Book Review: The Unwanted Dead by Chris Lloyd
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3y ago
‘War creates strangers of ourselves. We never come back from that’ Here’s the blurb Paris, Friday 14th June 1940. The day the Nazis march into Paris. It made headlines around the globe. Paris police detective Eddie Giral – a survivor of the last World War – watches helplessly on as his world changes forever. But there is something he still has control over. Finding whoever is responsible for the murder of four refugees. The unwanted dead, who no one wants to claim. To do so, he must tread carefully between the Occupation and the Resistance, between truth and lies, between the man he is and the ..read more
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Book Review: The Unwanted Dead by Chris Lloyd
mamalovestoread.co.uk
by mamalovestoread
3y ago
‘War creates strangers of ourselves. We never come back from that’ Here’s the blurb Paris, Friday 14th June 1940. The day the Nazis march into Paris. It made headlines around the globe. Paris police detective Eddie Giral – a survivor of the last World War – watches helplessly on as his world changes forever. But there is something he still has control over. Finding whoever is responsible for the murder of four refugees. The unwanted dead, who no one wants to claim. To do so, he must tread carefully between the Occupation and the Resistance, between truth and lies, between the man he is and the ..read more
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#MySisterMyself by @Jill_Treseder -‏ Book Review
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by mamalovestoread
5y ago
Hungary, 1956. Russian tanks brutally crush the revolution against the Communist regime. Sisters Katalin and Marika escape Budapest with their family and settle in London. However, the past is not so easily left behind. Their father is a wanted man, and the sisters’ relationship hangs in the balance. Their futures are shaped by loss. For Katalin, this means the failure of her ambition and a devastating discovery; for Marika, an equally heart-breaking experience. Caught between their Hungarian heritage and their new lives in Britain, the sisters struggle to reconnect. Family secrets a ..read more
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Book Review: The Life of Death by Lucy Booth
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5y ago
We have all said it. At the very least, thought it. “I would sell my soul for….”. But would you? Really? It’s the year 1590. Elizabeth “Lizzy” Murray hangs in her cell, inching closer to death. She listens to the excruciating screams of women outside, their flesh fueling the fire that roars intensely around the stake to which they are bound. Lizzy knows it will be her turn soon. Her crime? She bears the mark of a witch. I am strung up in that freezing cell. Shackled to the wall and strapped into a witch’s bridle – the metal prings jabbing into my cheeks and the spiked iron bit tearing we ..read more
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Book Review: The Pale Ones by Bartholomew Bennett
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by mamalovestoread
5y ago
The Pale Ones is an atmospheric stroll through 117 pages of quiet horror. This book doesn’t shock or disgust, it carefully and slowly picks away at the emotions creating a gradual sense of unease, caution, and distrust. As our narrator embarks on the equivalent of a pub crawl for book buyers at the behest of his new-found acquaintance, Harris, a seasoned second-hand book expert full of wit and wisdom; it becomes gradually clear that all is not what it seems. Harris delights in collecting the unloved. He wonders if you’d care to donate. A small something for the odd, pale children no-one has ..read more
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Book Review: Heart of Glass by Ivy Ngeow
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5y ago
A gritty and twisted love letter to 80s disco pop culture that boasts a whole lotta hustle. Imagine Pretty Woman, Goodfellas and Flash Dance rolled into one and you’ll get a sense of the vibe flowing from Heart of Glass. Chicago 1980. Li-an Donohue’s luck changes the instant she meets a mysterious Italian businessman in the Drake Hotel. Hearing her play, he offers her a job in Macau on the spot.  She’s there in a heartbeat. From a drab Chicago winter to swimming pools, Sémillon Blanc and lobster. It seems perfect. Li-an has her own private pavilion on the estate of a colonial gothic man ..read more
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Book Review: The American Agent by Jacqueline Winspear
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by mamalovestoread
5y ago
September 1940 and Hitler’s Blitzkrieg attacks on Britain are in full swing. Civilians take shelter in Elephant and Castle Underground Station in south London during an air raid in November 1940. © IWM (D 1568) When an American war correspondent’s murder is concealed by British authorities, Maisie Dobbs agrees to work with an agent of the US Department of Justice to help an old friend discover the truth. With German bombs raining down on London, Maisie is torn between the demands of solving this dangerous case and the need to protect a young evacuee. And what will happen when sh ..read more
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