RdrStr accepts pre-publication books for review. These are listed by date with the most recent first!!
A Feather on the Water (by Lindsay Jayne Ashford)
This is a novel about a displaced persons camp near Dachau at the end of World War II. At times, harrowing but rich in love, romance and life-affirming moments.
Shrines of Gaiety (by Kate Atkinson)
Kate Atkinson should be somebody I should enjoy according to critics and reviewers. I am struggling here! I love crime novels so I should enjoy the Jackson Brodie stories but I don’t. Life After Life enjoyed critical success but I hated it. Oh dear Shrines of Gaiety … So I…
Katastrophe (by Graham Hurley)
Preview Copy supplied via Netgalley – Pub Date 7 Jul 2022 Graham Hurley is new author to me but he is, I find, a prolific acclaimed writer. His latest novel Katastrophe about the last months of war in Europe, and the advance of Russian forces on Germany resonates with the…
Complicit (by Winnie M Li)
Complicit is an expose about the film industry. A great story interweaved with all the details of making a Hollywood film.
Yesterday’s Spy (by Tom Bradby)
These are turbulent times. Prime Minister Mossadegh is clinging to power. Churchill wants Iran’s oil and has imposed an embargo on Iran. The Americans via the CIA are trying to manipulate the Shah back into power to keep out the Communists. Political intrigue, spies, and family vs country issues!