
I’m new to Liz Fenwick’s work, but based on my recent devouring of The Last Christmas, I’ve been missing out on some incredible storytelling.

But while Cole is the central character, this “novel in stories” is really about the women he encounters. Each is distinctly herself. There is no particular type, no interchangeable parade of romantic interests. Hale gives these women agency, personality, and histories of their own, while allowing us to experience Cole’s story through their eyes.

About the book, Rocket Girl Pages: 330 Publisher: Polyester Press Publication Date: 23 February 2027 Categories: Historical Mystery/Thriller A plucky, recently widowed mathematician takes a job with a new NASA-funded research center, but when a fellow employee turns up dead, things add up to murder… Dallas, 1961. There’s a new president in the White House, […]

About the book The Crooked Medium’s Guide to Terror: Publication date : September 14, 2026 Language : English File size : 1.2 MB Scroll for Giveaway True terror is a murderer you can’t stop. London 1882. A carpenter is killed by a train – an eerie, brutal crime. […]

This is historical fiction, romance, family drama, and a novel about art, memory, culture, and identity, but none of those pieces feels as though it has wandered in from a different book.
That sounds a lot like the migraines I used to get. Something weird, but it worked for me: if you can stand sound, try putting on some quiet instrumental music. Most can’t bear sound with migraines though, so dunno if that’ll be at all helpful.
Oh that sounds horrible…get well soon.
Michele says hello.