Hosted by Lypsyy Lost & Found my Wednesday post gives you a taste of what I am reading this week. A similar meme is run by Taking on a World of Words
I am currently reading Letters to the Lost by Iona Grey and totally immersed in the stories past and present.
See yesterday’s post for the synopsis and a taster from this book
I have just finished something entirely different, The Beast of Jersey by Joan Paisnel, my tattered copy came courtesy of my son, Owen, who picked it up on one of his forays into charity shop, knowing that I’m fascinated by true crime he thought I should read this one which happened in Jersey.
Blurb
Edward Paisnel, a predatory paedophile nicknamed the Beast of Jersey, who was convicted in 1971 for an 11-year reign of terror. Paisnel believed himself to be the reincarnation of Gilles de Rais, and committed his crimes in the bizarre outfit depicted on the cover of this 1972 biography by his wife Joan. Goodreads
Next I am planning on reading The Insanity of Murder by Felicity Young. I really enjoyed Doctor Dody McCleland’s introduction in The Anatomy of Death so I’m looking forward to reading, this episode, the fourth in the series.
Blurb
To Doctor Dody McCleland, the gruesome job of dealing with the results of an explosion at the Necropolis Railway Station is testing enough. But when her suffragette sister Florence is implicated in the crime, matters worsen and Dody finds her loyalty cruelly divided. Can she choose between love for her sister and her secret love for Chief Inspector Matthew Pike, the investigating officer on the case?
Dody and Pike’s investigations lead them to a women’s rest home where patients are not encouraged to read or think and where clandestine treatments and operations are conducted in an unethical and inhumane manner. Together Dody and Pike must uncover such foul play before their secret liaisons become public knowledge – and before Florence becomes the rest home’s next victim. NetGalley
What are you reading this week?
See what I’ve been reading in 2015 here
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These all look very fascinating…thanks for sharing! Letters to the Lost is the most appealing to me.
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Thanks Laurel – a very mixed bag this week 😉
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The Insanity Of Murder looks good. I’ll look out for your review.
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I did enjoy the first in this series – I don’t really like hopping about these but there is no way I’m going to find time to read the two in between at the moment!
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I know, especially when you started at book 1! You can always go back to nos. two and three if you really enjoy this one!
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I haven’t heard of the others but Letters to the Lost was a beautiful read, I loved it.
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I’m really enjoying this – much gentler than my last read 😉
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The Beast of Jersey sounds fascinating. I have a copy of Letters to the Lost. I really need to bump it up the TBR!
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You’ll have to look out for my review of this one but it was incredibly interesting – and I don’t even know what to say about that cover!! Yes I’ve owned my copy of Letters to the Lost for way too long.
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Heard nice things about Letters to the Lost but think I’m done with historical fiction for the time being.
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Have a good week x
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I tend to read one of these every few months and I have to say this is working for me at the moment. thanks for visiting and leaving your link 🙂
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You’ve got some great reads there, Cleo. I’ll be especially interested in what you think of Letters to the Lost when you’ve finished reading it. And I hope you’ll enjoy the next of Felicity Young’s books, too; isn’t that a great series?
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I did really enjoy The Anatomy of Death so I’m hoping for good things from this one too…
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The Beast of Jersey sounds absolutely terrifying! Hope it’s good. Happy reading!
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It is certainly one of the most horrific covers I own, It was very interesting though….
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I heard a lot of good things about Letters to the Lost around its publication date. I’ll look forward to hearing what you think.
Here’s my reading update: http://clairehuston.wordpress.com/2015/09/02/www-wednesday-2nd-september-2015/
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Yes, I picked it up following good reviews from fellow bloggers but only just getting around to reading it.
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Letters to the Lost sounds amazing! I need to track down a copy — but meanwhile, will look forward to your review!
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Thank you Lisa 🙂
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Things looked promising when I saw the second book. But then I read that it’s non fiction. I’ve never heard of this killer but if he based his crimes on those of Gilles de Rais .. then I probably wouldn’t want to read it. I grew up under the shadows of the Moor Murderers–not the vicinity–the headlines.
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He was a very odd man but probably not a killer, he climbed into bedrooms to remove children in the dead of night – what is amazing that it took the police 11 years to find the culprit on an island that is only 9 by 5 miles large,
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Just read about the case and how he moved back after his release.
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I like the sound of The Beast Of Jersey and The Insanity Of Murder! Both look like interesting reads.
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Thank you for visiting me back 🙂
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The Beast of Jersey looks amazing! I love those retro covers!
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It is from the 70s so it fits the era and you certainly can’t miss it!
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That book looks scary. Happy reading Cleo!
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