Booklog 59/2020: Jodi Taylor: And the Rest is History – Audio – St Mary's #8

[jacey]

I adore Jodi Taylor’s Chronicles of St Mary. This is the eighth and she’s not running out of places to take the story. Still quirky, this is darker than the rest because Clive Ronan is back and he’s even more determined to inflict pain and suffering on Max, her family and all the staff at St Mary’s. There’s some gut-wrenching stuff in this as well as Jodi Taylor’s usual wit. It’s a laugh-and-cry rollercoaster and not everyone makes it to the last page. The history side of it is, as usual, fascinating, from the Egyptian desert to the Battle of Stamford Bridge.

Audiobook 22/8/2020

Max's old enemy, Ronan, has a proposition for her, but the Time Police march in and spoil a potential truce. From then on Ronan, always a menace, becomes an even more implacable enemy. This is one of St Mary's darker episodes, and not all of our beloved regular characters will make it to the last page. I'm really enjoying revisiting all the St Mary's stories via audio.