Each year I try to clear the list of books I meant to read and/or review. Some I read and didn’t get around to covering. Some I started and didn’t finish for various reasons. Some simply got lost in the shuffle. So I’m clearing the docket for the new year, without completely ignoring these worthy titles.
A spate of new gothic novels, with haunted shipwrecks, frightening hospitals, strange cliff homes and more…
Many of Christie’s devotees are aware that she worked in a chemist’s shop during WWI. They might not realize she was a quick study and learned a great deal about the chemistry and compounding of different medicines.
This is a much better than average thriller, with strong storytelling that holds together from beginning to end. The mystery is solid, her unraveling of it is realistic, and if one chooses to believe in spirits, their assistance is unwavering.
Yes, I will spend the livelong day / With Nature in this month of May; / And sit beneath the trees, and share / My bread with birds whose homes are there ~ W.H. Davies