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#TuesdayBookBlog I’LL PRAY WHEN I’M DYING by Stephen J. Golds (@SteveGone58) The best fictional depiction of OCD I’ve ever read. Hard-hitting, tough, and non-PC. Fabulous #OCD #noir

Posted on October 19, 2021 by OlgaNunez 12 Comments

Hi all: I’ve caught up with an author many of you felt curious about when I first reviewed one of his novels. I’ll Pray When I’m Dying by Stephen J. Golds DO ALL SONS BECOME THEIR FATHERS? Ben Hughes is a corrupt Boston Vice Detective and bagman for the Southie Mob. Already desperately struggling with

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog Boston, crime, London, noir, OCD, Stephen J. Golds, WWI, WWII

#TuesdayBookBlog No Woman is an Island: Inspiring and Empowering International Women (Pandora’s Boxed Set) by Liza Perrat (@LizaPerrat), Linda Gillard, Lorna Fergusson, Clare Flynn, Helena Halme A highly recommended set of stories #RBRT

Posted on August 17, 2021 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you the review of a boxed set today, 5 full-length novels, so, as you can imagine, it’s going to be long, so you’ve been warned. It’s a fantastic collection though, so you might want to read on. No Woman is an Island: Inspiring and Empowering International Women (Pandora’s Boxed Set) by Liza

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog boxed set, Eastbourne, Finland, France, historical fiction, Italian Renaissance, strong female protagonists., Sweden, UK, woman authors, WWI, WWII

#Bookreview The Undercover Nazi Hunter: Exposing Subterfuge and Unmasking Evil in Post-War Germany by Wolfe Frank. Ed by Paul Hooley (@penswordbooks) Anybody interested in post-WWII Germany and in Wolfe Frank should read this book.

Posted on August 5, 2019 by OlgaNunez

Hi all. I bring you a book today that I promised you I’d talk about a while back. The Undercover Nazi Hunter: Exposing Subterfuge and Unmasking Evil in Post-War Germany by Wolfe Frank. Ed by Paul Hooley Wolfe Frank was Chief Interpreter at the Nuremberg Trials where he was dubbed ‘The Voice of Doom.’

Posted in Book review, Book reviews British Intelligence, German post-WWII history, History, Pen & Sword, spies, SS, Wappenhans, Wolfe Frank, WWI, WWII

#Bookreview THE MURDER THAT DEFEATED WHITECHAPEL’S SHERLOCK HOLMES: AT MRS RIDGLEY’S CORNER by Paul Stickler (@paul_stickler) (@penswordbooks) #Truecrime

Posted on February 11, 2019 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you another non-fiction book that brings to life what a real murder investigation was like in Britain in the early XX century. The Murder that Defeated Whitechapel’s Sherlock Holmes: At Mrs Ridgley’s Corner by Paul Stickler. A fascinating true police-procedural account from the early XXc In 1919, when a shopkeeper and her

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Non-fiction Britain, Irish, Murder, non-fiction, police procedural, PS Wensley, Scotland Yard, true crime, WWI, XX century

#Blogtour #HouseofGlass HOUSE OF GLASS by Susan Fletcher (@sfletcherauthor) (@ViragoBooks) A beautiful, contemplative, and touching novel about what it means to be whole

Posted on November 3, 2018 by OlgaNunez

House of Glass by Susan Fletcher A beautiful, contemplative, and touching novel about what it means to be whole June 1914 and a young woman – Clara Waterfield – is summoned to a large stone house in Gloucestershire. Her task: to fill a greenhouse with exotic plants from Kew Gardens, to create a private

Posted in Blog Tour, Book review, Book reviews female protagonist, first person narration, ghosts, gothic novel, osteogenesis imperfecta, physical disability, Susan Fletcher, Victorian, WWI

#TuesdayBookBlog THE GREAT WAR ILLUSTRATED 1918: Archive and Colour Photographs of WWI by William Langford & Jack Holroyd (@penswordpub) (@penswordbooks) #Bookreview #MilitaryHistory

Posted on October 30, 2018 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you today the review of a book by one of my favourite non-fiction publishers, Pen & Sword. The Great War Illustrated 1918: Archive and Colour Photographs of WWI by William Langford & Jack Holroyd. A must have for scholars, researches, and WWI enthusiasts. The final book in a series of five

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog archives, black and white and colour images, History, military history, non-fiction, photography, The Great War, War photography, WWI

#TuesdayBookBlog FRED’S FUNERAL by Sandy Day (@sandeetweets). A poignant and lovingly written ode to an unsung hero. Beautiful and heart-wrenching. #RBRT #WWI

Posted on January 30, 2018 by OlgaNunez

Dear all: Today I bring you a beautiful (if sad) book, that is a fictionalisation of the story of a young Canadian man who fought in WWI. Fred’s Funeral by Sandy Day Fred Sadler has just died of old age. It’s 1986, seventy years after he marched off to WWI, and the ghost of Fred Sadler hovers

Posted in Book review, Book reviews Canada, Family, funeral, homage, mental illness, PTSD, shell-shock, TuesdayBookBlog, WWI

#Bookreview WOMEN IN THE GREAT WAR (@penswordbooks) by Stephen Wynn (@Winnie2013) and Tanya Wynn. Heroines that must be remembered #WWI #history

Posted on September 4, 2017 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: As you know, I discovered Pen & Sword Books a while back and I’ve been exploring their catalogue. Today I bring you a book that I think will pique the interest of many. Women in the Great War by Stephen Wynn and Tanya Wynn The First World War was fought on two fronts. In a military sense

Posted in Book review, Book reviews Britain, Great War, History, nurses, Pen & Sword, suffrage..., women's history, women's rights, WWI