BOOKMARK June 2023 Book recommendations
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June Titles
All books are available from Adventure Into Books in Blairgowrie.
Ritual of Fire by D V Bishop
(Pan Macmillan, 2023)
Historical Fiction
The latest novel by DV Bishop, Ritual of Fire (ISBN: 9781529096484, hardback). Investigator Cesare Aldo is away from the city when two of the city’s merchants are murdered, sparking fear across Florence.
Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris
(Penguin, 2023)
Historical Fiction
Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris (ISBN: 9781529160321). It is 1660 and Colonel Edward Whalley and his son-in-law, Colonel William Goffe, have been found guilty of high treason for the murder of Charles I. They are wanted and on the run, pursued by the tenacious Richard Nayler.
The Bone Road by N E Solomons
(Birlinn, 2023)
Crime Fiction
The Bone Road by N.E. Solomons (ISBN:9781846976148). Set in the Balkans, a lovers’ tryst quickly turns first into a mystery and then into a nightmare when former Olympic cyclist, Heather Bishop’s boyfriend, Ryan, disappears on an isolated mountain road. Did he just leave her? Is he the victim of a crime? When local Inspector Simo Subotic starts to investigate, he quickly reveals the truth of Ryan’s history and the lethal danger it poses to Heather.
The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
(HarperCollins, 1994)
Fiction
Annie Proulx’s Pulitzer Prize-winning The Shipping News (ISBN: 9781857022421, paperback). Is a warm story of recovery that starts with hapless Quoyle gathering up his family after the death of his wife and heading for his ancestral home in remote Newfoundland. There he meets drama, community and hope.
The Future of Geography by Tim Marshall
(Elliot & Thompson, 2023)
Non-Fiction
The Future of Geography by Tim Marshall (ISBN: 9781783966875, hardback).This takes a look at the implications of the new geopolitical space race and why astrophysics and astropolitics matters to us all. As the quote from Stephen Hawking says at the start of Chapter One: “To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.”
Landlines by Raynor Winn
(Penguin, 2024)
Non-Fiction
Landlines by Raynor Winn (ISBN: 9781405947787, paperback). The author takes us on an odyssey from Cape Wrath back to Cornwall. Balancing the aches and pains of walking is the wonder and exhilaration that Raynor and her husband, Moth, encounter in their 1,000-mile expedition.