#BloggerBlast ‘Queen High’ by C.J Carey

In a short break between #Spooktober posts, I am so grateful to the ever wonderful Milly Reid at Quercus Books, for inviting me to be a part of the blog blast for C.J Carey’s ‘Queen High’ which is out today !

I read and loved her previous novel, ‘Widowland’, my thoughts can be found here

Here is the synopsis…

June, 1955

The Leader has been dead for two years. His assassination, on British soil, provoked violent retribution and intensified repression of British citizens, particularly women. Now, more than ever, the Protectorate is a place of surveillance and isolation – a land of spies.

Every evening Rose Ransom looks in the mirror and marvels that she’s even alive. A mere woman, her role in the Leader’s death has been miraculously overlooked. She still works at the Culture Ministry, where her work now focuses on the outlawed subject of Poetry, a form of writing that transmits subversive meanings, emotions and signals that cannot be controlled. Therefore all Poetry is banned and Rose is appointed a Poet Hunter.

To widespread surprise, President Eisenhower is to make a state visit to the Alliance and Rose is tasked with visiting the widowed Queen Wallis to provide a background briefing. When she arrives at the palace, she finds Wallis in a state of paranoia, desperate to return to America and enjoy the liberty of her homeland. She claims she has a secret document so explosive that it will blow the Protectorate apart – but will the last Queen of England pull the trigger on the Alliance

I think lots of readers will see, and enjoy, the parallels in this fiction to real life monarchic events, I am certainly looking forward to reading my copy.

Have you read Widowland and do you have plans to pick up Queen High?

Drop me a line and let me know!

About the author…

C.J Carey is a pseudonym for author Jane Thynne who wrote ‘Widowland‘ as a response to her early widowhood from author Phillip Kerr.

Jane Thynne was born in Venezuela and educated in London. She graduated from Oxford University with a degree in English and joined the BBC as a journalist.

She has also worked at The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph and The Independent, as well as for numerous British magazines. She appears as a broadcaster on Radio 4 and Sky TV. Jane has three children and lives in London.

Links-http://www.janethynne.com/

Twitter @QuercusBooks @JaneThynne