WWW Wednesday is run by Taking on a World of Words.
The Three Ws are:
What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?
I’m currently reading: The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware, one of my 10 Books of Summer, and I’ve nearly finished it.
Travel journalist Lo Blacklock is on a luxury press launch on a boutique cruise ship when she is woken in the night by screams from cabin 10, her next door cabin. She believes a murder has taken place even though the records show that the cabin was unoccupied. This is a locked house type mystery that begins quite slowly and builds to a climax. But it is testing my scepticism somewhat.
As I’ve nearly finished The Woman in Cabin 10 I’ve just started reading The Story Keeper by Anna Mazzola, which will be published on 26th July 2018. I’m only in Chapter 2 but I am totally captivated so far.
Synopsis
Audrey Hart is on the Isle of Skye to collect the folk and fairy tales of the people and communities around her. It is 1857 and the Highland Clearances have left devastation and poverty, and a community riven by fear. The crofters are suspicious and hostile to a stranger, claiming they no longer know their fireside stories.
Then Audrey discovers the body of a young girl washed up on the beach and the crofters reveal that it is only a matter of weeks since another girl disappeared. They believe the girls are the victims of the restless dead: spirits who take the form of birds.
Initially, Audrey is sure the girls are being abducted, but as events accumulate she begins to wonder if something else is at work. Something which may be linked to the death of her own mother, many years before.
And I’m also reading Wedlock: How Georgian Britain’s Worst Husband Met His Match by Wendy Moore, non fiction about Mary Eleanor Bowes who was the richest heiress in 18th century Britain. She fell under the spell of a handsome Irish soldier, Andrew Robinson Stoney. When Mary heard her gallant hero was mortally wounded in a duel fought to defend her honour, she felt she could hardly refuse his dying wish to marry her. Fascinating reading that if it was fiction you’d say you couldn’t believe it
I’ve recently finished: No Further Questions by Gillian McAllister. I thought her first book Everything But the Truth was brilliant and this one has lived up to my expectations – another brilliant book. I’ll write more in a later post.
Synopsis:
The police say she’s guilty.
She insists she’s innocent.
She’s your sister.
You loved her.
You trusted her.
But they say she killed your child.
Who do you believe?
My next book could be: Absent in the Spring by Agatha Christie, writing as Mary Westmacott.
A striking novel of truth and soul-searching.
Returning from a visit to her daughter in Iraq, Joan Scudamore finds herself unexpectedly alone and stranded in an isolated rest house by flooding of the railway tracks.
Looking back over the years, Joan painfully re-examines her attitudes, relationships and actions and becomes increasingly uneasy about the person who is revealed to her…Famous for her ingenious crime books and plays, Agatha Christie also wrote about crimes of the heart, six bittersweet and very personal novels, as compelling and memorable as the best of her work.
Have you read any of these books? Do any of them tempt you?
I’ve just finished The Story Keeper and ‘captivated’ is a great description. So atmospheric. I have my review of it to write today and not quite sure how I’m going to do it justice.
Here’s my WWW link: https://whatcathyreadnext.wordpress.com/2018/07/25/www-wednesdays-25th-july-18/
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You both have me so intrigued by this book! And now Cathy’s review has me hooked.
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I love Agatha Christe books💑
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You have so many good books here, Margaret. I keep hearing good things about No Further Questions, and I would like to read that one. I’l be interested in what you think of it. The same is true of Wedlock. And I absolutely must feature a Ruth Ware novel in my Spotlight series; I’m glad for the reminder of her work.
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So many good books, indeed. I have read the Ruth Ware book – I liked it and the setting of the voyage at sea. I do want to read NO FURTHER QUESTIONS whenever it’s available over here. I also want to read THE STORY KEEPER and want to know more about the Highland Clearances. And, last of all, I’ve not ever read any of Christie’s books that she wrote in her other persona. I’ll watch for your thoughts on this one. Is it more in the romantic suspense vein?
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Oh, I’m glad to hear you’re enjoying The Story Keeper since it’s next on my list! A pity that The Woman in Cabin 10 is falling away a bit for you, though – I was hoping it would get a glowing review since I’m trying to decide which of her books to go for next after enjoying The Death of Mrs Westaway so much…
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I love Ruth Ware’s books…I just finished her newest one this week. No Further Questions looks good. Thanks for sharing…and here’s
MY WWW POST
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This is a great list and so many new titles for me! Here is my WWW: https://silverbuttonbooks.com/2018/07/25/www-wednesday-july-25-2018/. Have a wonderful week!
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I’m not much of a non-fiction reader, but Wedlock sounds fascinating! Happy reading!
Here’s my post: http://candy-m.blogspot.com/2018/07/what-are-you-reading-july-25-2018.html
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The Story Keeper sounds really interesting. I love fiction that explores folklore in interesting ways.
https://musewithmeblog.wordpress.com/2018/07/25/www-wednesday-2018-07-25/
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The Woman in Cabin 10 and The Story Keeper both appeal so will keep an eye out for them.
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I’m very intrigued by The Story Keeper and hope you continue to enjoy it!
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