The Quartet Murders The second installment in Yorkshire Dales’ detective series (Yorkshire Murder Mysteries #Book 1 did not disappoint. DCI Oldroyd comes back again to solve a crime of love, greed, hatred, passion and… music (thus, the quartet). Yes, it is to do with quartet – musical collective of 4 musicians, string quartet at that. Two…
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A pack of hungry… magpies – Book review for NetGalley – Henry VIII and Men Who Made Him by Tracy Borman
Henry VIII ‘The retinue plays the king’ the phrase made immortal by W Shakespeare in his King Lear says it all. The book by Tracy Borman is all about the retinue of Henry VIII: the bold, the bad and the ugly. There were so many men around Henry VIII, I lost my count at Cromwell….
New crime series set in Yorkshire – Book review for NetGalley – The Body in The Dales by J.R.Ellis (Book #1)
The Body in the Dales The first instalment of murder mysteries set in picturesque Yorkshire dales, The Body in The Dales was an interesting read, on many levels. Firstly, this was a book about intelligent Oxford-graduated detective who likes classical music and knows a lot of big words. Secondly, Oldroyd (detective) story and stories of…
When champagne is not enough – Book review for NetGalley – A Necessary Murder by M.J.Tjia
A Necessary Murder Hello, my friend. This is exactly how this book felt. This book is second adventure of Heloise Chancey. I met her again. I spend a couple of days in her company. And just like an old friend, I was happy to see her but a bit bored with her stories (as I…
Tale is not fairy – Book review for NetGalley – The Girl in the Tower (Winterlight Trilogy #2) by Katherine Arden
The Girl in the Tower I liked the first book better. I could have left my review at that. I liked the first book in the trilogy, The Bear and the Nightingale better, much better. The second installment was very heavy, very slow and not very magical at all. The Girl in the Tower was…
Let me go – Book review for NetGalley – Before I let you go by Kelly Rimmer
Before I let you go Who lets go of whom? This is a very loaded question when it comes to this book. Before I let you go is the story of older sister who, eventually, lets go of her younger sister. But she never lets go of herself… The story of addiction is always a nightmare….
When truth costs too much – Book review for NetGalley – The Hangman’s Secret by Laura Joh Rowland
The Hangman’s Secret (#3 Victorian Mystery) Being the third book in the series of adventures of photographer Sarah Bain and her friends, The Hangman’s Secret was very easy to catch up with. It was easy to catch up with the story so far and the story got my attention. I’d love to read all of…
Mommies Dearest – Book Review for NetGalley – The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molloy
The Perfect Mother I have been there myself. I was a first time mum once. A long time ago. Now I am older and wiser. Now I am jaded and sageful. Now I can smile and wave away first-time-mums agonies and shenanigans. They are crazy. They are mumzillas… But Losing a child is unspoken nightmare….
Saved by death – Book review for NetGalley – Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen (#3 Six Tudor Queens) by Alison Weir
Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen I’ve said it once and I will say it again and again: hindsight is a wonderful thing and a powerful tool to have and to hold. When you know what happens next you are reading the story with a certain detachment, wisdom and aloofness. You know who wins and who…
Infinite Impossibilities – Book review for NetGalley – Crossing the Lines by Sulari Gentill
Crossing the Lines Two writers in love with the writing. Two characters those writers imagine, create and give life to. Two realities that start of parallel to each other, cross over, intervene, coil and suffocate one another. Crossing the Lines is a much unexpected story. Seemingly straightforward to begin with, it takes reader on…
