but it can kill us.
Faces from the past appear from nowhere at a family funeral, and Will Flemyng, spy-turned-ambassador, is drawn into twin mysteries that threaten everything he holds dear.
From Washington, he’s pitched back into the Troubles in Northern Ireland and an explosive secret hidden deep in the most dangerous but fulfilling friendship he has known.
And while he confronts shadowy adversaries in American streets, and looks for solace at home in the Scottish Highlands, he discovers that his government’s most precious Cold War agent is in mortal danger and needs his help to survive.
In an electric story of courage and betrayal, Flemyng learns the truth that his life has left him a man with many friends, but still alone.
A Gift of Poison by Bella Ellis (eARC, Hodder & Stoughton via NetGalley)
Haworth 1847 – Anne and Emily Brontë have had their books accepted for publication, while Charlotte’s has been rejected everywhere, creating a strained atmosphere at the parsonage.
At the same time, a shocking court case has recently concluded, acquitting a workhouse master of murdering his wife by poison. Everyone thinks this famously odious and abusive man is guilty. However, he insists he is many bad things but not a murderer. When an attempt is made on his life, he believes it to be the same person who killed his wife and applies to the detecting sisters for their help.
Despite reservations, they decide that perhaps, as before, it is only they who can get to the truth and prove him innocent – or guilty – without a shadow of doubt.
On What Cathy Read Next this week
Currently reading
Planned posts
- Book Review: Devils and Saints by Jean-Baptiste Andrea
- Book Review: Skelton’s Guide to Blazing Corpses by David Stafford
- Book REview: My Father’s House by Joseph O’Connor
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