Education Entertainment Recreation by New Order
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Recorded live on 9th November 2018 (their only UK show of 2018), 'education entertainment...
In the Long Run We are All Dead: Keynesianism, Political Economy and Revolution
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In the ruins of the 2007-2008 financial crisis, self-proclaimed progressives the world over...
Midge (525 KP) rated The Winter Mystery in Books
Mar 18, 2019
Best-seller author Faith Martin has also written the ‘Detective Hillary Greene’ mysteries.
First, we are introduced to Jenny Starling who is spending Christmas in a snowed-in country house cooking all the traditional food she loves, however, the family she’s working for are not full of the seasonal spirit. On Christmas Eve, someone is found dead on the kitchen table and the head of the family is blaming Jenny! But with an incompetent detective called in, and seemingly no motive for the murder, Jenny will have to turn amateur sleuth again. She will stop at nothing to clear her name and find the perpetrator.
Faith Martin’s writing skills set the scene beautifully for this novel. The house is a large, charming, Cotswold-stone, Georgian farmhouse in rural Oxford, complete with stables, outhouses, a cobbled courtyard and a resident sheepdog.
Faith Martin’s character development is wonderful, particularly that of Jenny who is an impressive woman and in her late twenties. Curvaceous and sexy, she’s a modern single woman, living and loving life as a travelling cook. She is happy travelling the country catering for different events and cooking great food. She doesn’t like having to divert her attention from baking delicious cakes or creating a new sauce recipe by having to solve murders. She is great at reading people and unmasking killers, always with a good dose of humour.
There are many suspects in this mystery, with clues and lots of red herrings to keep the reader guessing. It was a thoroughly satisfying read and I often found myself asking the same questions as Jenny and I was kept in suspense to the end. The pacing in "The Winter Mystery" was very good and I never lost interest, as it wasn't long before something intriguing would happen. Things came together for a fulfilling finish and wrapped everything up very neatly.
I'm definitely looking forward to the next novel featuring Jenny Starling and other books by the author, Faith Martin. "The Winter Mystery" whets your appetite for more to come.
My thanks to #NetGalley, Joffe Books and the author for providing me with a free advanced copy of #TheWinterMystery.
Gray's Anatomy: Selected Writings
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From the author of Straw Dogs, John Gray's Gray's Anatomy is a pugnacious and brilliantly readable...
SEVEN 2017
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**SEVEN App!** The purpose of this app is to keep track of daily reflections throughout Seven, a...
Eilidh G Clark (177 KP) rated The Testament of Gideon Mack in Books
May 14, 2017
I thought the description of the devil was excellent and the significance of the shoes has baffled me a little, however, it may be the old, 'What is it like to walk in my shoes', I am undecided. I thought the book was well written and kept me hooked until the end. Good plot, good narrative voice and convincing read.
The Guys Upstairs
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There is nothing worse than being a child in a home where violence and hatred are rife and no-one...
Shadowlands: The True Story of C S Lewis and Joy Davidman
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'We feasted on love, every mode of it - solemn and merry, romantic and realistic, sometimes as...
The Sparrow
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Set in the 21st century - between 20 and 60 years from now - The Sparrow is the story of a...
