May 2018 books

Heyer reread, These Old Shades, A; Powder And Patch – definitely one of her weakest, C-
Peter James, Want You Dead, pretty good, B+
Jeanne Pruett, Miss Satin Sheets, I Remember - too bitty, C
Alicia Cameron, Angelique And The Pursuit Of Destiny, sweet little short story, B+
Rose Melikan, The Mistaken Wife, B+
Katherine Webb, The English Girl, B+
Stella Rimington, The Geneva Trap, flat prose, C+
Agatha Christie, One Two Buckle My Shoe, pretty good, B+
Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine – excellent, A
Ian Kelly, Beau Brummell – very good bio, A
Richard Coles, Bringing In The Sheaves, too bitty, C
Sam Thomas, The Witch Hunter’s Tale, C
Rhys Bowen, Malice At The Palace – slight but diverting, B-
M J Trow, Maxwell’s Island, very good, A
C L Taylor, The Fear, very good, B+
Joanna Cannon, The Trouble With Goats And Sheep – excellent, A
Ysenda Maxtone Graham, Terms And Conditions - fascinating, A
Wendy Holden, Laura Lake and the Hipster Weddings, not as funny as I hoped, C
Imogen Hermes Gowar, The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock, very good histfic, A
Ruth Goodman, How to Behave Badly in Renaissance Britain, excellent, but where was Scotland?, A+
Stephanie Burgis, Masks And Shadows – brilliant, A