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Lullaby Beach Review BelEdit Book Reviews

Lullaby Beach

February 20, 2021 Fiona Brichaut 5***** Leave a comment

A rich, engrossing novel about women’s lives, abusive relationships, lifelong trauma, and speaking out.

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Rags of Time

Rags of Time

February 15, 2021 Fiona Brichaut 5***** Leave a comment

Politics, religion, commerce and science collide in this intriguing, fast-paced historical mystery set in London in 1640. First of a trilogy.

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Exit | Belinda Bauer

Exit

February 15, 2021 Fiona Brichaut 4.5****. Leave a comment

Oops! Minutes after helping Albert Cann commit suicide, Felix Pink realizes that the wrong man is dead. Police are already on the way.

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Strange Adventures of H

The Strange Adventures of H

January 27, 2021 Fiona Brichaut 5***** One comment

A wonderfully written, bawdy, vivid, thrilling romp set to a backdrop of plague, fire, brothels and playhouses.

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Moonflower Murders - Anthony Horowitz

The Moonflower Murders

January 14, 2021 Fiona Brichaut 5***** Leave a comment

Moonflower Murders is a marvelous, intriguing, page-turning, fun puzzle that’s fiendishly complex yet very readable.

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The Forsyte Saga | John Galsworthy

The Forsyte Saga

November 27, 2020 Fiona Brichaut 5***** Leave a comment

An incisive depiction of the decline of the Victorian era and the rise of the Modern era, and a gripping multi-generational family saga.

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19th century authors: Mary Elizabeth Braddon

October 26, 2020 Fiona Brichaut 5***** Leave a comment

Best known for her sensationalist novels, Mary Elizabeth Braddon (née Maxwell) published more than 80 wonderful novels between1860 and 1910.

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The Exiles Christina Baker Kline

The Exiles

October 25, 2020 Fiona Brichaut 4 **** Leave a comment

A well-written, well-researched and gripping story about female convicts shipped to Australia in the mid 19th century

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Mayflies

September 6, 2020 Fiona Brichaut 5***** Leave a comment

Friendship, youth, mortality, music, Margaret Thatcher and other weighty matters Mayflies would make a perfect gift for a friend, especially if you were both young, and maybe a bit wild,

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The Devil in the Marshalsea

November 6, 2019 Fiona Brichaut 5***** Leave a comment

A voyeuristic trip to the Marshalsea Prison in the 19th century. With murder and intrigue, well written and gripping.

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