Blitz: 3 (Rook Files)

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At least it eventually got some action going, but I wouldn't have read further in the series had this been the first book. They take in conflicts ranging from the First and Second World Wars through to Northern Ireland and Afghanistan. If you're looking for help with a personal book recommendation, consult our Weekly Recommendation Thread, Suggested Reading page, or ask in r/suggestmeabook. Today, it is almost impossible to imagine aircraft roaming freely over British cities, disgorging bombs onto the streets below.

Part eight in a 12-part oeuvre of the English upper class, as seen through the eyes of Nicholas Jenkins. I ended up skimming some of Lyn’s scenes toward the end because I could tell it was a lot of filler. From the author of ‘Wartime’ and ‘The Thirties’comes an outstanding history of the most prolonged and devastating attack ever endured by Britain's civilian population – the Blitz. First of all it was in a style I HATE- were one chapter is in the past and the other in the present.One night, Pamela flies off and downs a German bomber, violating one of the Checquy's oldest rules: don't get involved in non-supernatural events. It portrays all the participants in a terrifying drama, both in the air and on the ground, in Britain and in Germany.

Add to that a barely-there appearance from Myfanwy, a barely-there appearance from Odette and only a mention of Felicity, nothing at all from the Croatoan and nothing of import from the Grafters, and no progress to the cliff-hanger in Stiletto about Gestalt having some new bodies, and it really starts to disappoint. With a relaxed style and array of fun characters, including an agent who makes people who look at him see their mother and a baby goat that turns into a little boy, O'Malley's latest will appeal to his many followers.

Just when I thought I couldn't stand more WW2 novels, O'Malley places his third Checquy files novel partly during the Blitz in London, with a parallel storyline in the present, following directly after "Stiletto". Lasting eight months, the Blitz was a new and terrible form of warfare that had been predicted throughout the 1930s, widely feared since Neville Chamberlain's declaration that Britain was at war. Their task will take them from the tunnels of the Underground to the halls of power, where they will discover the secrets that a secret organization must keep even from itself. Follow up to the popular companion volume on Plymouth Before the War, the focus here is on the Post Blitz reconstruction of Plymouth City Centre and the emergence of the new estates like Ernesettle, Ham, Whitleigh, Honicknowle and Efford. This is a splendid book that does much to illuminate a somewhat neglected part of British military history.