She's Leaving Home

This was quite a bit better than I thought it might be. However if you weren't alive in the Sixties then you might not find it as good. I enjoyed Breen as a character. The story was ok as was the pace. I guess the best bit for me was the feel of the era - I can't really fault that at all. It capture......more

SHE’S LEAVING HOME is the first novel in the four-book Breen and Tozer series. Unfortunately, I read this series out of order, starting with #3, followed by #2, then #4. So I read the first one last. SHE’S LEAVING HOME introduces us to the main protagonist, DS Cathal “Paddy” Breen, and his assistant,......more

First, this bit of Beatles trivia. When the Fab Four recorded “She’s Leaving Home,” it was the first time a female musician was used on any Beatles track. Her name was Sheila Bromberg and she played the harp. So there. The book, "She’s Leaving Home," will take you back to the Beatles era of London but......more

Prepare to be transported back to the heyday of the swinging Sixties in this thoroughly enjoyable debut by William Shaw. Drawing on the sights and sounds of this iconic era, with a musical soundtrack resonating with references to the age of Beatlemania and the hugely influential Abbey Road studios,......more

The year 1968 seems surely the most tumultuous & memorable in my adult lifetime & I had the good fortune to spend some of it in England. So I probably can comment fairly on how well A Kiss from Dead Lips recreated the period. (The American edition is called She’s Leaving Home.) The loutish behaviour......more