A contentious piece of American history taken and woven into a well-written and evocative historical novel with vivid characterisation
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To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey
An exceptionally good book, set mainly in Alaska, of exploration and discovery, love and friendship, spirit magic and natives. Recommended!
Never Broken by Lori Duffy Foster
A good thriller whose gutsy heroine, Lisa Jamison, helps a man hiding in her car and leads her to the dark underworld of people exploitation
Murder, Murder, Murder in Gilded Central Park by Cecelia Tichi
An enjoyable historical murder mystery with likeable characters and a steady plot, set in the Gilded Age in New York
Trading Dreams at Midnight by Diane McKinney-Whetstone
The story of four women in Philadelphia and the dynamics in their family relationships, exacerbated by the shadow of mental illness
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab
Making a deal with a devil can mean an exciting life, full of promise but what if you have no-one to share that with?
The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel
Not for the fainthearted due to its controversial subject matter, The Roanoke Girls is intense, compelling, unsettling -not easily forgotten
All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
An unusual book with the themes of war and family following the lives of two main young characters: a blind French girl and a German soldier
Blue Moon: Jack Reacher by Lee Child
Blue Moon: Jack Reacher by Lee Child – Once in a blue moon, Ukrainian and Albanian baddies get their comeuppance, this time courtesy of Jack Reacher and a girl called Abby
Upper East Bride by David Kirby
Upper East Bride by David Kirby – Bitingly witty dialogue made this novel of romance and scandal on the East Side of Manhattan highly enjoyable for me!
Scuffed Granny 