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The blank wall
The blank wall: a novel of suspense | Elisabeth Sanxay Holding
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Cathythoughts
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The Blank Wall. I loved this one ( wish I had the Persephone edition hmmmm 🤔 I might treat myself ❤️) Lucia Holley is up against it, with serious family troubles.. She is amazing. I felt the whole book was like a dream , like it couldn‘t be real ( I‘d say that‘s how Lucia felt ). Would anyone recommend another by this author?!

sarahbarnes I need to read this! 2y
batsy What @sarahbarnes said! Sounds good, Cathy. Your review is intriguing 🙂 2y
jlhammar I‘ve been wanting to read this one. Sounds like my cup of tea! 2y
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Cathythoughts @sarahbarnes @batsy @jlhammar It‘s very readable , full of tension and suspense.. it‘s short too. 2y
sarahbarnes I just ordered it through inter-library loan and am very excited. 🤓 2y
LeahBergen 👏👏 I‘m glad you liked it, too! I haven‘t read any other books by this author but I‘d like to. 2y
Cathythoughts @sarahbarnes That is exciting 😁👏🏻 2y
Cathythoughts @LeahBergen I really enjoyed it 👍🏻♥️ 2y
BarbaraBB I loved this book too ( the Persephone 😉) 2y
Cathythoughts @BarbaraBB It‘s a good one 👍🏻😁 2y
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Oryx
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Another good read from Persephone. A death, a family implicated, blackmail, and a mother trying to hold everything together as it spirals out of control.

Cathythoughts Sounds like a good one 👍stacking 3y
LeahBergen I liked this one, too! 3y
BarbaraBB I liked this one a lot! 3y
Megabooks This one is great! 3y
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Megabooks
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Rebellious 17-year-old Bee has gotten caught up with a bad man, and when he is found dead, mom Lucia is afraid someone in her family will take the fall. Then, some of his associates start blackmailing her and threatening to release Bee‘s correspondence with this nefarious character and ruin her reputation. Things start to spiral deeply out of control in this Hitchcockian thriller from #persephone. Originally published in 1947.

TrishB Sounds good 👍🏻 3y
Megabooks @TrishB it was! 3y
LeahBergen This was such a fun one! 👏🏻 3y
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Megabooks @LeahBergen very much so! 3y
Megabooks @LeahBergen I kept on translating correspondence to being like nude pictures in my head. Oh how times have changed!! 3y
vivastory I was going to say stacked, but it appears I've already done so! Love the Persephone collection! 3y
Megabooks @vivastory I think you‘d like this one! Persephone publishes such interesting books. I haven‘t been disappointed yet! 3y
Megabooks @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I got your card and bookmarks, Misty!! Thank you for thinking of me. 💜💜🥰😘 3y
Cathythoughts Oh this sounds good ! I see I have it stacked already 3y
Oryx Lovely Persephone collection ♥️ 3y
Megabooks @Cathythoughts probably from the same review of Barbara‘s that hooked me! 3y
Megabooks @Oryx thank you! 😀 3y
Cinfhen Gorgeous photo 😍This sounds like a surprisingly modern story. Interesting 🤓 3y
Megabooks @Cinfhen I thought so too re: very modern, but like I said to Leah, I had to translate written letters to naked photos to have it make sense now! 😂 I feel like a lot of Hitchcock and books/movies of that ilk have held up over time thematically. 3y
Reviewsbylola I enjoyed this one a lot! 3y
Megabooks @Reviewsbylola it was very good! 3y
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Megabooks
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Mansplaining…alive and well in 1947! 🤣🤣

This book is a gem @BarbaraBB 👍🏻😘

#persephone

BarbaraBB I am happy you are enjoying it! I thought it was very good! 3y
Megabooks @BarbaraBB I really am! Should finish today. 👍🏻 3y
Leftcoastzen 😂👏 3y
Megabooks @Leftcoastzen right?! 🤣🤣 3y
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Megabooks
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My Christmas bookish haul!

Three Persephones: the tagged blame it on @BarbaraBB , the second short story collection, and Miss Buncle‘s Book

More bookmarks from FunUsualSuspects on Etsy

And a #booksleeve from RockPaperWords on Etsy

And a gift card to Amazon to pick out my own headlamp for reading at night. (And eventually for picking up New Dog‘s poop, coming Spring 2021!)

TrishB Can‘t wait to see your new dog 🐶 4y
Crazeedi Oh a headlamp! That's exactly what I need, my shoulder kills me trying to read a physical book in bed. Can't wait to see your puppy! Merry Christmas my friend 🎁🎄🌠☃️❄💗 4y
BarbaraBB Such perfect gifts! I hope you‘ll love my recommendation and I didn‘t know you‘re getting a puppy! That is wonderful news ❤️❤️ 4y
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Megabooks @TrishB 🤞🏻🤞🏻 in March or April! 4y
Suet624 Persephone!!! Lovely.... 4y
Megabooks @Crazeedi agreed! My Flippy has helped with book weight, especially hardbacks, but I don‘t really like to use my heavy booklight on paperbacks. A Flippy is awesome for reading in bed https://getflippy.com 4y
Megabooks @BarbaraBB thanks! I‘m sure I‘ll like it. And yes, hopefully a dog in March or April! 🤞🏻👍🏻 (edited) 4y
Megabooks @Suet624 so excited about them! Now I have six. 👍🏻💜 4y
Suet624 Such a perfect thing to collect. Congrats on having six. 4y
ShelleyBooksie We got a headlamp for picking up puppy's poop and it is a life saver for those early morning/late night poop runs! Love your new book sleeve 4y
erzascarletbookgasm Oooh new puppy soon? And such wonderful gifts to yourself! 😍 4y
Crazeedi @Megabooks that is perfect!! Thanks!! 4y
Megabooks @Suet624 it is. Thanks! 4y
Megabooks @ShelleyBooksie I don‘t know why I didn‘t think of it for the last three dogs! (This is our first dogless Christmas in 16 years. 😢) thank you re:booksleeve! 4y
Megabooks @Crazeedi the way my spine/nerves have problems, it is difficult to rotate my palms to face upward or even to the level of a thumbs up sometimes. The Flippy has been a real saver of my arms and hands pain-wise. 4y
Megabooks @erzascarletbookgasm yes, hopefully a new puppy in the next few months! 💜💜 4y
LeahBergen Great Persephone books!! I haven‘t read The Second Book of Short Stories yet but the other two are fab! ❤️ 4y
Megabooks @LeahBergen thanks! I started The Blank Wall last night and whoa what a beginning!! 4y
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BarbaraBB
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While her husband Tom serves overseas during WWII, Lucia Holley is doing her best to take care of her family in a time of rationing and shortages, while sending letters to Tom assuring him that everything is fine.
Suddenly she finds herself in a situation involving blackmail and murder. Things quickly start to spiral out of control and Lucia desperately tries to protect her family and avoid a scandal.

I loved this #Persephone and Lucia.

LeahBergen Yes! 👏🏻👏🏻 Such a fun read! 4y
erzascarletbookgasm Sounds good! 👍 4y
Megabooks Fantastic!! I stacked it when you mentioned it before and I think I‘m going to see if I can get this and the tagged for Christmas (and maybe one other 😉). Thanks for the tag! 4y
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BarbaraBB @Megabooks I‘ve got a copy of Miss Buncle‘s too. I really enjoy these typical Persephone books! I‘m sure you‘ll love this one too! How are you doing health wise? 4y
Cathythoughts Sounds very good 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 4y
Megabooks Getting better but still sick. Thanks for asking!! 💜💜 4y
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BarbaraBB
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#WeeklyForecast 40/20

I am reading The Expats which is unexpectedly very entertaining and exactly what I‘m in the mood for on this drowsy Sunday. Next will be The Nickel Boys (my #doublespin) and also the tagged #Perspephone that got so many great reviews here on Litsy. The last one is a #1001books that I want to read for #Booked2020!

LeahBergen The Blank Wall is a FUN read! I hope you like it. 4y
BarbaraBB @LeahBergen I remember your buddyread with @Reviewsbylola and @emilyhaldi . When I came upon a cheap copy I couldn‘t resist! 4y
Kalalalatja I‘m excited to see what you think if the Whitehead. I have it on hold from the library, but I wasn‘t blown away by The Underground Railroad, so I‘m not getting my hopes up 4y
BarbaraBB @Kalalalatja I wasn‘t either nor am I by this one so far. But I‘ve heard the second half is the best so maybe I‘ll be more enthusiastic once I‘ve finished it! 4y
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Brie
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Both a domestic suspense and an in depth character study of a wife trying to hold her household together while her husband is away at war, this novel describes the lengths this woman will go to in order to protect her family, even as it gets her involved in murder, extortion, and the criminal underworld.

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Mdargusch
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This is one of my favorite Persephone books because it‘s a suspenseful murder mystery. But this is not your modern thriller since it is really a character study of Lucia, a regular housewife trying to hold her family together while her husband is away at war. She gets tangled in a web of lies, murder, and deceit while making sure the beds are made and food is on the table. It feels like an Alfred Hitchcock movie.

#anglophileapril #wonderwall

Cinfhen Sounds great!! Love the photo 6y
BarbaraBB That really sounds good. And such a great picture 😍 6y
Mdargusch Thanks @Cinfhen @barbarabb I take everything so literally- everyone else is being so creative today! (edited) 6y
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Cinfhen I think your Black & White photo shows real creativity ❤️ 6y
BarbaraBB Your picture is very creative! 6y
Reviewsbylola This is a great one! 6y
emilyhaldi Loved this one!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6y
vivastory This sounds great. Stacked! 6y
LeahBergen I loved reading this one with you guys! ❤️❤️ 6y
Mdargusch We need another buddy read @LeahBergen 👍🏼 6y
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LeahBergen
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Oh, this was a corker of a vintage thriller!

Lucia, a “middle-aged” wife and mother in WWII America, finds herself in over her head when her teenage daughter gets involved with a nasty piece of work. Lucia will do ANYTHING to protect her little family from the blackmailing that ensues. Anything.

I read the lovely Persephone edition of this book but what do you think of THIS cover, @Mdargusch @Reviewsbylola @emilyhaldi @Meredith3 ? 😂😂😂

Reviewsbylola That cover is AMAZING!!! Glad you enjoyed this one too! 6y
LeahBergen @Reviewsbylola Isn‘t that tagline the best?? I snorted! 6y
Reviewsbylola That is hilarious!! Why don‘t they still do covers like this?! 6y
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DGRachel That cover is awesome!!😂😂 6y
mabell 😳 Wowza! 😂 6y
Susanita “...a date with death!” 6y
emilyhaldi LOVE this cover 🙌🏻 much more sinister than the prim and proper Persephone 😉 6y
Leftcoastzen I have that edition!😁 6y
LeahBergen @DGRachel @mabell It‘s an eye-catcher, isn‘t it? 😆 6y
LeahBergen @Susanita Isn‘t it great? 😂 6y
LeahBergen @Leftcoastzen Do you?? It‘s fab!! 6y
TrishB Look at that cover 😁💕 6y
Meredith3 I love this cover! 6y
Mdargusch I need this edition!!! I loved your review! 6y
rubyslippersreads That‘ll teach him to play with jailbait! 😂😂😂 6y
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Reviewsbylola
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@Mdargusch hit the nail on the head when she compared this one to James Cain. It definitely had a lot of noir qualities. This is a crime fiction published by #persephone wherein the MC‘s decisions constantly lead her further and further astray. This was our September book club pick and I‘m excited to discuss it, especially the moral implications and how the book ended.

LeahBergen What a pretty photo! And I just finished it, too. 😮 6y
Mdargusch I definitely want to read more of her books! 6y
Mdargusch I‘m anxiously awaiting your thoughts @LeahBergen 6y
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LeahBergen @Mdargusch I just posted! It was SUCH a fun read. 👏🏻👏🏻 6y
emilyhaldi Wow! @Mdargusch @Meredith3 @Reviewsbylola this was a quick read for everyone!! @LeahBergen can we facetime you in to our book club meeting? 😂 6y
Cinfhen Book sounds great 6y
LeahBergen @emilyhaldi 😂😂 I wish I could fly in for it! 6y
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LeahBergen
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#CurrentlyReading
#PersephoneBooks

Oops! I almost forgot we were reading this, @Mdargusch @emilyhaldi @Reviewsbylola @Meredith3 .

I‘m a few chapters into it and I can feel a binge-read coming on. 😮

Leftcoastzen Oh Persephone!😊😊❤️ 6y
Meredith3 Def a binge read!!! 6y
emilyhaldi I haven't forgotten but I'm swamped with #myvodkabromance, Six Four, and Mansfield Park all at the same time 🤯 not sure what my problem is 😂 but I‘m hoping to get to it in a couple days!!! 6y
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Reviewsbylola You‘re a glutton for punishment. @emilyhaldi 6y
Reviewsbylola This is an easy one to binge on Leah! I wanted to finish last night but the words started swimming so I had to throw in the towel. I‘m back at it now though! 💪🏻 6y
Reviewsbylola Also, this is a great picture!! 6y
Mdargusch Great photo! I can‘t wait to see what you think! 6y
Linsy Beautiful pic! 🍵 6y
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Mdargusch
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I am a big fan of the old thrillers! This book is written in a similar style to James M. Cain telling you just what you need to know without the fluff. The action starts on the first page and doesn‘t stop until the end. Excellent book! The mother daughter relationship is reminiscent of the relationship in Mildred Pierce. Lucia is always ready to fix the problems her daughter has caused #thedayaftertomorrow
#septemberdanes

Kalalalatja Sounds like a great book! 6y
emilyhaldi Yay!! Can't wait to start this one! My kind of thriller 👌🏻 6y
Reviewsbylola I definitely was thinking James Cain and noir too but I totally didn‘t connect Mildred and Vera to Lucia and Bea until you said it! Bra and Vera are such SNOTS!!! 6y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I just recently bought Mildred Pierce! 6y
Cinfhen I'm still hoping to get to 6y
Cathythoughts Great review & great pic 💙 6y
Mdargusch I hope you like it @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ! 6y
LeahBergen Oops! I forgot we were reading this. 😂😂 I‘ll start it later today! 6y
Mdargusch Sorry I didn‘t mention it to you @LeahBergen - it‘s a quick one. I read it in 24 hours but then again, I didn‘t want to put it down! 6y
LeahBergen Oh, no problem! It seems like the sort of read I‘ll blast through as well. 👍🏻 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Mdargusch I loved the miniseries! But I love Kate Winslet ❤️ 6y
Mdargusch I need to watch Mildred Pierce mini series! @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I forgot that it was Kate Winslet. Thanks for the reminder! 😁 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Mdargusch you‘re welcome!! It‘s so good!! 6y
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Meredith3
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My first Persephone book with my chicken, Persephone! I really enjoyed this book, it reminded me a lot of Double Indemnity- there‘s something very simple and to the point with the older thrillers I‘ve read and it‘s a refreshing change!

rubyslippersreads ❤️🐔❤️ 6y
LeahBergen Persephone! 😂 What a fabulous chicken name! 6y
JennyM Love it! 6y
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emilyhaldi Nice review and love what you‘ve done here!!! 🙌🏻 6y
Reviewsbylola Lmao of course you would pose your chicken and book together! 6y
Meredith3 @emilyhaldi I‘m really trying to step up my photo shop/editing skills, don‘t show Alex though 😹 6y
Meredith3 @Reviewsbylola 😹🐓👏🏻✨ 6y
Mdargusch Great photo!!! 🐓❤️🐓 6y
Meredith3 @Mdargusch thanks! I‘ve been trying to take more for you! 6y
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Reviewsbylola
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“Nothing promised, no regrets.”

Elizabeth is a 38 year old mother of teenagers. It‘s England during WWII and her husband is off fighting in the war when Elizabeth is accused of killing her daughter‘s beau.

#voulezvous #abbainaugust #persephone

Becker Love Persephone 6y
Mdargusch I still haven‘t read mine. 🤦🏼‍♀️ 6y
Reviewsbylola I haven‘t read it either but now I want to! @Mdargusch 6y
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Cinfhen Ooooh!! Sounds like a good scandal 💕😁 6y
emilyhaldi Sounds spicy!!! Read it!!! 6y
emilyhaldi Oh wait!! I can read it too... Just remembered this is the one mom had 2 of ok her bookshelf so I am now the proud owner of one 🤗 6y
Reviewsbylola I‘ve got a few books I‘ve got to get to ASAP but I‘ll be ready to read it in the next few weeks! @emilyhaldi @Mdargusch 6y
LeahBergen @Reviewsbylola @emilyhaldi @Mdargusch I‘ll read it with you guys (if I may?) I‘ve had this on my shelf for ages. 6y
emilyhaldi @LeahBergen love that idea!!! When shall we plan to start?? @Mdargusch @Reviewsbylola 6y
Meredith3 Omg I think I have this one! I neeeed to start it! 6y
Reviewsbylola Ok well then read it with us next week!! @Meredith3 6y
Reviewsbylola I have one book I need to get to and then I plan to start. @emilyhaldi 6y
Mdargusch Yay! Another readalong @emilyhaldi @Reviewsbylola @LeahBergen @Meredith3 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Should we start September 3rd? Or 10th? 6y
emilyhaldi @Mdargusch @Reviewsbylola @LeahBergen @Meredith3 I propose Sept 10 if that's ok... I would like to work through more of #myvodkabromance before then 😅 6y
LeahBergen @Reviewsbylola @emilyhaldi @Mdargusch @Meredith3 Sept 10th works for me, too! 👏🏻👏🏻 6y
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Chrisbookarama
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Really good! A crime story where the protagonist is a 38 year old mom of teens during WW2.

Reviewsbylola I haven't come across a Persephone crime novel before. Sounds good! 8y
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Chrisbookarama
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This book is giving me anxiety. It's stressful enough being a mom but add covering up an accidental murder takes it to a whole 'nother level. #readathon

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Chrisbookarama
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First for #readathon is The Blank Wall. I've often had that thought myself, Lucia.

unabridgedchick Enjoy readathon! 8y
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