Thursday, July 2, 2015

As indicated in the title, The Secret Keeper, by Kate Morton, is all about secrets. Family secrets from long ago childhood in Australia, to World War II in London, and the present (2011). The discovery and unraveling of these intertwining secrets makes for compelling reading. As with her other books, there are wonderful descriptions of time and place.

Born in Iowa, Bill Bryson spent more than two decades in England before returning to the States. He traveled all over the island country, much of it on foot, writing of his journey. These observations (and explanations) of British life became Notes From a Small Island. A nice look at our friends across the pond.

If you like math and science then you just might enjoy The Oxford Murders, by Guillermo Martinez. Clues arrive in the form of symbols and cryptic messages. It's up to the mathematicians to catch the killer.

If you are interested in the old manor homes, and what it was like to live 'upstairs' or 'downstairs', read A Brief History to Private Life in Britain's Stately Homes: Masters and Servants in the Golden Age, by Michael Paterson. The title might sound a bit stuffy, but it's a good read with just enough detail (but not too much) of a way of life that exists no more.

Reading Hermit With Dog

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