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Kitzbühel, Austria – Mount Hahnenkamm
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Kitzbühel, Austria
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The Silent Wife – A.S.A. Harrison
The Silent Wife by A.S.A. Harrison is a well written story about a disintegrating marriage. Alternate chapters describe events from the perspective of the husband and wife, neither of whom are sympathetic characters. The story proceeds along nicely to a curious ending and is highly recommended.
Sadly this was the author’s only novel, as she died, age 65, just before publication of the book.
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Greenwich and under the Thames to Canary Wharf
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Brighton – hot and heaving
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Found on a walk
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Silent Witnesses – Nigel McCrery
Silent Witnesses by Nigel McCrery is sub-titled ‘The Story of Forensic Science’. I bought it on the basis of a review. It’s OK but perhaps I’m not as interested in the subject as I thought I might be! I did find the case studies a bit wearing – murders, rapes, bodies and gory details etc. I was losing interest and I skipped the entire, penultimate chapter on poisons. Not for me. -
Tower of London WW1 Memorial poppies
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Southend-on-Sea – we won’t be returning!
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Why you should ignore the superlatives on book jackets
I must confess to being a sucker for those recommendations inside and on the cover of books!
How else am I to decide whether to buy the book? Of course some books speak for themselves – an author I’ve read previously, or an interesting subject matter. The comments do at least give me some help.
An interesting article from the Guardian, by Nathan Filer, gives an insight into how these blurbs come about.
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