Wigs on the Green by Nancy Mitford is a satirical novel about fascism in middle England before WW2. Obviously it’s heavily influenced by the experiences of the author’s own family as two of her sisters were involved in the fascist movements at the time, with one of them seemingly in love with Hitler and another … Continue reading Relationships and politics – a satirical novel

A year in which I thought a lot about why I keep certain books

Can the attacker be found through his DNA and family links ?

Flavia is eleven but she becomes involved in solving the mystery of the dead organist

The story of the Ku Klux Clan in 1920s America and how close they came to power

A Welsh architect is in danger in Depression era Chicago

A robbery goes wrond and now three people are on the run with two others pursuing them

short stories of crimes in the countryside

In 2017 I recorded details of the 408 books I read in the year in a lovely spiral bound notebook, coloured salmon pink with grey and white hearts in a pattern on the cover. Looking at it now, I could probably have got another year into it as there are a lot of blank pages … Continue reading What I Read in the Year 2017

A group of women investigate a series of murders in and around the Thames