The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers
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This is the story of England's most famous, and notorious, king. Henry was a charismatic, ardent...
Fire and Brimstone
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Peace time Belfast seems like the perfect spot for media billionaire's daughter Alison Wolff to...
Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream
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WHAT IS JESUS WORTH TO YOU? It's easy for American Christians to forget how Jesus said his followers...
It Looks Like This
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A new state, a new city, a new high school. Mike's father has already found a new evangelical church...
Bullying Death and Dying
The Roses of May
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Four months after the explosion at the Garden, a place where young women known as the Butterflies...
Never Saw You Coming
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Tell Me Three Things meets Saved! in Erin Hahn’s next thrilling contemporary about forgiveness and...
A Scape Goat for Murder
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A gourmand goat. A mysterious woman. A phone call that will change Frankie's life. Frankie...
ClareR (6134 KP) rated Sharp Glass in Books
Jan 5, 2025
A woman wakes up to realise that she’s being held captive by a man - and she has to work out how she’ll escape.
Over the course of the story, we learn who she is, why she’s captive in a cellar and who’s holding her there. The fact that the cellar is in complete darkness made my imagination run wild - as well as the imagination of the main character! What had she done? Was this revenge? Or something even more sinister?
This is a claustrophobic read and I was right there in the cellar with the woman. They all seem to be thoroughly unreliable characters: no one seems to be telling the truth. I felt that my job as the reader, was to try and detect who was lying the least!
It’s a sad story with some dark, violent themes. This novel was a really good tale, executed really well.
ClareR (6134 KP) rated A Divine Fury in Books
Jul 15, 2025
Typical.
I quite happy with my Aldo-Addiction, and I honestly think that more people should join me.
I love the historical detail, and how the Catholic Church have a stranglehold on every aspect of life in Florence (well, everywhere Catholic, really). Aldo is just a thoroughly lovely character, as is Officer Strocchi, his wife and Saul (a Jewish doctor).
It’s a fine line these officers have to walk when they find a murdered man, set up in a clearly religious tableau. And the murderer doesn’t just stop at one victim.
There are other issues for Aldo and Strocchi to deal with, but the story never seems over-stuffed with information.
I absolutely love these stories, and I’m REALLY looking forward to getting stuck in to the next one!
David McK (3770 KP) rated Robin Hood and the Heretic Prince (Outlaw Chronicles #11) in Books
Aug 10, 2025
And, for those not in the know, this version of Robin is not so much the 'goody two shoes' that may be familiar from the movies and TV series', but is instead a ruthless mercenary who would not hesitate to kill for his own ends, but who is also very loyal to to those he sees as his own.
In this instalment, Robin and several of his companions are forced to abandon their lands following a robbery gone wrong, travelling to the French Languedoc region just in time to get caught up in the Cathar heresy, and (in particular) the ruthless response to the same from the ruling Roman Catholic church who viewed their beliefs as a threat to themselves.
As before, what follows is a very enjoyable tale, full of action, with plenty of plot threads left dangling for the inevitable sequel which I am sure I will pick up!