A BIRD IN WINTER BY LOUISE DOUGHTY
Paperback published by Faber and Faber 7th November 2024
ISBN 9780571322190
Bird is a woman on the run. One minute, she’s undercover in the Service the next, she’s walking out on her job, her home, her life. It’s a day she thought might come, one she’s prepared for. But nothing could prepare her for what will happen next. As Bird tries to work out who exactly is on her tail, she must also decide who if anyone she can trust. Is her greatest fear that she will be hunted down, or that she will never be found?
MY REVIEW
Ever since I read Apple Tree Yard, and loved every page, I can always truly rely on Louise Doughty a 100% for the best page-turning thriller/fiction novel. I really liked how author Louise Doughty thought of the unusual name for a woman’s name Bird. At a very young age Bird seemed to be troubled by her life as a child growing up, in what she had gone through, with her mother and father leading almost separate lives. I think the thing that upset Bird was the most awful lies her father told. There’s nothing worse than being lied to. Years later Bird is on the run, she smart, avoiding CCTV cameras, making herself unrecognisable, using a burner phone, avoiding the ticket inspector. She’s heading to Scotland, to escape. Bird can’t risk getting arrested. There’s a shock for Bird, someone knows her burner phone number. These words haunt Bird, ‘He didn’t say we, he said they’! Being on the run, it seems Bird, doesn’t stay in one place too long. I was hooked into Bird’s story following every situation, that happens to her, during her travels. My favourite place Bird stayed in was Margate, because it’s not far from where I live. This story A Bird in Winter, is honestly an absolutely most enjoyable page-turner.
About author Louise Doughty
Louise Doughty is a novelist, playwright and critic. She is the author of five novels; CRAZY PAVING, DANCE WITH ME, HONEY-DEW, FIRES IN THE DARK and STONE CRADLE, and one work of non-fiction A NOVEL IN A YEAR. She has also written five plays for radio. She has worked widely as a critic and broadcaster in the UK, where she lives, and was a judge for the 2008 Man Booker Prize for fiction https://www.instagram.com/louisedoughtyauthor https://www.Twitter.com/DoughtyLouise https://louisedoughty.com/index.php
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