August 2025 – What Cathy Read Next…
2 posts published by whatcathyreadnext during August 2025| What Cathy Read Next...
2 posts published by whatcathyreadnext during August 2025| What Cathy Read Next...
About the Book The closer you get, the further you have to fall… Munich, 1936. All eyes are on the Bavarian capital for the upcoming Olympic Games. As athletes fight for gold and the Nazis fight for power, Detective Sebastian Wolff faces a battle of his own. A famous actress has disappeared and Wolff has… Continue reading Book Review – Evil in High Places by Rory Clements→| What Cathy Read Next…
About the Book In the gloriously hot summer of 1936, a group of people meet at a country house party. Within three years, England will be at war, but for now, time stands still. Dan Ranscombe is clever and good-looking, but he resents the wealth and easy savoir faire of fellow guest, Paul Latimer. Surely… Continue reading Book Review – The Summer House Party by Caro Fraser #20BooksofSummer2025→| What Cathy Read Next…
Hosted by Taking on a World of Words, this meme is all about the three Ws: Why not join in too? Leave a comment with your link at Taking on a World of Words and then go blog hopping! What I’m Currently Reading I’m reading The Two Roberts on my Kindle, a physical copy of… Continue reading #WWWWednesday – 20th August 2025→| What Cathy Read Next…
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. The rules are simple: This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic is Books with a High Page Count in which Jana invites us to ‘share those doorstop books!‘ These days I’m a… Continue reading #TopTenTuesday Big Books I’ve Read #TuesdayBookBlog→| What Cathy Read Next…
On the blog last week Monday – I published my reviews of historical novels The Best of Intentions by Caroline Scott and Lion Hearts by Dan Jones. Tuesday – I went off-piste for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday with Books With Buildings in the Title. Wednesday – I shared my review of historical crime mystery… Continue reading My Week in Books – 17th August 2025→| What Cathy Read Next…
About the Book David Lloyd George is at Chequers for the weekend with his mistress Frances Stevenson, fretting about the fact that his involvement in selling public honours is about to be revealed by one Victor Grayson. Victor is a bisexual hedonist and former firebrand socialist MP turned secret-service informant. Intent on rebuilding his profile… Continue reading Book Review – Green Ink by Stephen May→| What Cathy Read Next…
About the Book In the ruins of Nineveh, an ancient city of Mesopotamia, there lies, hidden in the sand, fragments of a long-forgotten poem, the Epic of Gilgamesh. In Victorian London, an extraordinary child is born at the edge of the dirt-black River Thames. Arthur’s only chance of escaping poverty is his brilliant memory. When… Continue reading Book Review – There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak→| What Cathy Read Next…
About the Book ‘If you cannot speak truth at a beheading, when can you speak it?’ England, May 1536. Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired French executioner. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, Thomas Cromwell breakfasts with the victors. The blacksmith’s son from Putney emerges from… Continue reading Book Review – The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel #20BooksOfSummer25→| What Cathy Read Next…
Hosted by Taking on a World of Words, this meme is all about the three Ws: Why not join in too? Leave a comment with your link at Taking on a World of Words and then go blog hopping! What I’m Currently Reading I’m reading Evil in High Places on my Kindle, a physical copy… Continue reading #WWWWednesday – 13th August 2025→| What Cathy Read Next…
Welcome to today’s stop on the blog tour for The House at Devil’s Neck by Tom Mead, the latest in the crime series featuring illusionist and solver of seemingly insoluble mysteries, Jos…| What Cathy Read Next...
On the blog last week Monday – I published my review of historical thriller The Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd-Robinson. Tuesday – My take on this week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic was…| What Cathy Read Next...
2 posts published by whatcathyreadnext during July 2025| What Cathy Read Next...
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. The rules are simple: Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own…| What Cathy Read Next...
Welcome to today’s stop on the blog tour for Villager by Tom Cox. My thanks to Anne at Random Things Tours for inviting me to take part in the tour and to Unbound for my digital review copy. …| What Cathy Read Next...
About the Book Welcome to the village of Spit, where Danny Mulcahy is losing the run of himself, and where, as he and his friends dream of escaping, an unexpected death sets the rumour mill into mo…| What Cathy Read Next...
On the blog last week Tuesday – This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic was Books On My Summer 2025 To-Read List and I shared details of books 11 to 20 on my 20 Books of Summer 2025 reading l…| What Cathy Read Next...
Hosted by Taking on a World of Words, this meme is all about the three Ws: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next? Why not join in …| What Cathy Read Next...
2 posts published by whatcathyreadnext during June 2025| What Cathy Read Next...
I’m delighted that author Jolie Tunnell is joining me to celebrate the publication today of her latest historical novel, Shadows in Chinatown. Shadows in Chinatown is the first in the ‘…| What Cathy Read Next...
2 posts published by whatcathyreadnext during May 2025| What Cathy Read Next...
About the Book ‘Things change; we have to recognise that; the world will not stay still. What we must hope is that the new is better and stronger than the old.’ ANNO DOMINI 1546. In a m…| What Cathy Read Next...
About the Book England, 1598. Queen Elizabeth’s successor remains unnamed. The country teeters on a knife edge. When a young heiress is found murdered at the theatre, the Queen’s spymaster Robert C…| What Cathy Read Next...
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The Nonfiction Reader Challenge is hosted by Shellyrae at Book’d Out. Its aim is to encourage us to make nonfiction part of our reading experience during the year. I’ll let Shellyrae ex…| What Cathy Read Next...
About the Book Carol Klein is one of Britain’s best loved horticulturists, and for decades gardening has been at the heart of her extraordinary life. From her childhood adventures in Manchest…| What Cathy Read Next...
2 posts published by whatcathyreadnext during February 2025| What Cathy Read Next...
About the Book A Year in a Small Garden follows Frances Tophill as she creates her new garden in a terraced house in Devon. Working in a small space, the book documents her journey to bring life to…| What Cathy Read Next...
About the Book Val’s toughest adversary yet is someone she hardly knows: her mother. As part of a prostitution sting operation, rookie cop Val Dawes uncovers a national sex trafficking ring operati…| What Cathy Read Next...
About the Book While jogging off-duty along the riverfront, rookie cop Valorie Dawes discovers the body of a young girl – and ignites a manhunt for a serial killer. The Shoeless Schoolgirl S…| What Cathy Read Next...
