October Reading - Update
My October reading was relaxing, with several new authors read and some old favourites, with new stories and a total of seven books read. As usual I read an author with their surname starting with O. This was Richard Osman.
I had started We Solve Murders, several months ago and couldn't get into it, so put it aside. A friend had read it and said to persevere with it as it got better. It did and I really enjoyed it. The main male lead is a retired policeman, Steve Wheeler but when his daughter-in-law, Amy asks for his help, he reluctantly agrees to help her. They travel to some interesting places and end up back in England, and solve the case.
Susan Duncan was a new author for me. The story is based around the islands in Pittwater, and island life. Ettie Brookbank is the main character and she buys the Briny Café of Bertie. The story depicts the close knit community with the unwritten rules, that get explained to a newbie, who is causing problem on Cook's Basin. Then there is Kate Jackson, who has purchased the haunted house at Oyster Bay and the crossroads she is had. Mix in the local water-taxi driver, the local ferry captain and the barge owner and you have a fun, prominent story. The blurb read Could a ramshackle café and its endearing eccentric customers deliver the new start both women so desperately crave?
Jane Bettany released her new Violet Brewster book, Christmas Murder in Merrywell. The Christmas fair is underway when a bod is discovered in the lane behind the shops. The story looks a scammers and the normal twists and turns of life in a small village.
The Falls by Catherine Hein. Tegan Bliss has lost her home and flees to her Aunt Vanessa in Falls Valley. Throw in a bit of romance for both Tegan and Vanessa, gossip and then Tegan's parents show up and you have an interesting story.
The Secret Book Society, by Madeline Martin was a chance pick-up and it didn't disappoint.
Set in London in 1895 it is about a forbidden book club, dangerous secrets and the women who dare to break free. The book club is run by Lady Duxbury and each of the women invited to join has secrets and Lady Duxbury seems to know and offers solutions. It is a time when women had no rights and were expected to do as their father or husband said.
All I Want for Christmas by Karen Swan was a but of a light read but with a twist. Set in Copenhagen at Christmas Darcy Cotterell is working on her PhD and doesn't want romance. Her flatmate Freja signs her up on a dating app. Then Darcy gets asked to research a painting and one of her dating app's matches is the same person, Max Lorensen, who runs the archives she needs to use. The fun of dating apps, the seriousness of academic research coupled with trying to maintain a professional relationship made it a fun read.
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