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The Chimes

By Anna Smaill

0 stars
The Last Death of the Year

By Sophie Hannah

2 stars

A continuation of Agatha Christie’s Poirot. Don’t know, I’m not hugely fond of Sophie Hannah’s other Poirot books but I remain open on this one.
Murder at Primrose Cottage

By Merryn Allingham

3 stars

So, I have a story type. And this is book three of The Flora Steele series. Another cosy 50’s mystery written in 2022. This one is set in Cornwall, my mother’s birthplace. The books are fun to listen to, although Flora can be slightly annoying.
Murder on the Pier

By Merryn Allingham

0 stars

Another cosy mystery. Book 2 of the Flora Steele mysteries. I like these, not as good as Agatha Christie but on the same wavelength. My type of mysteries. Set in England in the 1950’s, but written in 2021.
Ring of Fire: A New Global History of the First World War

By Alex Churchill and Nicolai Eberholst

4 stars

WWI is my specialty in history. This includes stories of the ordinary folk, civilians and soldiers, both sides. This is the audiobook, but I’ve also got the book from the library. I think I’ll eventually buy, when it comes out in soft back.
Death at the Sign of the Rook

By Kate Atkinson

3 stars

A Jackson Brodie mystery. It’s book #6, I will probably find book #1 at some stage. Ex-detective, stolen paintings, thief in disguise, and a murder mystery weekend.
The Paris Express

By Emma Donoghue

2 stars

1895 Paris and a female anarchist boards a train with a bomb. It was ok. I enjoyed the notes on actual people and the event it was based on more than the actual story itself though. If I may go off-track, the story does highlight the importance of a formal education teaching critical thinking skills, rather than self-taught misconceptions and wacky understandings.
Legenda

By Professor Janina Ramirez

3 stars

A reveal on how the identities of women have been co-opted by those intent on crafting national identities. Women such as Lady Godiva, Joan of Arc and Isabella of Castile compared to 18th and 19th Century women sich as Queen Victoria. Legacies seen from a patriarchal viewpoint.
The Bookshop Murders

By Merryn Allingham

3 stars

Described as cosy and I would agree. As a Christie fan I love these types of mysteries. Sussex, 1955: When Flora Steele opens up her bookshop one morning, she’s in for the surprise of her life! Because there, amongst her bookcases, is the body of a young man, with a shock of white-blond hair. But who was he? And how did he come to be there? (Page numbers from Goodreads).

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The Chimes

The Last Death of the Year

Murder at Primrose Cottage

Murder on the Pier

Ring of Fire: A New Global History of the First World War

Death at the Sign of the Rook

The Paris Express

Legenda

The Bookshop Murders

Botany Downs Secondary College

39,896 pages read and 3,975 team points

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