Historical Fiction Online

I’m reading Circe by Madeline Miller . This is taking quite a while for me to read. It’s quite involving and it’s taking some time getting my head round all the Greek gods/mortals’ names and what they represent. I’m also reading Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware via the Pigeonhole app. It’s a haunted hou...

Here’s my list for July: Another You by Jane Cable. 5 This is a lovely story set in Studland Bay on the Dorset coast in southwest England. Marie Johnson helps run the Smugglers pub alongside her husband, Stephen, from whom she has separated, and son, Jude. Celebrations are being planned for the 60th...

I’m reading Circe by Madeline Miller, a bit of Greek mythology and witchcraft. I’m also reading The Bastille Spy by C S Quinn via the Pigeonhole app, a murder mystery set during the French Revolution.

I’m reading Testament by Alis Hawkins , a dual timeline story set in the present day and the 14thC. It took a while to get going, but I persevered and I’m enjoying it now. I’m reading Lock Every Door by Riley Sager via Pigeonhole, a contemporary psychological thriller set in a creepy apartment build...

Here’s my list for July: Strange Tombs by Syd Moore 4 The fourth book in the Essex Witch Musem series. In this one our dynamic and intrepid duo are called to investigate the demise of the curator at a writers’ retreat, who appears to have been frightened to death. This series is imaginatively and hu...

I’m reading Tudor Dawn by David Field , the first in the Tudor Saga series. It’s a review book. It begins with Edward IV on the throne and Henry Tudor growing up in exile. Im also reading Via Pigeonhole Tell Me Your Secret by Dorothy Koomson , a contemporary psychological thriller. I’m looking forwa...

I’ve just finished The Silent Woman by Terry Lynn Thomas, a tale of espionage and murder set just before WWII. I very much enjoyed it.

I’m reading Three Things About Elsie by Joanna Cannon and, via Pigeonhole, Tell Me a Secret by Dorothy Koomson, both co temporary stories.

I’m reading The Brief by Simon Michael , a courtroom/murder mystery set during the 1960s. I’ve already met the Kray twins! :o It’s a review book and I wasn’t sure if I’d enjoy it, but I’ve been pleasantly surprised by it. I’m also reading Not Speaking by Norma Clarke via the Pigeonhole app. It’s a m...

Here’s my list for May: The Deadly Fire by Cora Harrison. 4 The second in the London Murder Mysteries YA series starring the famous Victorian five! In this one, as the title suggests, there has been a fire in the Ragged School and a schoolteacher has died. Was it murder, though? I thought this was a...

I like the look of these books, didn't know there was a new one coming out! Yes, it’s out on the 24th of this month. I’ve bought the kindle copy of the first book as it’s 99p at the moment. The second one is available via the library. So just need the third one to become available at 99p or the lib...