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ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – After the Fire by Charlotte Rixon

Posted on 16th August 2024 By Nicola

After the Fire by Charlotte Rixon is published by Aria and available now in paperback, eBook and audiobook. My thanks to the publishers for the […]

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ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – Time’s Prisoner by Linda Gillard

Posted on 14th August 2024 By Nicola

Time’s Prisoner by Linda Gillard is independently published by the author and is available now in paperback and eBook. I purchased my own copy. Linda […]

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ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – Home Truths by Charity Norman

Posted on 12th August 2024 By Nicola

Home Truths by Charity Norman was published by Allen & Unwin on 1st August 2024 in paperback and eBook. My thanks to the publishers for […]

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ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris: Including Books, Street Fashion and Jewelry by Leanne Shapton

Posted on 31st July 2024 By Nicola

This book was published by Bloomsbury in 2009 and I purchased my own copy. Lenore Doolan, a food writer for the New York Times, meets […]

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ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – This Motherless Land by Nikki May

Posted on 30th July 2024 By Nicola

This Motherless Land by Nikki May was published by Doubleday on 18th July 2024 in hardcover, eBook and audiobook. My thanks to the publishers for […]

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ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – Message Deleted by K.L. Slater

Posted on 24th July 2024 By Nicola

Message Deleted by K.L. Slater was published by Michael Joseph on 18th July in hardcover, eBook and audiobook. My thanks to the publishers for the […]

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ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – Ordinary Time by Cathy Rentzenbrink

Posted on 19th July 2024 By Nicola

Ordinary Time by Cathy Rentzenbrink was published by Phoenix on 11th July in hardcover, eBook and audiobook. My thanks to Aoife Datta for the proof […]

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ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – Gallows Wood by Louisa Scarr

Posted on 15th July 2024 By Nicola

Gallows Wood by Louisa Scarr is published by Canelo Crime and is out now in paperback and eBook. My thanks to the publishers for the […]

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ShortBookandScribes #PublicationDay #BookReview – The Last Time I Saw You by Jo Leevers

Posted on 1st July 2024 By Nicola

Happy publication day to Jo Leevers as The Last Time I Saw You is published by Lake Union today in paperback, eBook and audiobook! My […]

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ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – I Died on a Tuesday by Jane Corry

Posted on 24th June 2024 By Nicola

I Died on a Tuesday was published by Penguin Viking on 20th June and is available in paperback, eBook and audiobook. My thanks to the […]

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Some Recommended Reads for Spooky Season
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Since it's Halloween I thought I'd share some books that would make good reads for spooky season. I've read all of these which feature witches, ghosts, or other eerie goings on.

🧙The Book of Witching by C.J. Cooke - the mysterious and magical Book of Witching links two timelines.

👻Ghost Story by Elisa Lodato - a remote Scottish island with only one inhabitant gives this book quite a sinister feel.

🧙The King's Witches by Kate Foster - with the witch trials gathering pace, it was a dangerous time to be a 'cunning' woman.

👻The Whistling by Rebecca Netley - an insular and unwelcoming community, the strange sound of whistling, and elements of witchery create a creepy and ominous vibe.

👻The Small Hand by Susan Hill - an antiquarian bookseller feels a cold hand creeping into his own. Creepy!

👻Time's Prisoner by Linda Gillard - a book with a much friendlier ghost, one who resides at Wyngrave Hall. When Jane unexpectedly inherits the hall she finds it comes with a centuries old mystery.

🧙The Trial of Gwen Foley by Jane O'Connor - a historical murder mystery set in 1723 with a witchcraft sub-plot.

🔮The Fortunes of Olivia Richmond by Louise Davidson - a twisty and eerie story with a once grand but now faded country house and a young woman with a skill for the supernatural.

👻A Good House for Children by Kate Collins - an unnerving story with a sinister house that is a character in its own right.

🧙The Lighthouse Witches by C.J. Cooke - Luna's mother and two sisters vanished without trace twenty-three years ago on the island of Lòn Haven. Back in the 1600s, witch hunts took place on the island. There is a creeping sense of unease in this book which is gothic, unsettling and witchy.
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What are you reading this Halloween? Do you like spooky or witchy reads?
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