Leopard At The Door Novel

Praise for leopard at the door a dramatic historical period piece with a harrowing well paced plot.

Leopard at the door novel.

I live in london with my husband and our three young children. My second novel leopard at the door will be published by penguin in 2017. The information about leopard at the door shown above was first featured in the bookbrowse review bookbrowse s online magazine that keeps our members abreast of notable and high profile books publishing in the coming weeks. The fever tree was a richard judy bookclub pick.

The mau mau were starting to be a threat in kenya and this impacted on our lives in rhodesia to the extent that my father decided that we must go home to england. Best book club guide. If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel. In her second novel leopard at the door british author jennifer mcveigh has cemented her strong penchant for naturalism mcveigh s debut novel the fever tree harbored strong resemblance to w.

The scene in which stella adopts her white persona is a tour de force of doubling and confusion. Somerset maugham s the painted veil her protagonist was very similar to somerset s focal character kitty garstin whose initial vanity superficiality and willful naivete aligns with the fever. Later i visited kenya and the book brings back the amazing kenyan skies. All this is expertly paced unfurling before the book is half finished.

A reader can guess what is coming. Leopard at the door. Mcveigh excels ratcheting tension in the plot and she has a keen eye for the minutiae of everday life in kenya the novel is perfect for cold winter days.