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occasionalhopeJilly Cooper, Octavia – very dated attitudes indeed, C
Lucie Whitehouse, The House At Midnight – dull plot, unlikeable characters, D
Grace Curtis, Floating Hotel, very enjoyable, reminiscent of a TV series in its structure, A-
Sarah Ward, In Bitter Chill, very good, but no way would those medical records have been accessible… - A-
Harry Bingham, The Deepest Grave, another archive error, parish records do not go to the cathedral archives, also deeds were still parchment until the 15th century, and a bit disappointed not to get the big secret revealed, B
Mary Robinette Kowal, The Calculating Stars, quite good, B
Jess Lourey, June Bug, not quite as good as the first one, but OK, B-
Jane Casey, The Missing, excellent, A
Lisa Unger, Confessions On The 7.45, OK, B-
Dana Stabenow, Nothing Gold Can Stay, excellent, A
Isabelle Grey, Good Girls Don’t Die, OK - B-
Louise Penny, A World Of Curiosities, good but stretched probability a bit, B+
Jodi Taylor, The Good, The Bad And The History great - A+
Andrea Camilleri, Excursion To Tindari, excellent, A
Karen Baugh Menuhin, Death In Damascus, pretty good, B+
Lexie Conyngham, Fellowship With Demons, excellent, despite a rare error (Mary Anne Clarke was involved with the Duke of York not Kent), A
Mick Herron, Spook Street, A
Linwood Barclay, Bad News, pretty good, B
Maz Evans, That’ll Teach Her, OK - C+
Claire Askew, All The Hidden Truths, not bad, B-
Carrie Vaughn, The Naturalist Society, OK, not as much plot as one might have liked, B
Melvyn Bragg, The Maid Of Buttermere, good, but a bit unbalanced as a novel due to the reportage elements from Coleridge etc, B
Collingwood, History of the Lake District, old but very useful work with illuminating use of place name evidence, A
Marie Brennan, Voyage Of The Basilisk, OK, B
Heyer reread, April Lady, A-
Jasper Fforde, The Song Of The Quarkbeast, fun, B+
Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar, very good, A-
Coco Mellors, Blue Sisters, quite good, B-
Lucie Whitehouse, The House At Midnight – dull plot, unlikeable characters, D
Grace Curtis, Floating Hotel, very enjoyable, reminiscent of a TV series in its structure, A-
Sarah Ward, In Bitter Chill, very good, but no way would those medical records have been accessible… - A-
Harry Bingham, The Deepest Grave, another archive error, parish records do not go to the cathedral archives, also deeds were still parchment until the 15th century, and a bit disappointed not to get the big secret revealed, B
Mary Robinette Kowal, The Calculating Stars, quite good, B
Jess Lourey, June Bug, not quite as good as the first one, but OK, B-
Jane Casey, The Missing, excellent, A
Lisa Unger, Confessions On The 7.45, OK, B-
Dana Stabenow, Nothing Gold Can Stay, excellent, A
Isabelle Grey, Good Girls Don’t Die, OK - B-
Louise Penny, A World Of Curiosities, good but stretched probability a bit, B+
Jodi Taylor, The Good, The Bad And The History great - A+
Andrea Camilleri, Excursion To Tindari, excellent, A
Karen Baugh Menuhin, Death In Damascus, pretty good, B+
Lexie Conyngham, Fellowship With Demons, excellent, despite a rare error (Mary Anne Clarke was involved with the Duke of York not Kent), A
Mick Herron, Spook Street, A
Linwood Barclay, Bad News, pretty good, B
Maz Evans, That’ll Teach Her, OK - C+
Claire Askew, All The Hidden Truths, not bad, B-
Carrie Vaughn, The Naturalist Society, OK, not as much plot as one might have liked, B
Melvyn Bragg, The Maid Of Buttermere, good, but a bit unbalanced as a novel due to the reportage elements from Coleridge etc, B
Collingwood, History of the Lake District, old but very useful work with illuminating use of place name evidence, A
Marie Brennan, Voyage Of The Basilisk, OK, B
Heyer reread, April Lady, A-
Jasper Fforde, The Song Of The Quarkbeast, fun, B+
Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar, very good, A-
Coco Mellors, Blue Sisters, quite good, B-
