Properly, I actually had extra of a bookish week this week. Probably not guide submit smart, aside from one self sponsored buy, however Saturday noticed Mandie and I make our approach right down to Gerrards Cross to attend the second Chiltern Kills pageant. We had been fortunate sufficient to go to the primary pageant final yr, and a return go to was a no brainier for us this yr. Each penny of the ticket gross sales goes to Centrepoint, which is price it by itself benefit, however, additionally … books!
After all, the week needed to be stuffed with books too. I used to be permitted for Metropolis of Destruction by Vaseem Khan (28 Nov) on NetGalley, positioned an order for Amnesia by LJ Ross (24 oct), and bought The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho by Paterson Joseph. And since you possibly can by no means have too many books, I used to be impressed to order copies of Roxie Key’s The Lethal Spark , and A Needed Man by Rob Parker off the again of the CK panels.
I additionally obtained my preordered copy of 25, the Goldsboro Books twenty fifth Anniversary quick story anthology. Attending Chiltern Kills I picked up a fab goody bag with copies of Deep Darkish Evening by Steph Broadribb, and Lethal Animals by Marie Tierney. And I couldn’t resist choosing up an early copy of Midnight and Blue, Ian Rankin’s model new Rebus thriller which is out Thursday, and the impartial bookshop version of One Of Us Is Useless by Peter James. I imply … what a spredge!
The excellent news is that Chiltern Kills will return on 4th October 2025, and you should purchase your tickets proper now. Books, extra books and doing all your bit for charity. What are you ready for?
Books I’ve learn
Black Storms by Teresa Solana, translated by Peter Bush (25 Oct)
A rustic that doesn’t acknowledge its previous is destined to repeat its errors.
Why homicide a sick previous man nearing retirement? An investigation into the loss of life of a professor on the College of Barcelona appears significantly baffling for Deputy Inspector Norma Forester of the Catalan police, as phrase from the highest confirms she’s the one to steer this case.
The granddaughter of an English member of the Worldwide Brigades, Norma has a vibrant household life, with a forensic physician husband, a hippy mom, a squatter daughter and an aunt, a nun in an enclosed order, who operates as a hacker from her austere convent cell.
This blended household typically helps and infrequently hinders Norma’s investigations.
It appears the spectres of the previous haven’t but been laid to relaxation, and there are individuals who can neither forgive nor neglect the cruelties of the Spanish Civil Struggle and all that adopted.
Metropolis of Spies by Mara Timon
LISBON, 1943: When her cowl is blown, SOE agent Elisabeth de Mornay flees Paris. Pursued by the Gestapo, she makes her method to impartial Lisbon, the place Europe’s elite rub shoulders with diplomats, businessmen, smugglers, and spies. There she receives new orders – and a brand new id.
Posing as rich French widow Solange Verin, Elisabeth should infiltrate a German espionage ring concentrating on Allied ships, earlier than extra British servicemen are killed. However, the nearer Elisabeth involves discovering the reality, the larger the chance grows. With a German officer watching her each step, it would take all of Elisabeth’s resourcefulness and willpower to finish her mission.
However in a metropolis the place nobody is who they declare to be, who can she belief?
The one method to catch a killer is to assume like one…
When a senior Metropolitan Police officer and Excessive Court docket choose die in fast succession, prison profiler Physician Alex Gregory is satisfied their deaths are linked to essentially the most shameful case of his profession: the infamous wrongful conviction of Carl Deere, an harmless man discovered responsible of a sequence of heinous murders perpetrated by the ‘Soho Killer’. 4 years later, launched from jail and together with his document cleaned, Deere is an invisible spectre with a brand new identify and a brand new face. However, as Gregory is aware of solely too effectively, the previous isn’t simply forgotten, and revenge is usually a highly effective motive—even for an harmless man…
With Scotland Yard decided to keep away from any additional scandal, Gregory and his pal and mentor, Professor Invoice Douglas, are left to fend for themselves. With no actual proof and the physique depend racking up, they realize it’s solely a matter of time earlier than their names are subsequent on the killer’s listing…
Homicide and thriller are peppered with romance and darkish humour on this fast-paced thriller set amidst the scenic landscapes of Cambridge and London.
Not my busiest week by an extended chalk, however I’ll take it. Good books all, and I did have an extended day of it on Saturday, plus assessment compensate for Sunday, so I feel I’m doing effectively. Nonetheless 147 books learn yr up to now, so who can complain? A busy sufficient week on the weblog – recap beneath:
#Assessment – A Postcard From Puffin Island – Christie Barlow
#Assessment – The Shadow Community – Tony Kent
#Assessment – The Bullet That Missed – Richard Osman
#Assessment – A Lovely Corpse – Christi Daugherty
#Assessment – Fearless – MW Craven
#Assessment – Useless Ends – Jeffery Deaver
A full week forward on the weblog however not a single weblog tour! Hoping to get loads of studying achieved, however I’m additionally off to the theatre on Friday evening to see & Juliet, so we’ll see how that each one works out.
Hope you all have a stunning bookish week.
Jen x
