Sacrilege by S.J. Parris
This book was #3 in a series about an Italian ex-monk, Giordano Bruno, living in England in the late 1500s. I’ve yet to read the other two, but, like any good series writer, Parris has crafted this book to stand alone while making me want to read the others. In this book, Bruno solves a mystery set in Canterbury. I’ve read a lot about England at this time – the time of the dissolution of the Catholic Church – but this was my first look at a town that previously tied a significant portion of its income (and self-image) to religious pilgrims. The sudden disappearance of that income and prestige would, understandably, cause tension.
Step On a Crack by James Patterson
I have a thing for quick thrillers, especially during tax season. This book book introduces the character Detective Michael Bennett and I will be looking for other books featuring Bennett when I need a break from tax returns.
Inconceivable by Carolyn Savage
The Savages were undergoing a cycle of IVF to grow their family and the lab made a mistake – Carolyn was implanted with another couple’s embryos. It sounds like the stuff of science fiction – the arena of assisted reproduction being ripe for some “what if?” scenarios – but theirs was one of the first well-known errors. They were alerted to the error shortly after implantation, so Carolyn spent the whole pregnancy knowing she wasn’t genetically related to the baby growing inside her. A quick read.
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson
This book wasn’t really what I expected but, to be fair, I’m not sure what I expected. I still want to read Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit.
Citadel by Kate Mosse
When I told Will I was reading this book, he commented that it is a Helena Trifecta – France, WWII, and a bit of a thriller surrounding the whereabouts of an ancient religious text. Indeed. Like Sacrilege above, it’s book three of a series. However, also like Sacrilege, it stands alone. The book follows a ring of female Resistance fighters in the south of France from 1942 – 1944. Woven through their story, we follow a man in the fourth century trying to hid a gnostic codex from the advancing forces of the Roman Catholic Church. I’m definitely going to seek out the other two Mosse books about the Languedoc.
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