Perestroika
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Perestroika is a historical fiction novel that provides thrilling insights into the late Communist...
ClareR (6256 KP) rated The Queen of Fives in Books
Sep 30, 2025 (Updated Sep 30, 2025)
I loved this: it’s pacey, rip-roaring, the historical detail is on point and the story itself is unputdownable. The characters were fascinating, and I was cheering from the sidelines for Quinn, the Queen of Fives, even though her goal is to rip off the landed gentry (not such a bad thing, surely?!). The moral greyness of this is at peak level!
The narrator, Polly Edsel, is perfect and brings the cast of characters to life.
There’s dishonesty, family honour, independent strong women, peril, love, lies and fraud.
Highly recommended!
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The Awakening and Selected Stories
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