The Devil’s Backbone - Kim Wozencraft
A couple of blurbs;
Utterly compelling
You won’t put this book down until the final shattering pages
I am 78 pages in of a 341 page book. Nothing has grabbed my attention as yet. Though I will persevere.
Blackwater, by James Henry.
Detective Story.
only about an hour in but enjoying it.
The Da Vinci Code.
Wonderful read. Movie is released August 9th! Can’t wait to enjoy it.
I just finished reading The Women by Kristen Hannah and it was a really good book, well written.
So I have finally finished Harlan Corben’s “boy from the woods”. I didn’t particularly enjoy it but didn’t want to leave it half read. I expected something more extraordinary from an author that is so successful. For me the story was unconvincing and the characters didn’t really develop.
The good thing is that my next book should hopefully be an improvement!
This…
Life was pretty tough in Salford it would seem. Unknown Pleasures is one of my all time favourite albums. I remember buying it on vinyl from Our Price Records back in 1980.
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Dick Francis To The Hilt.
Yesterday I finished The Dollmakers by Lynn Buchanan
Fantasy-fiction.
Thoroughly enjoyed this book.
Taken from Good Reads
In the country called One, dollmakers are vital members of the community.
An artisan’s doll is the height of society’s accomplishments, while a guard’s doll is the only thing standing between the people of One and the vicious, cobbled monstrosities (Shod) that will tear apart any structure—living or dead, inanimate or otherwise—to add to their horde.
Apprentice Shean of Pearl is a brilliant dollmaker. With her clever dolls, she intends to outsmart and destroy the Shod, once and for all—a destiny she’s worked her whole life toward accomplishing.
But when the time comes for her dolls to be licensed, she’s told her work is too beautiful and delicate to fight. A statement that wounds and infuriates her; the Shod killed everyone she loved. How could her fate be anything but fighting them?
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I’ve started reading the Magician by somerset Maugham. Seems promising.
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In my teens I read everything Somerset Maugham ever wrote, As with Conan Doyle I had a two volume set of his long and short stories.
My favourite story was “The Verger”
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I’m so impressed with the first few pages that I’ve already been looking up his list of works Bruce. He definitely had a way with words.
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Just away to start a new one later today, “A Place to Bury Strangers”
DCI Mackenzie and Atticus Priest are back, but can they work together to solve a conspiracy? A dog walker finds a human bone on lonely Salisbury Plain. DCI Mackenzie Jones investigates the grisly discovery but cannot explain how it ended up there. She contacts disgraced ex-detective Atticus Priest and the two of them trace the bone to a graveyard in the nearby village of Imber. But the village was abandoned after it was purchased by the Ministry of Defence to train the army, so why have bodies been buried in the graveyard since the church was closed? At the same time, Atticus is approached by a single dad who needs his help to track down his missing daughter. Atticus takes on the case and finds himself battling a London gang who are selling their drugs in Salisbury and a host of witnesses who don’t seem to be telling him the truth. Atticus and Mack deal with the fiendishly complex case and unpick a conspiracy that cuts to the heart of the English establishment - while dealing with their own feelings for one another. PRAISE FOR MARK DAWSON: ‘Absolutely brilliant’ - Mail on Sunday ‘A literary sensation’ - Daily Telegraph ‘A great thriller writer on the top of his game’ - Steve Cavanagh, Sunday Times bestselling author ‘Nerve-shreddingly tense. Utterly addictive’
The Unusual Possession of Alistair Stubb by David Griffin
An enjoyable book. I almost read it in one sitting. 203 pages of 289.
The turn of the last century and Theodore Stubbs’ manor house resides in the quirky village of Muchmarsh.
A renowned entomologist, he is often within the attic adding another exotic specimen to his extensive collection of insects. But Theodore is also a master hypnotist, holding the household in thrall to his every whim.
Theodore’s daughter-in-law Eleanor returned from the sanatorium two months before is a haunted figure, believing that her stillborn child Alastair lives and hides in the shadows. Then she falls pregnant again, but this time by the hypnotic coercion and wicked ravishment of Theodore.
A dreadful act begets terrible secrets, and thirteen years later the boy Alastair Stubb begins to lose his identity. It is not long before mystery, intrigue and murder follow gleefully in his wake.
The Unusual Possession of Alastair Stubb is a gothic terror of the highest order, delivering a dream-like and hallucinatory reading experience that promises to reveal secrets both disturbing and astonishing
I was initially going for this on Amazon audible but had a change of heart…
There’s nothing quite like thumbing through a paperback and picked this up for around four quid from a reputable second hand book dealer on Amazon.
Totally absorbing so far, a really fascinating piece of social history. Having worked in Covent Garden many moons ago I know it well. Must get back in the near future, take some pictures and pop into The Crown and Anchor to soak up the atmosphere and of course a couple of pints!
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I died too, but they have not buried me yet. Ross Jeffery
The first 80 pages has dealt with the grief of burying a 14 year old daughter who died 12 years ago. He has been wallowing in grief all that time.
Started to get interesting when a man asked him if he has ever tried contacting via a seance.
Up to page 130 of 300
Felix Francis Syndicate.
I have just started another Harlan Coben called Six Years. I don’t think he is a particularly good writer but his plots are terrific.
My reading so far…
Still got a few to go.
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Bridgerton books by Julia Quinn
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