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20.07.2024

#FridayFlashback – Cover Love: part 61 – Feathers #Fictionophile #CoverLove | Fictionophile

As many of my newer followers have not had the opportunity or time to visit some of my earlier compilations of Cover Love, I thought I'd start a 'Friday Flashback' to some of those that you might have missed. As of today, I have compiled 116 Cover Love posts. We are re-visiting number 61 -…

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22.07.2024

“I Know You Lied” by Lesley Sanderson – Book Review #IKnowYouLied @Bookouture @LSandersonbooks #DomesticThriller #BookReview | Fictionophile

If you relish thrillers that are rife with family secrets, then look no further! Lilian is quite the most odious grandmother I've ever encountered in fiction. 1999 - Sarah - madly in love and married to David, she is dreaming of a future with him and possible children. However, David is still studying at university,…

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25.07.2024

“Don’t Go Back” by Mark West – Book Review @thebookfolks #DontGoBack @MarkEWest #BlogTour #BookReview #SeasidePsychological | Fictionophile

Told via dual timelines, this thriller was a compelling read. 15 years previously - Beth, Kate, and Jenny. Three teenage girls, best friends, are just entering their final summer together before going their different ways off to university. Wanting to make it a summer to remember, they rebel, sow some wild oats, take risks they…

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26.07.2024

“Sipsworth” by Simon Van Booy – Book Review @bedsqpublishers @simonvanbooy @RandomTTours #Sipsworth #BlogTour #BookReview | Fictionophile

What a quirky, yet delightful, little book! Helen Cartwright is eighty-three years old. She was born in England but has spent the past sixty years of her life in Australia. Now that her husband and only son are dead, she has returned to the country of her birth, and to the town where she grew…

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14.09.2023

“The Orchid Hour” by Nancy Bilyeau – Book Review @lume_books @Tudorscribe #TheOrchidHour #HistoricalFiction #BookReview | Fictionophile

The year is 1923 and the reader is immersed in the not so 'good 'ol days' of Little Italy, New York. A time when prohibition was the law and the 'Black Hand' enforced a protection racket. A time of first generation immigrants, overcrowded tenements, speakeasy's, rum runners, racketeers, bootleggers, and police corruption. It was also…

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19.09.2023

“The Orchid Hour” by Nancy Bilyeau – Book Review | Fictionophile

The year is 1923 and the reader is immersed in the not so 'good 'ol days' of Little Italy, New York. A time when prohibition was the law and the 'Black Hand' enforced a protection racket. A time of first generation immigrants, overcrowded tenements, speakeasy's, rum runners, racketeers, bootleggers, and police corruption. It was also…

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15.11.2023

“Murder by Degrees” by Ritu Mukerji – Book Review | Fictionophile

Besides being  a historical mystery "Murder by Degrees" was also a treatise on the history of social reform, women's rights, and the history of medical education. Set in 1875 Philadelphia, it acknowledged that city's manufacturing and industrial foundations, its multicultural heritage, and its pioneering in the field of medical study. The protagonist, Dr. Lydia Weston,…

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29.06.2024

“Secrets of Rose Briar Hall” by Kelsey James – Book Review @KensingtonBooks #SecretsOfRoseBriarHall @kelseyjamesbook #BookReview | Fictionophile

It was the reference to "Gaslight" starring Ingrid Bergman that originally attracted me to this novel. The early 1900s were a scary time if you were a woman... Wives were considered to be the 'chattel' of their husbands with few rights of any description. Even wealth could not spare a woman if her husband seeks…

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