The Retirement Plan by Sue Hincenbergs

Dark humour, dirty deeds, marriages and murder … the most entertaining crime debut!

Their husbands are driving them mad, and murder is on their minds … but the men have a plan of their own.

Pam, Nancy and Shalisa once imagined retirement would mean setting aside their worries, picking up their margaritas, and lying back in a hot tub. Right up until their husbands lost their life savings in a reckless investment.

Now, the men are on the wives’ last nerves, and collecting their life insurance sounds more appealing than growing old together. But enlisting the help of the local barber/hitman isn’t merely the most daring thing the friends have ever done - it’s also where the trouble really begins.

Because they don’t realise their husbands have some tricks up their sleeves. And there’s no turning back now …

From the first laugh to the final twist, The Retirement Plan is full of characters who will steal your heart while plotting their dark deeds.

Paperback, 336 pages

Published April 29, 2025

 by Sphere

4/5 stars

Retirement is supposed to be the reward after a lifetime of hard work, but for the women in this story, having their husbands home all day is more of a punishment. Sue Hincenbergs’s debut novel takes a  frustration and pushes it to a darkly funny extreme.

It didn't start that way, but when these 3 women see the new life another friend got with the life insurance they start to get ideas.  Before long, getting rid of their husbands starts to look a lot more tempting than putting up with them for another twenty years. What they don’t know is that the men have been quietly hatching a scheme of their own. As both plans unfold side by side nothing goes quite the way anyone expected.

This was a twisty story,  I enjoyed watching the two plans tangle together (or was there 3). Just when I thought I knew where things were headed, Hincenbergs threw more twists. There’s plenty of humour, to boot, especially for anyone who has spent a little too much time under the same roof as a newly retired spouse.

The Retirement Plan was an entertaining debut, I’ll be curious to see what Hincenbergs comes up with next.

This book was part of Reading Off My Shelf Challenge #34

A ​Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

Nesta Archeron has always been prickly-proud, swift to anger, and slow to forgive. And ever since being forced into the Cauldron and becoming High Fae against her will, she's struggled to find a place for herself within the strange, deadly world she inhabits. Worse, she can't seem to move past the horrors of the war with Hybern and all she lost in it.

The one person who ignites her temper more than any other is Cassian, the battle-scarred warrior whose position in Rhysand and Feyre's Night Court keeps him constantly in Nesta's orbit. But her temper isn't the only thing Cassian ignites. The fire between them is undeniable, and only burns hotter as they are forced into close quarters with each other.

Meanwhile, the treacherous human queens who returned to the Continent during the last war have forged a dangerous new alliance, threatening the fragile peace that has settled over the realms. And the key to halting them might very well rely on Cassian and Nesta facing their haunting pasts.

Against the sweeping backdrop of a world seared by war and plagued with uncertainty, Nesta and Cassian battle monsters from within and without as they search for acceptance—and healing—in each other's arms.

Kindle Edition, 768 pages

Published February 16, 2021

 by Bloomsbury Publishing

4.5/5 stars

This was my first time reading A Court of Silver Flames, after the quiet little interlude of A Court of Frost and Starlight, it was time for Nesta to finally get her own story.

Nesta has never been an easy character to like, at the start of this book she’s in a dark place after everything the war took from her. Sent off to the House of Wind to train with Cassian, she’s forced to face both her past and herself, along the way she finds unexpected friendships and a strength she didn’t know she had.

It’s a long book and there were a few dry patches where I found my attention drifting. Fair warning, the spice level is right up there, which is pretty much par for the course with Maas. The world building is still growing. Just when I thought I knew Prythian, she adds another layer. I'm glad that I read this just before book 6 was released.  Everything is still fresh in my mind.

A Court of Silver Flames is not just a story of Nesta's journey, its a story of friendship, of family and getting that second chance but boy what a journey that is. This might be my new favorite of the series, it showcases determination, true grit and getting back up again and again and again.  Also opens the door for what is to come.

   

This book was part of my 2026 Reading Off My Shelf Challenge. #45

Bird's Eye View by Elinor Florence

In this work of historical fiction, a prairie girl eager to escape her family farm joins the war effort as an aerial photo interpreter and locates vital bomb targets while she grapples with her exhausting duties and a disastrous love affair. 

Winning the war was everything…even if it meant losing herself.

Rose Jolliffe is an idealistic young woman living on her Saskatchewan family farm when the Second World War breaks out. Fired with patriotism and eager to escape her rural background, she joins the air force and works with Allied Intelligence in England as an aerial photographic interpreter. With her intimate knowledge of the natural landscape, Rose reveals an uncanny ability to spy on the enemy from the sky, identifying critical bomb targets.

But as the war drags on, Rose becomes disillusioned by the actions of her commanding officer, and despairs over the ongoing destruction witnessed each day through her magnifying glass. When caught in a London bombing raid, her world finally falls apart.

This meticulously researched novel, an instant bestseller, was the first ever to focus on a Canadian woman in uniform. Through the character of Rose Jolliffe, Elinor Florence honoured the wartime contributions of women, and charted Canada’s paralleled path to maturity and emergence from Britain’s long shadow.

Paperback, 416 pages

Expected publication November 10, 2026

 by Simon & Schuster Canada

4/5 stars

This is my third time reading Elinor Florence.  I’ve enjoyed both of her previous books, so was happy to get my hands on this her debut. First published in 2014, it’s being re-released tomorrow. Florence writes Canadian historical fiction, which is a big draw for me. 

Rose Jolliffe has grown up on a farm in Saskatchewan. When World War 2 begins, she is eager to do her part. She’s so determined that she pays her own way to England to join the war effort. It's then she becomes an aerial photo interpreter - studying images of enemy territory to find targets for Allied bombers. It’s important, exhausting work and it doesn’t take long for Rose to learn the true price of war.

This story showed a side of the war that was new to me. I knew a little about some of the roles  women undertook but nothing in this field of photo interpretation, nor how valuable their skills were. Florence brings that world to life. It was both entertaining and educational, the kind of historical fiction that left me wanting to know more.

 Bird’s Eye View is the story of a young woman doing her part in the war effort. It’s about heartache, family and finding the courage to see things through. 

If you enjoy wartime fiction with a Canadian heart, this one is well worth picking up.

Thank you to Simon & Schuster for a print copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Emma M. Lion Vol 1 by Beth Brower

“I’ve arrived in London without incident. There are few triumphs in my recent life, but I count this as one. My existence of the last three years has been nothing but incident.”

The Year is 1883 and Emma M. Lion has returned to her London neighbourhood of St. Crispian’s. But Emma’s plans for a charmed and studious life are sabotaged by her eccentric Cousin Archibald, her formidable Aunt Eugenia, and the slightly odd denizens of St. Crispian’s. Emma M. Lion offers up her Unselected Journals, however self-incriminating they may be. Armed with wit and a sideways amusement, Emma documents the curious realities of her life at Lapis Lazuli House.

Readers have compared The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion to Jane Austen, P. G. Wodehouse, L. M. Montgomery, and Jean Webster.

Audiobook, 3 hours 15 minutes

Published August 14, 2025

by Echo Point Books & Media, LLC

3.5/5 stars

This series has been making the rounds on social media for a while now. When I had a road trip coming up, I borrowed the audiobook through Hoopla and decided it was finally time to see what all the fuss was about. It turned out to be the perfect travel companion.

It’s 1883, when this story begins, and total through Emma’s own journal entries, as she returns to the London home she has been away from for three years. Told in her voice, with all her wit, worries and opinions on the people around her. It felt a bit like reading over the shoulder of a clever, slightly prickly friend.

It was a little slow to get into at first, but it didn’t take long before I was enjoying walking alongside Emma on her journey. Her sharp observations and dry humour won me over and the narration brought her personality to life.

At just over three hours, it’s a quick listen, and I can see why so many readers have been hooked. Volume 2 is already downloaded and ready to go.

My copy of audiobook obtained through my local public library via Hoopla.

The Tower is Full of Ghosts Today by Alison Weir

Jo, historian and long-term admirer of Anne Boleyn, takes a group on a guided tour of the Tower of London, to walk in the shoes of her Tudor heroine. But as she becomes enthralled by the historical accuracy of her tour guide and the dramatic setting that she has come to love, something spectral is lurking in the shadows . . .

Contains first chapters of  Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen and Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession, as well as the upcoming Six Tudor Queens novel about Henry VIII's third wife, Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen.

SIX TUDOR QUEENS. SIX NOVELS. SIX YEARS.

Kindle Edition, 69 pages

Published October 31, 2017

 by Review

3.5/5 stars

I've been visiting the short stories/novella's from Alison Weir's series on the Six Tudor Queens.  This one is book 2.5.

This one is a bit of a surprise, since it leaves the 1500's behind and takes place in the present day.

A historian is leading a group of tourists through the Tower of London, following in Anne Boleyn’s footsteps through her final days. As she shows them around, she separates the facts about Anne’s life and death from the myths that have grown up around her. And since it’s the Tower, there’s an eerie sense that the past isn’t quite finished with the place.

I enjoyed the change of setting. It felt a little like getting a private tour myself.  Another place to visit on my bucket list.

It’s a short read, more of a tour than a full story and another one I would have loved to be longer.  But it’s a fun companion piece for Tudor fans.

My kindle copy obtained via Amazon UK.

The Witch by Freida McFadden

Some secrets don't die―they wait.

When Julia Barlow loses her job and her apartment, she has nowhere left to go but Pemberton, her family's sprawling seventeenth-century estate in rural Massachusetts. Officially, she's there to check in on her aging grandmother. Unofficially, she's hoping the old house will give her a place to disappear.

Instead, Pemberton begins to unravel her.

Every night, the grandfather clock stops at exactly 3:41 a.m. The lights flicker without warning. And a disembodied voice cries for help outside Julia's bedroom door.

As Julia digs into the house's dark history, she uncovers the story of a woman executed for witchcraft in 1692―and realizes the past may not be finished with Pemberton yet. When decades of family lies begin to surface, Julia must confront a terrifying truth: Pemberton may be haunted by women whose voices refuse to stay silent.

 The Witch, a chilling, twist-filled thriller about secrets―those we inherit, those we bury, and those people will burn to keep silent.

Audiobook, 9 hours, 30 minutes

Published October 6, 2026

 by Dreamscape Media

3.5/5 stars

My first Freida McFadden book was The Housemaid, I’ll admit it wasn’t my favourite. But lately I’ve been enjoying her books on audio, when this her newest came out, I borrowed the audiobook through Libby and gave it a listen.

The story moves between two timelines. In the present day, Julia Barlow’s life has fallen apart. With no job and no apartment, she leaves Manhattan behind for Pemberton, her grandmother’s grand old estate. Which has been in the family for generations. But the house holds more than old furniture and family memories. Woven through Julia’s chapters is a story from centuries earlier, during the days of the witch trials. When being accused could be enough to seal a woman’s fate.

For once, I enjoyed both timelines equally, which is a change for me. Usually I find myself favouring one and rushing through the other to get back to it. Here, both stories had their own secrets and twists to keep me listening. The present-day chapters brought the spookiness, while the past timeline, despite the witch trials, wasn’t all that spooky. Instead, it was gripping in a different way.  As the stories came together it revealed secrets and mayhem.

The Witch is a story of secrets, family and courage to take the next step.  It’s a good pick for this time of year, with just the right amount of spooky atmosphere.

This copy of audio obtained via Libby.

Gone Before Goodbye by Harlan Coben & Reese Witherspoon

Maggie McCabe is teetering on the brink. A highly skilled and renowned Army combat surgeon, she has always lived life at the edge, where she could make the most impact. And it was all going to plan ... until it wasn’t.

Upside down after a devastating series of tragedies leads to her medical license being revoked, Maggie has lost her purpose, but not her nerve or her passion. At her lowest point, she is thrown a lifeline by a former colleague, an elite plastic surgeon whose anonymous clientele demand the best care money can buy, as well as absolute discretion.

Halfway across the globe, sequestered in the lap of luxury and cutting-edge technology, one of the world’s most mysterious men requires unconventional medical assistance. Desperate, and one of the few surgeons in the world skilled enough to take this job, Maggie enters his realm of unspeakable opulence and fulfills her end of the agreement. But when the patient suddenly disappears while still under her care, Maggie must become a fugitive herself—or she will be the next one who is ... Gone Before Goodbye

Hardcover, 340 pages

Published October 14, 2025

 by Grand Central Publishing

3.25/5 stars

Harlan Coben is one of my favourite thriller writers, so I was curious to see what would happen when he teamed up with Reese Witherspoon for her first adult novel. Celebrity collaborations can go either way, so I went in with an open mind.

Maggie McCabe used to save lives on the battlefield, but these days her own life is in pieces. She’s lost her husband, her medical licence and just about everything else that mattered to her. So when she’s offered a large sum of money to quietly provide medical care for the very wealthy, it’s hard to say no. Of course, this is a Coben book, so that job turns out to be far more dangerous than it first appears.

I’ll be honest: I almost didn’t make it past the opening. The prologue and first chapter didn’t grab me, I came close to setting it aside. I’m glad I didn’t, because once the story got going, it became much more interesting. It was fast paced and twisty with lots going on. Unfortunately, the ending lost me again. There was so much happening, with so many threads coming together at once, that it got too busy and, at times, downright confusing.

This isn't one of my favourite Coben’s books, but still entertaining.

This book was part of my 2026 Reading Off My Shelf Challenge - #46

Ember Island by Kimberley Freeman

In a compelling, complex story from the bestselling author of Wildflower Hill and Lighthouse Bay, two women separated by a century discover long-buried secrets in an Australian manor house.

In 1876, Tilly, a recently married young English woman, is reeling with shock and guilt after her tempestuous marriage ends in horrific circumstances on the remote Channel Islands. Determined to get as far from England as she can, she takes on a new identity and a job on Ember Island in Moreton Bay, Australia, where she becomes the governess to a prison superintendent’s young daughter, Nell. Tilly fights her attraction to the superintendent, Sterling Holt, and befriends one the few female inmates, Hettie Thorpe, and a dangerous relationship develops. She doesn’t know that Nell is watching her every move and writing it all down, hiding tiny journals all over Starwater, her rambling manor home.

More than 100 years later, bestselling novelist Nina Jones is struggling with writer’s block and her disappointing personal life. Her poet boyfriend has recently broken up with her, and a reporter who is digging into her past insists on speaking to Nina about her great-grandmother, Nell. There are some secrets Nina may no longer be able to hide. Retreating to Starwater, she discovers Nell’s diary pages hidden in the old walls and becomes determined to solve the mystery. Though Tilly and Nina are separated by many years, Starwater House will change both their lives.

Deeply affecting and beautifully written, Ember Island is a sweeping novel of secrets, second chances, and learning to trust your heart.

Kindle Edition, 449 pages, 

Published April 15, 2014

 by Gallery Books

3.5/5 stars

Kimberley Freeman is an author I always enjoy and part of the draw for me is her Australian settings - yes it's on my bucket list.

Ember Island is a story that moves between two timelines. In the 1890's, Tilly is running from something she left behind in England and travels halfway around the world to Australia. Hoping for a fresh start and that her past won’t catch up with her. She ends up on Ember Island, an island off the coast of Queensland and is home to a prison. Here she becomes a tutor and caregiver to the warden’s young daughter. 

In the present day, Nina Jones is a successful author with a serious case of writer’s block. Hoping a change of scenery will help, she retreats to Starwater, the family home on Ember Island that has been passed down through the generations. While she’s there, she comes across pages from her grandmother’s diary and slowly the island’s past begins to come together.

I much preferred the past timeline. A prison on an island is a fascinating setting and Tilly’s chapters were full of the history I love in a dual-timeline novel. Nina’s present-day story was fine, but honestly nothing to write home about,  I always found myself eager to get back to Tilly.

Ember Island is a story about family, secrets and the courage to start over. Which is what Kimberley Freeman's books are usually about, but each is different and an always an entertaining read.

My copy obtained via kindle and audible - yes a hybrid read.

Unruly: A History of England's Kings and Queens by David Mitchell

Think you know the kings and queens of England? Think again.

In UNRULY, David Mitchell explores how England's monarchs, while acting as feared rulers firmly guiding their subjects' destinies, were in reality a bunch of lucky sods who were mostly as silly and weird in real life as they appear today in their portraits.

Taking us right back to King Arthur (spoiler: he didn't exist), David tells the founding story of post-Roman England right up to the reign of Elizabeth I (spoiler: she dies). It's a tale of narcissists, inadequate self-control, excessive beheadings, middle-management insurrection, uncivil wars, and at least one total Cnut, as the population evolved from having their crops nicked by the thug with the largest armed gang to bowing and paying taxes to a divinely anointed king.

How this happened, who it happened to and why it matters in modern Britain are all questions David answers with brilliance, wit and the full erudition of a man who once studied history - and won't let it off the hook for the mess it's made.

A funny book about a serious subject, UNRULY is for anyone who has ever wondered how we got here - and who is to blame.

Audiobook, 11 hours, 39 minutes

Read by David Mitchell.

Published September 28, 2023

 by Penguin Audio

3.5/5 stars

I’ll admit I didn’t know who David Mitchell was when I picked this one up. It turns out he’s a well-known British comedian. That explains a lot, because what I expected to be a straightforward history lesson turned out to be a whole lot funnier (and stranger) than I bargained for.

Unruly takes a romp (his words, not mine) through the kings and queens of England, from the early days of the monarchy right up to Elizabeth I. As someone who loves history, and hopes one day to read through the line-up, that had me interested. What I wasn’t expecting was the comedy. Mitchell loves poking fun at the monarchs’ odd names, their bodily functions and some rather bizarre ways they met their end.

I listened to the audio book with Mitchell giving a dry, wry delivery. There was no need to ramp up the speed, he did that himself. At first the humour was a pleasant surprise, but after a while I found it got in the way. With so many jokes and so much satire, I often found myself distracted from the actual history, and I came away remembering the punchlines and other bizarre facts along the way.

If you enjoy English history and love a heavy dose of humour with your facts, this could be a fun listen. If you’re mainly after the history itself, you may find the jokes get in the way. All in all an entertaining listen though.

My audio book obtained through my KOBO subscription.

Losing Margaret: A Romance Scam Becomes A Family Nightmare by Katharine Tober

She was looking for love. They were looking for money.

After losing her beloved husband, Margaret turns to the internet for companionship, and falls into a devastating romance scam.

For two years, strangers manipulate her trust and loneliness, taking hundreds of thousands of dollars while her three nieces desperately fight to save the woman they love.

Based on true events, Losing Margaret is a heartbreaking story of deception, family, and the lengths we’ll go to protect someone who can no longer protect herself.

One woman. Hundreds of thousands lost. Three nieces who refuse to give up.

Kindle Edition, 112 pages

Published October 7, 2025

4.5/5 stars

I borrowed this one from my church library.  Because this is based on a true story and is based not far from where I live, it hit especially close to home. Making it all the more real and all the harder to put down.

Margaret is widowed and lonely after losing her husband Ray and in that grief she falls prey to overseas predators who know exactly how to take advantage of someone vulnerable and alone. As the scam takes hold, it doesn’t just cost Margaret. It pulls her whole family into a nightmare as they try to reach her and undo the damage. And trying to stop further damage is a lot harder then one would think.

This was an emotional read. My heart broke for Margaret, it was hard to watch someone so vulnerable be manipulated by people who saw her loneliness as an opportunity. Tober doesn’t treat her as foolish, just human, and that makes it all the more heartbreaking. It’s also a powerful reminder of how real these scams are and how easily they can happen to someone we love.

It’s the kind of story that has stayed with me and a good nudge to check in on the people in our lives who might be lonely.

This is also available from Amazon as ebook through Kindle+

Battle of the Round House by Tananarive Due

This short story from the author of The Reformatory reimagines the Wild West through the eyes of a young Black girl with a gift.

1871: Ten-year-old Lucy Freeman and her family flee threats in Kentucky for a new life in the post–Civil War frontier. Their refuge is Zipporah Ranch, a hidden settlement founded by Black women and children that thrives, if the folktales are true, on magic. But a mob of bounty hunters is bringing hell to paradise, and it’s Lucy’s own secret magical ability that may be the only defense.

Tananarive Due’s Battle of the Round House is part of the Magic & Mystery collection, puzzle-box mysteries from top fantasy authors. They can be read or listened to in one enchanting sitting.

Kindle Edition, 65 pages

Published July 28, 2026

 by Amazon Original Stories

3/5 stars

I’ve been working my way through the Magic & Mystery collection of Amazon Original Stories,  this one was my first time reading Tananarive Due. 

Lucy Freeman is just ten years old when her family is forced to start over out west, a few years after the Civil War. The place they set out for is Zipporah Ranch, a secret haven where Black women and children have carved out a life of their own and where there may be more than hard work keeping them safe. 

I liked seeing the frontier from a young girl’s point of view, a ranch built and run by women was a setting I hadn’t come across before. The author mixes history and magic in a way that felt natural to this story. When men with guns and bounties come looking for trouble, it’s Lucy, of all people, who may be able to stand in their way. 

An entertaining read and like the others in this collection, it’s short enough to read in an afternoon.

My thanks to Amazon Prime for a copy of this ebook.

Shine by Jodi Picoult

Jodi Picoult tackles issues of race and privilege in this ebook original short story, a prequel to her upcoming novel Small Great Things. 

Today is Ruth’s first day of third grade at Dalton. The prestigious institution on New York’s Upper East Side couldn’t be more different from her old school in Harlem. Despite being the smartest girl in her grade, Ruth suspects that her classmates and teachers only see her dark skin. She also notices that Christina, the daughter of her mother’s employer, treats Ruth very differently when they’re hanging out with the popular girls rather than playing together. Ruth must navigate between two worlds, never losing sight of the dreams she has for herself—in hopes that someday, someone will see her for who she really is.

Includes a preview of Jodi Picoult’s highly anticipated new novel, Small Great Things!

Kindle Edition, 42 pages

Published September 13, 2016 

by Ballantine Books

4/5 stars

Jodi Picoult's Small Great Things is a book that has been on my TBR shelf for ages.  When I found out there was a short story prequel, I grabbed that from Audible. It's about an hour long.

Shine introduced me to Ruth Brooks as a young girl. She’s just started third grade at a new school and it couldn’t feel more different from the one she left behind in Harlem. Ruth is bright and capable, but she quickly realizes that the way people see her has less to do with her talent than with the colour of her skin. Even her friendship with Christina, the daughter of the woman her mother works for, starts to act different depending on who else is around.

What Picoult does well, as usual, is show moments through a child’s eyes. Ruth notices things, small slights, shifting loyalties, assumptions made about her and tries to make sense of them the way any child would. 

Being a short story, it does end rather quickly, just as I was getting invested. That’s both its strength and its weakness: it left me wanting more, which I suspect is exactly the point.  Moving Small Great Things up on my TBR mountain.

 My copy obtained through Audible.

Not a Word by Linwood Barclay

In the latest chilling thriller from Linwood Barclay, a man’s world is upended after he stumbles upon a grisly crime scene in the family home.

Every family has secrets, but when Reece visits his parents’ house, he’s shocked to find them in bed, dead. At first glance it looks like a murder-suicide perpetrated by his father, but on closer inspection there’s clearly more to the story. For starters, inconsistencies in the crime scene suggest his dad may not have shot himself.

As Reece, shaken by his horrifying discovery, awaits questioning from the police, his phone lights up with a call. It’s the last person he ever would have expected to hear from.

Reeling from the day’s events, Reece finds himself questioning everything he thought he knew about his parents—and whether he and his own family are in danger now. While the authorities work to untangle the baffling crime scene, Reece is pulled into a web of secrets linked to the unscrupulous pharma company his father worked for years ago.

In order to protect the people he loves most, he’ll have to dig deep into his own past to understand who his parents were, what they did, and who they hurt—before he ends up paying for their sins.

Kobo Edition, 318 pages

Published August 25, 2026

 by William Morrow

3.25/5 stars

Linwood Barclay is one of my go-to authors. My past reads with him have been enjoyable, twisty and full of suspense. It only stands to reason that I was looking forward to this his latest.

Reece Chartwell walked into his parents’ house and finds a scene that shatters everything he thought he knew about his family. As he tries to make sense of what happened, the story slips back in time that showed me his parents’ marriage, which it turns out the couple he grew up with had far more going on than he ever imagined.

Unfortunately, this one just didn’t click for me the way his other books have. Something was missing. I don’t need to like the characters in a thriller. Sometimes the ones I can’t stand are the most fun to read about. But I do need to feel something for them, one way or the other, and here I never did. Without that connection it was hard to care quite as much about what happened to them and that took some of the punch out of the twists. 

It’s still a Barclay book, with the secrets, twists and surprises his fans expect, other readers may connect with it more than I did. For me, though, it wasn’t one of his best.

My copy obtained through local library via CloudLibrary.