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Rachel Reviews: The Outlands by Frank Torn
Having finished The Outlands, I am wondering how I can write this review to give you as full a sense of the book as I can. I think that I'm going to fail because all of the words that I want to use will make it seem unusual and I don't want it to sound unappealing because it's not.
By Rachel Deeming2 months ago in BookClub
Reflections on a trip away
I had to deliver leaflets in the rain today. It was miserable. I could feel my clothes getting steadily more wet, my skin recoiling from the cold dampness of the material as it clung. I endured it. There was a job to be done, a deadline to be met.
By Rachel Deeming2 months ago in History
Rachel Reviews: What Was Forbidden by Jonathan Bockian. Top Story - October 2025.
I, personally, love an historical murder mystery. My requirements are that it must evoke the place and the period firstly but that the action and the characters must also be believable. Jon Bockian's book delivers this to a high degree and he has created a novel which is tense, informative, creates investment in the characters and brings alive 17th century Venice - all good.
By Rachel Deeming3 months ago in BookClub
Rachel Reviews: Shrewd Little Sleuth by Scott Leckie
This was a truly intriguing read. Firstly, because of the person about whom the book is about: Arthur Bernard Leckie. He was a prominent figure in Hoover's FBI with links to Marilyn Monroe and, like the famous film star, died suspiciously. I mean, if that doesn't grab your attention, then I don't know what will, especially if you love a conspiracy theory.
By Rachel Deeming3 months ago in BookClub
Rachel Reviews: The Light in the Invading Darkness by Daniel Big Plume
You have to admire Daniel Big Plume's vision in this book. I felt like it could have been more than one really, such was the content of it and the scope of the action. That said, this is cohesively written with a clear purpose and was really enjoyable with tension and tragedy throughout and the narrative moves at the right pace towards a satisfactory conclusion.
By Rachel Deeming3 months ago in BookClub
Rachel Reviews: Lost Letters by Tom Hapgood. Top Story - September 2025.
Tom Hapgood's book is a lot of things. It has history, both twentieth century and prior; it has youth and the coming-of-age; it has, through its characters' situations, a discussion of the health concerns that can encroach as life continues inexorably towards death; and it has the secrets that lurk in the family vault, just waiting to be uncovered and brought to the surface.
By Rachel Deeming4 months ago in BookClub
