The Crimson Rooms, (Paperback)

from BookAddictDiary

Okay, I'll admit I kind of took a chance on this one. I've never read anything by Katharine McMahon before. The only things that drew me to this book were the stellar online reviews, the beautiful cover and the semi-interesting plot summary on the back. But I had the opportunity to read this book...

from Ant.Harrison

The Crimson Rooms is a great story well told. Katherine McMahon's tale of First World War trauma and loss is set in the mid-1920s, as Britain is trying to recover from the four years of bitter conflict. Evelyn Gifford is the protagonist, one of the first female trainee solicitors. The story is to...

from BookAddictDiary

Okay, I'll admit I kind of took a chance on this one. I've never read anything by Katharine McMahon before. The only things that drew me to this book were the stellar online reviews, the beautiful cover and the semi-interesting plot summary on the back. But I had the opportunity to read this book...

from birdsam0610

Katharine McMahon's books are quite difficult to get in Australia- very few stores seem to stock them. I was introduced to this author after seeing Confinement on the shelves at Borders in Singapore, misread the blurb (I thought it was about a hospital- 'health' but it was about a school 'heath')...

from kiwifortyniner

This was a book I really enjoyed, the first of hers that I have read. The chief character is Evelyn Gifford who is one of England's first woman lawyers in the 1920s. Evelyn lives at home with her mother, aunt and grandmother, and all of them are feeling lost and distressed after the death of Evel...