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The Light and Shade of Ellen Swithin

The Light and Shade of Ellen Swithin is another in the latest slew (geddit?) of books about women truly killing it.

Highly entertaining yarn about a 1960’s London street where murder is just behind the curtains. Well written and great fun.

What if you could order an unending list of husbands (and lifestyles) to choose from? An imaginative, funny, philosophical fantasy novel.

Meet the most delightful detective ever written, Violet Hamilton, in No Life for a Lady and How to Solve a Murder Like a Lady.

An apparently light-hearted novel about assisted dying that feeds into a facile, populist narrative. Scare-mongering.

The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch won me over totally! It is funny, clever and very, very entertaining.

Bad Men is sharp and fast and clever and very funny. You’ll love it. (Maybe less so if you’re a scumbag who hurts women.)

When the days are dull and lifeless, you need The Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies. Thrilling, moving, clever.

A bit of low fantasy, a bit of crime mystery, a lot of entertaining characters and dialogue. A fun, light – but also well written novel.

Entertaining novel about a one-woman quest to redress the balance. Too many men are violent against women. They don’t all get away with it.