London Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/tag/london/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Mon, 19 Jan 2026 23:59:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-books-on-table-2-150x150.jpg London Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/tag/london/ 32 32 38398750 The English Masterpiece https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/01/the-english-masterpiece/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/01/the-english-masterpiece/#respond Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:54:20 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19481 I don’t listen to a lot of audiobooks so it’s a delight when I take the time and it works out. The English Masterpiece is set in 1970s London and Lily is the assistant to Diana Gilden, the director of the modern art collection at the Tate Museum. This job is Lily’s chance to prove […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/01/the-english-masterpiece/feed/ 0 19481 Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/06/shrines-of-gaiety-by-kate-atkinson/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/06/shrines-of-gaiety-by-kate-atkinson/#respond Mon, 10 Jun 2024 07:26:19 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18473 I’m happy to start the week with a novel, Shrines of Gaiety, that left me thoroughly entertained. Nellie Coker is an iron-fisted matriarch running nightclubs in 1920s London and trying to groom at least some of her children to take over. After a short stint in prison, she returns home to find the vultures circling […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/06/shrines-of-gaiety-by-kate-atkinson/feed/ 0 18473 The Woman on the Ledge https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/03/the-woman-on-the-ledge/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/03/the-woman-on-the-ledge/#respond Thu, 07 Mar 2024 08:01:44 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18271 After a woman is found dead on the pavement in front of a London highrise office building, Tate Kinsella is brought in for questioning on suspicion of murder. She tells the police that she had met the as-yet unidentified woman on the building’s rooftop terrace and that the woman was going to kill herself by […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/03/the-woman-on-the-ledge/feed/ 0 18271 The Flatshare: A Novel https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/11/the-flatshare-a-novel/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/11/the-flatshare-a-novel/#comments Wed, 29 Nov 2023 08:47:08 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18032 In the same way I’m always up for a well done rom-com movie I sometimes need the same thing in my reading. The end of this year has found me unable to commit to anything with too much darkness or character study. Thankfully, a friend recommended The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary. This light story takes […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/11/the-flatshare-a-novel/feed/ 2 18032 Murder in the Family https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/11/murder-in-the-family/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/11/murder-in-the-family/#respond Fri, 10 Nov 2023 08:09:24 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18007 Somehow this ended up being a week of true crime fiction and nonfiction so I’ll carry the theme through to the end with Murder in the Family, a novel about the making of a Netflix documentary about an unsolved murder. The producer is the stepson of the murder victim, who was his wealthy mother’s second, […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/11/murder-in-the-family/feed/ 0 18007 Belgravia by Julian Fellowes https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/11/belgravia-by-julian-fellowes/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/11/belgravia-by-julian-fellowes/#comments Thu, 02 Nov 2023 07:52:00 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=17991 I decided to leave the gloom of October behind and start November with an uncomplicated, lovely novel that opens in a time that seems quiet to us, but was tumultuous for those living it. The novel is Belgravia and it begins with a very real event, the Duchess of Richmond’s ball in Brussels in 1815. […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/11/belgravia-by-julian-fellowes/feed/ 8 17991 Maame by Jessica George https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/01/maame-by-jessica-george/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/01/maame-by-jessica-george/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2023 08:40:03 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=17255 Maame is an African word for “woman” and the title of Jessica George’s debut novel, but for young Maddie it feels like a yoke on her shoulders. She lives at home as the part-time caretaker for her father. Her mother manages a hostel she inherited in Ghana and only returns to England intermittently. Her older […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/01/maame-by-jessica-george/feed/ 2 17255 The Heights: A Novel https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/03/the-heights-a-novel/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/03/the-heights-a-novel/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2022 05:45:29 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=16549 What was a peaceful extended family dynamic turns dark in Louise Candlish’s new novel, The Heights. Ellen is married to Justin, raising their daughter Freya, but she also shares custody of her teenage son, Lucas, with her ex, Vic. The arrangement is amicable for all involved. Until one tragic event shatters not just the perfect […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/03/the-heights-a-novel/feed/ 2 16549 With Love From London: A Novel https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/02/with-love-from-london-a-novel/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/02/with-love-from-london-a-novel/#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2022 05:15:35 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=16523 It’s a fact that I’m almost always going to read books about books even if they don’t always work out. Thankfully, that wasn’t a problem with the novel With Love From London. Set in London (yes!), a former librarian who loves rare books (yes, again!), inherits a book store (OK, now you’re killing me), and […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/02/with-love-from-london-a-novel/feed/ 4 16523 Utopia Avenue: A Novel by David Mitchell https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/07/utopia-avenue-a-novel-by-david-mitchell/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/07/utopia-avenue-a-novel-by-david-mitchell/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2020 04:15:15 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=14619 ‘Utopia’ means ‘no place.’ An avenue is a place. So is music. When we’re playing well, I’m here, but elsewhere, too. That’s the paradox. Utopia is unattainable. Avenues are everywhere. Derek, Elf, Jasper, and Griff each has a dream: make it big in the music industry playing music they love. So far, it hasn’t panned […]

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