pickBook 72 of the year done this was the last one of a bundle I was given I knew nothing about the book or the author it was quite a long book at 640 pages but I found that I was reading big big chunks at a time. It‘s quite a dark story that covers ptsd, 1920s attitudes to women and relationships and sex #bookstagram #book #books #booksbooksbooks #read #reader
pickIt took me awhile to get into this book. I wanted to put it down many times—melancholy is the word for it. But I didn‘t want to leave these characters. And at the end of the book, I wanted to follow them.
World War 1 cast a long shadow. And in ways I hadn‘t thought of.
This book is exquisite.
The epitome of melancholy. The reverberations of World War 1 on three women.
I want to put this down, but I can‘t give up these characters.
I love this series. So good on the psychological effects of shell shock, and the economic and cultural changes right after WWI.
Great mysteries and great characters.
so-soI only managed to read my #doublespin selection this month. I enjoyed most of this but was disappointed in the way the story wrapped up. @TheAromaofBooks
I always enjoy Mr. Todd‘s books.
Thank you @williammorrowbooks
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I woke up super early and made some crumpet bread while I finished my fifth #NewYearWhoDis title. It was another good ‘un with great tension, psychological depth, and lots of period detail. (Possibly a bit too much, when it came to the fashions. I love a good outfit description, but Verity can‘t move without giving one for herself, her fellow houseguests, the person with a gun trained on her…) I‘ll look for the rest of the series. #audiobaking
pickAnother solid entry in the Ian Rutledge series positions the reader in Essex as Rutledge investigates a “murder“ witnessed by Lady Benton and committed by the “ghost“ of a man she knows to be dead. Todd has created a relatable, vulnerable, but very capable character in Ian Rutledge, who struggles with PTSD from WWI as he conducts his business as a Scotland Yard detective.
