Medium – Audiobook About the Book – Narrated by Hugh Fraser (who plays Captain Hastings in the ITV Poirot stories), the thirteen stories in this collection are summery, holiday tales filled to the brim with murder and deception. The stories include the detectives Parker Pyne and Hercule Poirot, as well as a few stand aloneContinue reading “2021 Book #64 – Murder Under the Sun”
Monthly Archives: July 2021
2021 Book #63 – The Hotel on the Roof of the World
Medium – Audiobook About the Book – Alec Le Sueur is a hotelier, who worked for five years in the only Holiday Inn in Tibet, which was based in Lhasa. For five years, he worked as the sales and marketing manager and tells the stories of his time in this beautiful, but troubled country. HeContinue reading “2021 Book #63 – The Hotel on the Roof of the World”
2021 Book #62 – The Moonflower Murders
Medium – Audiobook About the Book – In the sequel to ‘Magpie Murders’, our heroine, Susan Ryland, is living in Crete with her boyfriend, running a slightly unsuccessful hotel. One day, she is approached by the Trehernes, the very wealthy owners of a hotel in Suffolk, which was also where their daughter Cecily was married.Continue reading “2021 Book #62 – The Moonflower Murders”
2021 Book #61 – A Thousand Ships
Medium – Book About the Book – Natalie Haynes tells the story of Troy from the point of view of the women involved. She uses women, girls and goddesses to paint a picture of the campaign and its aftermath, from both the point of view of the Greeks and Trojans and other interested parties. EachContinue reading “2021 Book #61 – A Thousand Ships”
2021 Book #60 – The Broken Raven
Medium – Book About the Book – Leading on from ‘The Good Hawk’, the second book in the Shadow Skye Trilogy begins a few weeks after the previous book ends. We again see Jaime and Agatha, our heroes from the previous story, but also meet Sigrid, the eponymous Broken Raven of the title. The storyContinue reading “2021 Book #60 – The Broken Raven”
2021 Book #59 – The Marlow Murder Club
Medium – Audiobook About the book – Judith Potts is a 77-year-old eccentric living in the English market town of Marlow in Buckinghamshire. She works part-time as a crossword writer for a paper and lives in a rambling, dilapidated mansion which she inherited from an aunt. One day, she is swimming in the river atContinue reading “2021 Book #59 – The Marlow Murder Club”
2021 Book #58 – Yours Cheerfully
Medium – Book About the Book – The sequel to ‘Dear Mrs Bird’, in this book we find Emmeline Lake, our heroine, keeping the home fires burning during WW2. She has retained her job at the ‘Woman’s Friend’ magazine, thanks to the lovely editor, Mr Collins, and has been tasked with finding ways to increaseContinue reading “2021 Book #58 – Yours Cheerfully”
2021 Book #57 – The Truths We Hold
Medium – Book About the Book – Kamala Harris, the current Vice President of the United States (yay!) writes her autobiography – the tale of a daughter of immigrants who grew up in California and became a prosecutor, District Attorney, Attorney General, Senator and Vice President (and who knows, maybe the first female President ofContinue reading “2021 Book #57 – The Truths We Hold”
2021 Book #56 – Shadowplay
Medium – Audiobook About the Book – In the Lyceum Theatre, three extraordinary people begin their working lives together – Henry Irving, the key leading man and theatre impresario; Ellen Terry, the most desired actress of her generation; and Bram Stoker, the unremarkable theatre manager and eventual writer of ‘Dracula’. The story follows Bram throughContinue reading “2021 Book #56 – Shadowplay”
2021 Book #55 – Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Greatest Detective in the World
Medium – Book About the Book – Mark Aldridge takes us through the appearances of Agatha Christie’s Poirot, from his genesis in 1920 to the latest Poirot film, ‘Death on the Nile’ released in 2021. For each appearance of Poirot, he discusses the ways in which the character is presented – from his evolution throughContinue reading “2021 Book #55 – Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Greatest Detective in the World”
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