The Memory Tree 2 (Pages 14 - 114)

 

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New Book - The Memory Tree by Linda Gillard (Pages 1 - 14)

 

First Published: May 16, 2016

The book starts, telling us about a beech tree that fell and the men who removed it brought the narrator someone that was inside. What was found was lots of empty seed envelopes.

Sleeping Tiger - Facts

 

Selina lives in Queen's Gate in London. Queen's Gate is a street in South Kensington. 

Sleeping Tiger 2 - The End (Pages 25 - end)

 

RATING: GOOD

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New Book - Sleeping Tiger by Rosamunde Pilcher (Pages 1 - 25)

 

First Published: January 1, 1967

Selina Bruce is to marry Rodney in a month, so she is trying on her wedding dress. 

Treacherous Strand - Characters

 

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Treacherous Strand - Facts

 

The book is set in Inishowen. Inishowen is a peninsula in the north of County Donegal in Ireland. Inishowen is the most northerly peninsula on the island of Ireland. 

Treacherous Strand 3 - The End (Pages 216 - end)

 

RATING: GOOD

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Treacherous Strand 2 (Pages 76 - 216)

 

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New Book - Treacherous Strand - Inishowen Mysteries 2 - by Andrea Carter (Pages 1 - 76)

 

First Published: June 2, 2016

We return to Inishowen and its mysteries.

Across the Plains in the Donner Party by Virginia Reed Murphy

 First Published: July 1891

This is the account of the Donner tragedy from one of the survivors, Virginia Reed Murphy. Virginia Reed Murphy (1833 or 1834 – 1921) was an American memoirist and survivor of the Donner Party. 

Goodbye, Mr Chips - Facts

 

The author of this book is James Hilton. James Hilton (9 September 1900 – 20 December 1954) was a British-American novelist and screenwriter. W.H. Balgarnie, a master at The Leys School, Cambridge and Hilton's father, headmaster of Chapel End School in Walthamstow, were the inspirations for the character of Mr. Chipping in Goodbye, Mr. Chips, a best-seller.

Goodbye, Mr Chips by James Hilton

 

First Published: January 1, 1934

RATING: GOOD

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The Perfect Couple - Facts

 

The novel is set on Nantucket, Massachussetts. Nantucket, a tiny, isolated island off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is a summer destination with dune-backed beaches. 

The Perfect Couple 2 - The End (Pages 152 - end)

 

RATING: GOOD

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New Book - The Perfect Couple - Nantucket 3 - by Elin Hildebrand (Pages 1 - 152)

 

First Published: June 19, 2018

The novel starts with Chief Ed Kapenash, who has appeared in other novel, gets a call at 6 in the morning on Juny 7 to tell him that a woman has been fished out of the sea dead. The woman's name is Merritt Monaco, who was the maid of honour at the wedding that was to be celebrated that day.

The Enigma of Room - Facts

 Most of the events take place at Hotel de Verbier. Verbier (French pronunciation: [vɛʁbje]) is a village located in south-western Switzerland in the canton of Valais.

The Enigma of Room 622 - 3 - The End (Pages 284 - end)

 

RATING: GOOD BUT FAR-FETCHED

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The Enigma of Room 622 - 2 (Pages 15 - 284)

 

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New Book - The Enigma of Room 622 by Joël Dicker (Pages 1 -15)

 

First Published: May 27, 2020

The book starts on 16 December, and it describes someone entering room 622 in the Hotel de Verbier and finding a corpse on the floor.

A Scandal In Bohemia - Facts

 

The story starts on 20 March 1888. Sherlock can tell that the person who will visit him is from Bohemia because of the paper of his note. Bohemia is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohemian kings, including Moravia and Czech Silesia, in which case the term refers to the historical cultural and political space of the Czech people.

A Scandal In Bohemia - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1 - by Arthur Conan Doyle

 First Published: June 25, 1891

RATING: GOOD

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Lethal Vengeance - Characters

 

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Lethal Vengeance - Facts

 

The restaurant where Erika and Igor are at the beginning of the novel is in OXO tower in London. The Oxo Tower is a building with a prominent tower on the south bank of the River Thames in London. The building has mixed use as Oxo Tower Wharf containing a set of design, arts and crafts shops on the ground and first floors with two galleries, Oxo Bargehouse and Oxo Gallery. The Oxo Tower Restaurant, Bar and Brasserie is on the eighth floor, which is the roof-top level with fine and casual dining.

Lethal Vengeance 4 - The End (Pages 255 - end)

 

RATING: VERY GOOD

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Lethal Vengeance 3 (Pages 81 - 255)

 

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Lethal Vengeance 2 (Pages 7 - 81)

 

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New Book - Lethal Vengeance - DCI Erika Foster 8 - by Robert Bryndza (Pages 1 - 7)

 

First Published: February 7, 2024

Erika is having dinner in a posh restaurant with her partner, Igor, and she starts suspecting that he is going to propose. They have been together for four years, but Erika can't do the marrying thing. She is still sore from the memories of her first marriage, and she feels unable to be a wife again. 

The Maid's Tale 2 - The End (Pages 59 - end)

 

RATING: VERY GOOD

New Book - The Maid's Tale by Tom Quinn (Pages 1 - 59)

 

First Published: September 15, 2011

This is an account of Rose Plummer, who was born in 1910, adn grew up in Hoxton. Life was hard for her and her family. They lived in a couple of rooms, and they lived in poverty. Hoxton is an area in the London Borough of Hackney,

The Curfew 3 - The End (Pages 303 - end)

 

RATING: GOOD

There is a twist when Andy confronts his brother Rob when Laura and Harry discover that one of the trolls that post abuse about Cathy. 

The Curfew 2 (Pages 189 - 303)

 

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New Book - The Curfew by T.M. Logan (Pages 1 - 189)

 

First Published: March 17, 2022

Dr Andy Body is the narrator in this novel. He lives with his wife, Laura, and their children, 16-year-old Connor and 12-year-old Harriet, in Nottingham. One night Andy is waiting for Connor to return home after a night out. He gets up and walks to the boy's room and is relieved to see him in bed.

The Things We Keep - Facs

 

The nursing home, Rosalind HOuse, is in Short Hills, New Jersey. Short Hills is an unincorporated community situated within Millburn, in Essex County, within the U.S. state of New Jersey, and part of the New York metropolitan area.

The Things We Keep by Sally Hepworth

 

First Published: January 5, 2016

RATING: GOOD

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The Lodger - Facts

 

Grace lives in Ryedale Villa in Tufnell Park. Tufnell Park is an area in north London, England, in the London boroughs of Islington and Camden.

The Lodger 3 - The End (Pages 198 - end)

 RATING: GOOD

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