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Shade of Violet

By: Jackie West
Narrated by: Helen Lloyd
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It is 2017, and in England, Violet Bellamy is surprised to find herself a ghost, because as a rational person, she doesn’t believe in them. After a life of timid conformity, she now wants influence.

She also wants to complicate the lives of people with a supreme sense of entitlement, empty charm, and unshakeable self-belief, like her local MP and rising star politician Maximus Biggs-Dickson. And care manager Verena Crookham, a ruthless seductress who will despatch her sweet-natured stepson, Callum, to keep their posh house for herself.

A Back to Great Britannia campaign has been thrust upon the British, to the alarm of those on the other side of the Channel. There, in Belgium specifically, beautiful journalist Adela Gentissart is writing an article: Integrity and power–impossible bedfellows? She has Minister Maximus Biggs-Dickson in her sights as an interesting subject for research. Events align, and it will take the interference of someone with nothing to lose to bring them all to a head. This fast-paced quirky mystery story takes a wry swipe at commanding characters with dangerous charisma.

©2022 Jackie West (P)2022 Jackie West Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Magical Realism Paranormal Comedy

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Various interlinked stories come together around the rather lively ghost of an older woman. There’s a good Boris Johnson parody and a sweet if utterly unbelievable story about a boy whose stepmother is keen to get rid of him but over all it was rather too flimsy for my taste.

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Great characterisation…. I got so involved with their storylines including Violet the ghost who was a fun extra. The narrator did a decent job considering all the different types of characters. Although not a gripping story it was very entertaining and I was sorry when it ended. I enjoyed this author’s style and look forward to more from her in the future.

Very entertaining listen

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