Harlem Nights (1989)
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Two black clubowners in 1930's Harlem have to outsmart the gangsters and corrupt police officers...
Four Eyes: Volume 1: Forged in Flame (Remastered)
Max Fiumara and Joe Kelly
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* Reprinting act one of the epic saga of Enrico, a boy living in an alternate 1930's New York where...
SCARE FM - "OLD TIME RADIO"
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SCARE FM provides you with spine chilling, vintage, haunted "Old Time Radio", that originally aired...
The Passion of Mademoiselle S.
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This is a collection of long lost love letters from 1928 to 1930, recently discovered in a dusty...
A small price to pay, sir
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The first novel by Derby man, Dennis Talbot, is sure to make you chuckle! If you enjoyed the...
The Conquest of Happiness
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In The Conquest of Happiness, first published by Liveright in 1930, iconoclastic philosopher...
Barren Island
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How does one remember a world that literally no longer exists? How do the moral imperatives to do so...
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Africa Dances
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Takes the reader on an odyssey across West Africa, in the company of one of the great black ballet...
ClareR (6091 KP) rated The House of Fallen Sisters in Books
Feb 18, 2026 (Updated Feb 18, 2026)
I’ve loved all of Louise Hare’s books, and she’s fast becoming an insta-read author for me. Every book has been distinctly different from her others. Books have been set in: 1950’s London, 1930’s London and Harlem, and now this book is set in the brothels of 1760’s London (London seems to be a key place in all of her books so far - and that’s OK with me!).
In trying to escape her inevitable life as a prostitute in a Covent Garden brothel, Sukey finds a young black man in a side street, almost beaten to death. Whilst trying to save him, she’s captured and returned to the brothel. There’s a lot going on in the underbelly (and brothels) of London: slavery, double dealing, and cheating those who think they’re a friend.
I really enjoyed this - I got a real sense of the hustle and bustle of London. The danger, the community, friendships, hardships and the rules of the game Sukey and her Fallen Sisters must adhere to. They’re all fabulous characters - even the more untrustworthy people!
I can’t wait to see where Louise Hare takes us next!
Begin Again: A Biography of John Cage
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A man of extraordinary and seemingly limitless talents musician, inventor, composer, poet, and even...