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Magpie Lane
Magpie Lane | LUCY. ATKINS
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When the eight-year-old daughter of an Oxford College Master vanishes in the middle of the night, police turn to the Scottish nanny, Dee, for answers. As Dee looks back over her time in the Master's Lodging - an eerie and ancient house - a picture of a high achieving but dysfunctional family emerges: Nick, the fiercely intelligent and powerful father; his beautiful Danish wife Mariah, pregnant with their child; and the lost little girl, Felicity, almost mute, seeing ghosts, grieving her dead mother. But is Dee telling the whole story? Does her growing friendship with the eccentric house historian, Dr Linklater, have anything to do with Felicity's disappearance? And most of all, why was Felicity silent? Roaming Oxford's secret passages and hidden graveyards, Magpie Lane explores the true meaning of family - and what it is to be denied one.
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Cathythoughts
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I really enjoyed this thriller/ mystery. I thought some of the writing insightful and interesting. I totally fell for the Oxford vibe .. loving the narrow lanes and some unusual characters. I‘ve looked up more by this author, I really like her ❤️

LeahBergen I‘ll have to look up some of her other stuff, too. 👍 1y
Aimeesue I must be honest - I am very focused on the beautiful background material, to the point where I had to deliberately tear my gaze away to look at the book. 😂 I am ridiculous, but that is a gorgeous print. 1y
Cathythoughts @LeahBergen Yes! And she has a new one I see coming out that sounds really good 1y
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Cathythoughts @Aimeesue Ah thanks. You know that‘s just a little square of material, I get them in batches and use them as hankies. Sometimes they get a photo shoot before they become a hanky. 😁 1y
batsy I agree with @Aimeesue that's a lovely print ❤️ The book sounds good, too 😁 1y
Cathythoughts @batsy Thanks Suba. Its a good easy read. 👍🏻 1y
CarolynM Sounds good. I might seek this out on kindle. 1y
Aimeesue @Cathythoughts Ah, the exciting, glamorous modeling life of new material, after which they settle down to their real work 😉 I was gifted some old linen napkins a while ago and I turned some of them into handkerchiefs - so soft, and they make me smile even when I'm sniffly! 1y
Cathythoughts @Aimeesue 😁well put. You can‘t beat a cloth handkerchief, always handy to have up your sleeve. 1y
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Cathythoughts
Magpie Lane | LUCY. ATKINS
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#WeeklyForecast

I started Magpie Lane yesterday.. I‘m really enjoying. So Im looking forward to more of it today 👍🏻

Also I feel drawn to this book - Elena Knows, so time permitting I might try it later in the week.

Happy reading everyone X
Hi Cindy ♥️

rockpools Ooh, Elena! Have a great week, Cathy. 1y
batsy I loved Elena. Have a good reading week 💜 1y
TrishB I enjoyed Magpie Lane 👍🏻 have a good week. (edited) 1y
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Cinfhen I enjoyed this one! Good blend of mystery and literary 😁 1y
rmaclean4 Elena Knows was a top read for me last year! Hope the same can be true for you this year! 1y
squirrelbrain I‘m looking forward to Elena Knows too! 1y
erzascarletbookgasm I‘ve seen lots of good reviews on Elena Knows, already stacked. Have a good week ahead 💕 1y
jlhammar Elena Knows is so good! And I have Magpie Lane waiting on my shelves. Glad to hear you're enjoying it. 1y
Cathythoughts @batsy Good to hear X 1y
Cathythoughts @squirrelbrain Yes , I‘m interested to try it X 1y
LeahBergen Magpie Lane was a fun, fast read. 👍 1y
BarbaraBB I hope you‘ll love Elena! 1y
Lesliereadsalot Loved Elena Knows and you will too! 1y
Megabooks Hi Cathy! I hope you had a great weekend! 💜 1y
Cathythoughts @LeahBergen I think it‘s very good ! 1y
Cathythoughts @BarbaraBB Thanks. I hope I get to it 🤞🏻♥️ 1y
Cathythoughts @Lesliereadsalot Thankyou 👍🏻♥️ 1y
Cathythoughts @Megabooks Thanks Meg X 1y
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Lizpixie
Magpie Lane | LUCY. ATKINS
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I‘ll be joining the #AwesomeApril #readathon this week, hoping to finally get over this awful book slump I‘ve been in since having Covid. Maybe I‘ll be able to actually finish a book😱 My goals are:
📚 Read a book!
⏱ Read for at least 24hrs
📉 Start to bring my reading tally back up again🤞

I‘m starting with the tagged book, which was a birthday gift from the always lovely @CarolynM & which is my #Doublespin book for April. Wish me luck🍀

LeahBergen And a new puppy certainly cuts into reading time, too! 2y
Lizpixie @LeahBergen she certainly does!🐶 (edited) 2y
CarolynM Enjoy! 2y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! Good luck!! 2y
Andrew65 Good luck and hope it helps. 😊👍 2y
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LeahBergen
Magpie Lane | LUCY. ATKINS
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An Oxford Master‘s 8-year-old daughter goes missing and police turn to the child‘s Scottish nanny for answers.

I‘m really enjoying this thriller so far and especially all the tidbits about “town and gown” (the realities of the city of Oxford vs those of the college).

Thanks again to @BookishTrish for this #CreepyChristmas gift!

jlhammar Oooh, sounds really good! 2y
TrishB I enjoyed this one 👍🏻 2y
Cathythoughts Sounds good ❤️ I like the cover 2y
LeahBergen @jlhammar @TrishB @Cathythoughts It‘s a fun and fast little read! 2y
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Mogoeg
Magpie Lane | LUCY. ATKINS
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Expertly written thriller/domestic drama that has a surprising amount of emotional heft. Very creepy and atmospheric as well - great for this time of year. Loved the use of Dee, the nanny, as the first person narrative voice telling the story.

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BookishTrish
Magpie Lane | LUCY. ATKINS
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I enjoyed this - a solid vacation thriller that went in a different direction thans I‘d expected.

LeahBergen I‘ve been wanting to read this one. 👍🏻 3y
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emmaturi
Magpie Lane | LUCY. ATKINS
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I really enjoyed this book, rather creepy thriller/crime story. Dee a Scottish nanny, takes a job looking after Felicity. The little girl goes missing, Dee is questioned by the police and through this, we learn all about her father Nick, stepmother Mariah and why Felicity is mute, seeing ghosts and grieving for her dead mother. Dee has her own secret past too! Great read! #books

Mitch Sounds intriguing - and it's a wonderful cover! 3y
emmaturi Yes, it does look like an interesting place to live @Mitch 3y
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emmaturi
Magpie Lane | LUCY. ATKINS
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1. Scotland
2. No hard to chose
3. Elly Griffth's series of Ruth Galloway
4. A Room With A View
5. At the moment it is Chicago Med
6.Chris Martin
7. Purple
8. Crime
9. In a daycare
10. No

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I love the Chicago shows! 3y
emmaturi Yes, also love the others. I am watching Chicago Pd season 6 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 3y
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emmaturi
Magpie Lane | LUCY. ATKINS
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They are waiting for an answer.

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

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TrishB
Magpie Lane | LUCY. ATKINS
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A book in a day! Not high art, but an entertaining enough thriller. Lot of moral questions in it.
No idea what my #weeklyforecast may be because every time I finish a book I have no idea what I want to read next at the moment.

LeahBergen I‘ve been eyeing this one! 3y
Cinfhen Yay!!! My weekly forecast is unknown too 🤷🏼‍♀️ 3y
TrishB @LeahBergen the sarcy treatment of bonkers uni life is good. I have a few moral questions about the ending when you get there! 3y
Cathythoughts Sounds a good one 👍🏻 3y
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TrishB
Magpie Lane | LUCY. ATKINS
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More worried about the ones running the country 😁
This book is actually holding my interest.

squirrelbrain 🤷‍♀️🤣 3y
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Minervasbutler
Magpie Lane | LUCY. ATKINS
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Engrossing crime mystery centring on the disappearance of a young child and the dysfunctional family of the Master of an Oxford College, narrated by Dee, the girl's nanny and the police's chief suspect. Most enjoyable.

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veritysalter
Magpie Lane | LUCY. ATKINS
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What a long month! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good, Monster, She Wrote and Eight Perfect Murders ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️European Travels, This House is Haunted, Turn the Ship Around!, Magpie Lane, The Two Lives of Lydia Bird, Unnatural Causes, The Murder of Harriet Monckton, The Family Upstairs ⭐️⭐️⭐️Parker Pyne Investigates ⭐️The Sober Diaries

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks How was Lydia!? 4y
veritysalter @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Very sad, I struggled a bit because I have a friend who recently lost her husband. If you don‘t mind a tear-jerker it‘s a really good book. Very sweet in places I rated it 4⭐️ xx 4y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @veritysalter thank you lovely ❤️ I definitely want to read it! 4y
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veritysalter
Magpie Lane | LUCY. ATKINS
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⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ A fabulous domestic thriller, set in Oxford. 8yr old Felicity has gone missing, the police turn to her nanny Dee for answers, but can the police believe everything she tells them.

Full full review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3158026819

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veritysalter
Magpie Lane | LUCY. ATKINS
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One of my reading goals this year is to get back into reviewing on #NetGalley. A huge thank you to NetGalley and #QuercusBooks for approving me for this ARC.

Crazeedi Looks rather interesting! 4y
LeahBergen This sounds good. 4y
Geenie Super 😎 😃 4y
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