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Murder at Abbeymead Farm

By Merryn Allingham

0 stars

Yep, #6.
What's Going on in There?: The Neuroscience of the Adolescent Brain.

By Kathryn Berkett

0 stars

For this term’s Spectrum Education bookclub. New release, NZ author.
Murder at St Saviour’s

By Merryn Allingham

3 stars

This is no 5 out of, what is now, 13. I’m working through each night. A little romance creeping in to the mystery.
Spring Offensive

By Glyn Harper

4 stars

NZ and the second battle of the Somme, WWI. Been there, and had two great great Uncles there!
Dead Wake. The Last Crossing of the Lusitania.

By Erik Larson

4 stars
Murder at the Priory Hotel

By Merryn Allingham

3 stars

Another cosy mystery set in 1956. Book 4 of the Flora Steele mysteries. She is somewhat annoying though. These are easy to listen to when knitting or crocheting (or driving or not able to sleep).
Lucy Worsley

By Jane Austen at Home

4 stars

History based on Jane Austen and the era she inhabited.
The Chimes

By Anna Smaill

2 stars

Booker prize nominee 2015. I’ve bought 3 Booker prize books, 2 were NZ. I give up. I’ve had this since it was published and haven’t gotten far, I only read it to get the double points lol. This is set in a dystopia where music is the only thing that exists, memory and books gone.
The Last Death of the Year

By Sophie Hannah

3 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. It was ok!
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

3 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

4 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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Murder at Abbeymead Farm

What's Going on in There?: The Neuroscience of the Adolescent Brain.

Murder at St Saviour’s

Spring Offensive

Dead Wake. The Last Crossing of the Lusitania.

Murder at the Priory Hotel

Lucy Worsley

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

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