Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you’re adding to your shelves, be it buying or borrowing. From ‘real’ books you’ve purchased, a book you’ve borrowed, a book you’ve been given or an e-book they can all be shared.
I am going to share the new additions to my bookshelves without any further ado!
From the wonderful Twenty7 Books whose imprint focusses on debut novelists I have The Last Thing I Remember by Deborah Bee which will be published in e-Book format on 3 March 2016.
Blurb
Sarah is in a coma.
Her memory is gone – she doesn’t know how she got there. And she doesn’t know how she might get out.
But then she discovers that her injury wasn’t an accident. And that the assailant hasn’t been caught.
Unable to speak, see or move, Sarah must use every clue that she overhears to piece together her own past.And work out who it is that keeps coming into her room.
A novel that grips from the very beginning and that will live long in the memory, The Last Thing I Remember is Deborah Bee’s startling debut thriller. Goodreads
From NetGalley I have The Shadow Hour by Kate Riordan which is graced by a particularly striking cover.
Blurb
Nineteen twenty-two. Grace has been sent to the stately and crumbling Fenix House to follow in her grandmother’s footsteps as a governess. But when she meets the house’s inhabitants, people who she had only previously heard of in stories, the cracks in her grandmother’s tale begin to show. Secrets appear to live in the house’s very walls and everybody is resolutely protecting their own.
Why has she been sent here? Why did her grandmother leave after just one summer? And as the past collides with the present, can Grace unravel these secrets and discover who her grandmother, and who she, really is?
I also have a memoir, Castles in the Air by Alison Ripley Cubitt which was published in November 2015.
Blurb
An eight-year-old child witnesses her mother’s secret and knows that from that moment life will never be the same.
After Molly, her mother dies, Alison uses her legacy to make a film about Molly’s relationship with a man she had known since she was a teenager. What hold did this man have over her mother? And what other secrets was her mother hiding?
Castles in the Air follows the life of Molly Ripley through the eyes of her daughter Alison. From Molly’s childhood in colonial Hong Kong and Malaya; wartime adventures as a rookie office girl in the far east outpost of Bletchley Park then as a young nurse in the city; tangled romance and marriage… to her challenging middle-age when demons from the past seem set to overwhelm her.
The writer in Alison can’t stop until she reveals the story of Molly’s past. But as a daughter, does she have the courage to face up to the uncomfortable truths of Molly’s seemingly ordinary life?
As she unravels the private self that Molly kept secret, Alison realises that she is trying to find herself through her mother’s story. By trying to make sense of the past, can she move on with her future?
Honest yet unsentimental and told with abundant love and compassion, this is a profoundly moving portrait of a woman’s life, hopes and dreams. We learn not only about Molly, but about mothers and daughters, secrets and love. A story for readers struggling to come to terms with the trauma of losing loved ones. NetGalley
As well as another book about children exploring their parent’s lives in The People in the Photo by Hélène Gestern
The three figures in the photograph are frozen forever, two men and a woman bathed in sunlight . . .
The chance discovery of a newspaper image from 1971 sets two people on the path to learning the disturbing truth about their parents’ pasts.
Parisian archivist Hélène takes out a newspaper advert calling for information about her mother, who died when she was three, and the two men pictured with her in a photograph taken at a tennis tournament at Interlaken in 1971. Stéphane, a Swiss biologist living in Kent, responds: his father is one of the people in the photo. Letters and more photos pass between them as they embark on a journey to uncover the truth their parents kept from them. But will the relics of the past fill the silences left by the players? NetGalley
And finally a bit of crime with The Innocent Killer by Michael Griesbach which is linked to the recent TV series Making a Murderer, which I didn’t watch.
Blurb
The story of one of America’s most notorious wrongful convictions, that of Steven Avery, a Wisconsin man who spent eighteen years in prison for a crime he did not commit and now the subject of the hit series Making a Murderer. But two years after he was exonerated of that crime and poised to reap millions in his wrongful conviction lawsuit, Steven Avery was arrested for the exceptionally brutal murder of Teresa Halbach, a freelance photographer who had gone missing several days earlier. The “Innocent Man” had turned into a cold blooded killer. Or had he? This is narrative non-fiction at its finest and the perfect companion read for fans of Making a Murderer.
Lastly I was contacted by James Henry who wrote the three prequels to the much loved Frost series written by R.D. Wingfield who had promised to let me know when his first book not based on Frost was ready so I am the proud owner of Blackwater which I can’t wait to get stuck into. Blackwater is due to be published in July 2016.
Blurb
January 1983, Colchester CID
A new year brings new resolutions for Detective Inspector Nicholas Lowry. With one eye on his approaching fortieth birthday, he has given up his two greatest vices: smoking, and the police boxing team. As a result, the largest remaining threat to his health is now his junior colleague’s reckless driving.
If Detective Constable Daniel Kenton’s orange sports convertible is symbolic of his fast track through the ranks, then his accompanying swagger, foppish hairstyle and university education only augment his uniqueness in the department. Yet regardless of this, it is not DC Kenton who is turning station heads.
WPC Jane Gabriel is the newest police recruit in Britain’s oldest recorded town. Despite a familial tie to top brass, Gabriel’s striking beauty and profound youth have landed her with two obstacles: a young male colleague who gives her too much attention, and an older one who acts like she’s not there.
January 1983, Blackwater Estuary
A new year brings a new danger to the Essex shoreline. An illicit shipment, bound for Colchester – 50 kilograms of powder that will frantically accelerate tensions in the historic town, and leave its own murderous trace.
Lowry, Kenton and Gabriel must now develop a tolerance to one another, and show their own substance, to save Britain’s oldest settlement from a new, unsettling enemy. Amazon
TBR WATCH
Since my last count I have read 8 books, and gained, 6, so the total has reduced by a massive 2 giving a tiny total of 172 books!
83 physical books
73 e-books
16 books on NetGally
What have you found to read this week?
I love looking at your hauls! Except I always find books that I want to read. Oh no… the ‘problems’ of a bookworm! 😀 I hope you enjoy these books.
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I love your Stacking the Shelves post! I have The People in the Photo on my TBR and it sounds really good, I hope to read it soon. I’ve been reading a lot of non-fiction recently so am going to go look up The Innocent Killer. I hope you enjoy reading all of your new books.
Here’s my post:
https://rathertoofondofbooks.wordpress.com/2016/02/20/weekly-wrap-up-and-stacking-the-shelves-20-february/
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Impressive additions to your list.
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Thank you 😊
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I loved The People in the Photo – such a clever premise and so well executed. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
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I have a strong feeling I’m going to – simply love the premise!
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Great line up of books. I absolutely adore The People in the Photo so I’ll be interested to see what you think of it 🙂
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Thank you – your review has made me even keener to read it!
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Some great looking reads, I have The Shadow Hour to read too and I’ve just added The Last Thing I Remember and Blackwater to my wishlist. Your posts are no good at all for my mountainousTBR! 🙂
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These certainly sound intriguing, Cleo! And it’s interesting that you’ve got two of them that have the plot point of children exploring their parents’ past. I hope you’ll enjoy them.
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The Last Thing I Remember sounds fairly terrifying – imagine….
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Yes it does but I’m endlessly fascinated by books about memory.
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I read about the Avery case. It’s really sickening. I understand that the programme is good but after reading (a long) article about the case, I have my opinions about Avery’s guilt, and I don’t care to read any further.
The maze cover is really eye catching BTW
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Well here I go to Amazon to add to my wish list, thanks for the suggestions.
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Glad to have been of service.
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Mm.. I’ve read reviews that call into question the authors conclusion on this one… We’ll have to see how it fares!
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The first three sound good. They’re different kind of mysteries.
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Yes, I’m easing off the pure crime a little this year although of course not completely
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Oh I’ve just started Uncommon Criminals which is young adult fiction about teenagers who steal art to get them back to their original owners. It’s the companion to The Heist.
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These all look sooo good! I am especially drawn to The People in the Photo. Thanks for sharing…and here are MY WEEKLY UPDATES
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It was the cover that drew me in first – and the synopsis sounds very appealing
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Dang girl, great haul! Hope these treat you well 🙂
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Thank you – as always, I have high hopes!
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I found your discarded willpower hat, so am resisting all of these – till you review them anyway! Down 2??? Oh, no!! Get over to NetGalley quick before you run out…
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Haha I know, I have nightmares that I’ll be left with nothing to read – particularly if the TBR keeps diminishing at this rate!!
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You can see this week in our Friday Finds – mine I didn’t get the chance to finish until Saturday night, but having done most of the work, I just put it up – where our tastes differ slightly! Blackwater sounds rather good though, I must say! And I feel I should read (and watch) The Innocent Killer, as after reading the debate on Liz’s blog I was convinced he was guilty, but my daughter – who’s watched it – thinks he’s innocent! She knew a lot more than me, and demolished my arguments, so I need to learn more, despite swearing I wouldn’t get dragged into the hype about it all.
PS Your TBR WATCH makes me feel really guilty! And the fact we’re still planning a move isn’t helping either!
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The People in the Photo sounds good.
Great to see your TBR stack is heading in the right direction. After a wobbly start, mine finally is as well.
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I watched 3 episodes of Making a Murderer and I had to stop. It was making me so stressed and angry! Maybe I should try the book instead? The People in the Phito sounds intriguing and that cover for The Shadow Hour is kust gorgeous!
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So many typos… 🙂
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I’ve been reading The Vegetarian by Han Kang. I’ve found it incredibly sad and strange but not particularly erotic which a lot of people have said about it. I’m still wondering what I make of it.
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I keep seeing the name Kate Riordan – is she someone who’s written a large number of titles maybe? from your latest arrivals the one that appeals most to me is The People in the Photo.
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I have to put blinders on. There are so many good looking books this week. 🙂
sherry @ fundinmental
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