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 Blackwater by James Henry, a new police procedural series featuring DI Nick Lowry which is set in 1980s Essex.
You can read the synopsis and excerpts from this book in yesterday’s post.
I have recently finished Mrs Maybrick by Victoria Blake, a short non-fiction book which examines this infamous convicted poisoner.
Blurb
Florence Maybrick was a 19 year old Alabama belle when she married Liverpool cotton-broker James Maybrick in 1881. She was convicted of his murder in 1889 after arsenic was found in his corpse. However, it was never established whether she administered the poison or whether Maybrick himself took the fatal dose. This Crime Archive title examines the murder, trial and controversy through Home Office files held at The National Archives. Amazon
Next up is No One Knows by J.T. Ellison which is due to be published on 22 March 2016.
Blurb
The day Aubrey Hamilton’s husband is declared dead by the state of Tennessee should bring closure so she can move on with her life. But Aubrey doesn’t want to move on. She just wants Josh back. It’s been five years since he disappeared, since their blissfully happy marriage—they were happy, weren’t they?—screeched to a halt and Aubrey became the prime suspect in his disappearance. Five years of emptiness, solitude, loneliness, questions. Why didn’t Josh show up at his friend’s bachelor party? Who anonymously sent Aubrey her favorite cocktail at the bar where Josh stood her up? Was he murdered? Did he run away? And now, all this time later, who is the mysterious and strangely familiar figure suddenly haunting her new life?
As her heroine faces the possibility that everything she thinks she knows about herself, her marriage, and her husband is a lie, New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison expertly peels back the layers of a complex woman who is hiding dark secrets beneath her unassuming exterior. In a masterful thriller for readers who love Gillian Flynn, Liane Moriarty, and Paula Hawkins, Ellison pulls you into a you’ll-never-guess merry-go-round of danger and deception. Round and round and round it goes, where it stops…no one knows. NetGalley
So that’s my reading sorted! What are you reading this week?
Mrs MAYBRICK sounds interesting! Have a good reading week ahead 🙂
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Thanks I have a bit of a thing about poisoners at the moment!
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enjoy! 🙂
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Enjoy your new books! I LOVED No One Knows…just finished it earlier this evening.
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I have read your review Laurel along with a couple of others and I’m sure this will be a winner with me too!
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Blackwater sounds good! Like the sound of the 80s setting.
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I’m a huge fan of books set in the 80s so Blackwater is working well for me!
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I really want to read Mrs Maybrick – I’m still finding non-fiction so much easier to read at the moment so I think I might try and get a copy of this one. I haven’t heard of No One Knows but it sounds very good, I’ll keep an eye out for your review of it. Have a fab bookish week!
Here’s my post:
https://rathertoofondofbooks.wordpress.com/2016/03/09/www-wednesday-9th-march-2016/
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I do like looking over the evidence for historical crimes.. Thanks for visiting and leaving your link 🙂
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Love the sound of Mrs Maybrick Cleo – where do you find these?
Thanks for visiting my WWW – http://bookboodle.co.uk/2016/03/09/www-wednesday-march-9th 🙂
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I do have a habit of getting interested in different aspects of crime and once I’d read The Last Woman Hanged the author of Mrs Maybrick (also a book blogger) told me about it!! The book blogging community has introduced me to so many books I’d never have found on my own! Thanks for visiting and leaving your link 🙂
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Same here…the book that I’m reading at the moment (Dead Wake), I would never have picked it up had it not been for Sam recommending.
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As someone born and raised in 1980s Essex, I’ll be looking forward to hearing what you think of Blackwater! 🙂
Here’s my WWW: https://clairehuston.wordpress.com/2016/03/09/www-wednesday-9th-march-2016/
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It sounds as though you’re having a good reading week, Cleo. I really do want to read Mrs. Maybrick. And No one Knows sounds intriguing, too.
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No One Knows has definitely got off to a very good start – off to bed to read some more very soon!
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I haven’t read any of your books, but then they’re not my usual genre! I’ll check them out later – it can’t hurt to read outside of your genre every once in a while 🙂 Which one would you recommend the most?
Here’s mine, if you’d like to take a look: http://sarinalangerwriter.com/2016/03/09/www-wednesday-9th-march-2016/
Happy reading! 🙂
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Thank you for visiting and leaving your link – I’m not sure what to suggest our genres are quite far apart but No One Knows has got off to a good start.
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I’m currently reading in The End of Days by Jenny Erpenbeck and finding it thoroughly engrossing.
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Ah Vicky see how easily I am influenced? I’ve bought and read your book already 🙂 I’ve looked at The End of Days but don’t have a copy yet..
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Blackwater looks really interesting. It’s been a while since I’ve jumped into a procedural.
My WWW : http://thelaurenest.com/2016/03/09/its-www-wednesday/
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I have a weakness for these and it is set in the 80s which is now history!
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Blackwater sounds really good! And I have No One Knows on my wishlist as well.
Happy reading! Here’s my WWW.
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I started No One Knows earlier today and it looks like it’s also going to be a winner
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I think Mrs Maybrick sounds interesting too. I’m currently late coming to (and really enjoying it) The Trouble With Sheep and Goats, an excellent first novel by Joanna Cannon. It’s kind of a crime novel, investigating a missing woman, set in suburban 1976. Except that it covers some darker stuff, and the ‘investigators’ are a couple of children hoping to find Jesus. It reminds me a little of the dark and quirky funny territory of Kate Atkinson in Behind The Scenes at The Museum. It is three quarters read and so far has not moved of f ‘going to be 5 star’ territory. Hope it holds firm!
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I really need to get a copy of The Trouble With Sheep and Goats, it sounds like just my kind of thing especially as you compare it to Behind The Scenes at the Museum which blew me away when I read it. I hope it holds firm too.
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It is brilliant. It held very firm and kept its surprises going too
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Ah, I also got Mrs Maybrick after Vicky mentioned it, but haven’t read it yet. Love the physical book though – it’s very neat. Looking forward to it! 🙂
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Isn’t it a lovely size – I think you need to get more of the collection 😉
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I’d never heard of the Maybrick murder before. Interesting! Happy reading!
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Thanks Sam – I’ve got a thing for poisoners at the moment…
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I just read a review of No One Knows and it sounds really good…looking forward to hearing your thought. Have a good week.
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I started it earlier today and was reluctant to put it down…
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Ooh No One Knows sounds quite intriguing! I can’t imagine someone you love going missing and not knowing what happens to them.
Hope you enjoy all of your reads!
-Lauren
http://www.shootingstarsmag.blogspot.com
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Mrs. Maybrick sounds intriguing – I have to agree with all of the other comments to that effect! You do get hold of some obscure books, Cleo, well done for not choosing the obvious.
I’ve just finished reading Lesser Evils by Joe Flanagan, set in 1950s Cape Cod – a very good police procedural with noir elements, unveiling the corruption and Mafia links of the police at the time, but also featuring child murders, so rather upsetting. I’ve just started Elizabeth Knox ‘Wake’, which is a sort of sci fi crime set in a peaceful New Zealand town visited by zombies. Not at all my usual type of fare, but I have to review it and it sounded so far out of my comfort zone, I thought I had to give it a try! Next one up is a nice, ,quiet meditation on loneliness and anonymity in urban living ‘The Lonely City’ by Olivia Laing. It sounds like the perfect counterpoint to the other two reads.
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Thank you Marina – I basically follow where my current interests take me – as you can see 2016 is shaping up to be the year of the poisoner – read two and have another on the TBR!
I agree that it is important to organise your reads to balance each other out – I do like the sound of Lesser Evils!
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I’ve read a bit O about the Maybrick case ….the archive sounds fascinating . Look forward to your review.
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It was a fascinating read – I knew a little about her but contrasting with the Australian poisoner around the same time has made it even more compelling – review up soon!
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Oooh! I need No One Knows!
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I started No One Knows earlier and had to force myself to put it down – I think it may well be another winner!
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I am curious about No One Knows – hope you have a good week.
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