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Advantages: a good summer read, easy to get it to
Disadvantages: quite predictable

...to business man Ernie Foxton. A hotshot in the publishing world with a reputation for ruthlessly firing and hiring in companies to increase their profits... whatever the cost in personal feelings. Ernie has one thing on his mind... making money and lots of it. It's what he's good at after all. Ernie had done what he could in England, married Diana then moved out to the USA to do it all again over there. Diana was happy to be a perfect wife, organising ...
...goes out and gets herself a job, with a very handsome, young, boss and after the initial shock of no longer being 'kept' she finds herself enjoying her new world. I won't reveal too much more of what happens in the book, but I will say that i enjoyed reading it and would read it again. It wasn't too heavy going and the story was easy to get into. Having not read a lot of Louise Bagshaw's work I will definately try out some of her other novels. ... Read review

Advantages: Learning historical facts about a long forgotten case
Disadvantages: Not much, just requires lots of concentration for technical issues!

I decided to read this book to help my sister who has to read it for a book club. As a previous reader of Barnes, I felt she might need the help! On reading the back of this book, I was half-expecting a dry story about a young man, George, who was convicted of a series of crimes during the late 19th, early 20th century, with the inclusion of a slightly better positioned young man, Arthur. This book is so much more than that. Quite early on I realised ...
...days, and just couldn't put it down. Barnes has a fascinating way of immersing you in people's lives that have nothing in common with your own. He makes you care, to want to find out the reason for the persecution of such an unassuming figure. His books for me have always required perserverance, but it is usually worth it in the end. The novel cleverly begins by giving us the childhoods of the two men, helping