Hither, Page (Page & Sommers, #1)

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A jaded spy and a shell shocked country doctor team up to solve a murder in postwar England.James Sommers returned from the war with his nerves in tatters All he wants is to retreat to the quiet village of his childhood and enjoy the boring, predictable life of a country doctor The last thing in the world he needs is a handsome stranger who seems to be mixed up with the first violent death the village has seen in years It certainly doesn t help that this stranger is the first person James has wanted to touch since before the war.The war may be over for the rest of the world, but Leo Page is still busy doing the dirty work for one of thedisreputable branches of the intelligence service When his boss orders him to cover up a murder, Leo isn t expecting to be sent to a sleepy village After a week of helping old ladies wind balls of yarn and flirting with a handsome doctor, Leo is in danger of forgetting what he really is and why he s there He s in danger of feeling things he has no business feeling A person who burns his identity after every job can t set down roots.As he starts to untangle the mess of secrets and lies that lurk behind the lace curtains of even the most peaceful seeming of villages, Leo realizes that the truths he s about to uncover will affect his future and those of the man he s growing to care about. Best Read [ Hither, Page (Page & Sommers, #1) ] author [ Cat Sebastian ] – kino-fada.fr Cat Sebastian Hmmm, I wonder what Teal would like to read starts writing Hither, Page Teal reading Hither, Page Cat Sebastian, how did you know Okay, so that s not exactly how it went But it sure felt that way Before I say , I have a heads up to offer about the blurb If, like me, you read the first sentence A jaded spy and a shell shocked country doctor team up to solve a murder in postwar England and concluded that postwar shell shocked post WWI, then, like me, you we Cat Sebastian Hmmm, I wonder what Teal would like to read starts writing Hither, Page Teal reading Hither, Page Cat Sebastian, how did you know Okay, so that s not exactly how it went But it sure felt that way Before I say , I have a heads up to offer about the blurb If, like me, you read the first sentence A jaded spy and a shell shocked country doctor team up to solve a murder in postwar England and concluded that postwar shell shocked post WWI, then, like me, you were wrong There s nothing else in the blurb that establishes the time period, so it wasn t until I was underway that I learned it s actually set in 1946 So postwar here means post WWII, and I have to admit it took me a while to reset my expectations and make that 25 year mental leap forward.O...It feels like it s been some time since I read something by Sebastian and I quite enjoyed this little reunion But I ll admit that of the plot, the characters, and the romance. I think I only liked the characters He was so accustomed to playing a role, acting a part, completing a mission, that sometimes he found it convenient to ignore that beneath the mission there was a man.The plot for HITHER, PAGE was an almost Clue like whodunnit, set in a small English town after the war, and there was sp It feels like it s been some time since I read something by Sebastian and I quite enjoyed this little reunion But I ll admit that of the plot, the characters, and the romance. I think I only liked the characters He was so accustomed to playing a role, acting a part, completing a mission, that sometimes he found it convenient to ignore that beneath the mission there was a man.The plot for HITHER, PAGE was an almost Clue like whodunnit, set in a small English town after the war, and there was spycraft and secrets afoot But I wasn t really too bothered by the who or the why I mostly just wanted to spendtime with the characters This town had a whole host of interesting personalities and, to be honest, I m not sure I disliked ...This story, set in the years after WWII, is quieter than Sebastian s Regency romances, bleaker, yet there s an undercurrent of emotion in it that hit me just right James Sommers was a doctor in the military in WWII, and after leaving the service, he s still haunted by all he saw and did He retreated to the tiny village where he spent his happiest childhood moments, to become a country doctor He battles what we would now call PTSD, emotional resonances that can hit unexpectedly and make even s This story, set in the years after WWII, is quieter than Sebastian s Regency romances, bleaker, yet there s an undercurrent of emotion in it that hit me just right James Sommers was a doctor in the military in WWII, and after leaving the service, he s still haunted by all he saw and did He retreated to the tiny village where he spent his happiest childhood moments, to become a country doctor He battles what we would now call PTSD, emotional resonances that can hit unexpectedly and make even simple things difficult He s gay, with no illusions about himself, but in this place and time that s something he s buried pretty deeply He s surviving, getting on day to day, sometimes ministering to those who came out of the war in even worse shape, like a man renting a cottage down the way But when a local housekeeper with a history of snooping in everyone s affairs is found murdered, he worries about the folk he s come to care about in the vill...I was almost finished with Cat Sebastian s Hither, Page when Friend X asked what I was currently reading Isn t that a M M romance they said when I told them Because, ugh, I do not read those It is, I said, But I understand And our conversation moved on to other topics But as we kept talking, another part of my brain piped up, Um, excuse me, Michael If Friend X had said Ugh, I do not talk to Swiss people or Ugh, I do not eat chocolate you would ve pointed out that writing off a I was almost finished with Cat Sebastian s Hither, Page when Friend X asked what I was currently reading Isn t that a M M romance they said when I told them Because, ugh, I do not read those It is, I said, But I understand And our conversation moved on to other topics But as we kept talking, another part of my brain piped up, Um, excuse me, Michael If Friend X had said Ugh, I do not talk to Swiss people or Ugh, I do not eat chocolate you would ve pointed out that writing off an entire nationality or food group and chocolate is a food group, thank you very much was a pretty limiting way to approach life I ve always been a fan of genre fiction from sci fi to mysteries to horror to, yes, M M romance though, I confess, I don t read a ton of it just because I do like so many genres So I m used to people turning up their noses when I say Stephen King has written some of the bes...Mash up of several subgenres the cozy English village murder mystery, spy stuff, historical with a pretty convincing just post WWII depressed British social scene, m m romance The latter, set historically, has the drama threatening the relationship and raising the stakes built in by the setting, relieving the need for much in the way of Stupid Misunderstandings to move the plot along, always a plus The ending felt a little crammed, as the writer contrived to arrange happy endings and apportio Mash up of several subgenres the cozy English village murder mystery, spy stuff, historical with a pretty convincing just post WWII depressed British social scene, m m romance The latter, set historically, has the drama threatening the relationship and raising the stakes built in by the setting, relieving the need for much in th...Well, the sex part of this certainly wasn t as prevalent as the mystery, but it did deliver on Sebastian s other promise, which was Agatha Christie, but make it gay Small English village, check.The mysterious murder of one of their own, check.The discovery that the small village is hiding a bunch of secrets, check.An outsider coming in to unearth those secrets, check.Lonely spy falls in love with traumatized country doctor, check.This was very sweet in terms of the romance, and pretty clever i Well, the sex part of this certainly wasn t as prevalent as the mystery, but it did deliver on Sebastian s other promise, which was Agatha Christie, but make it gay Small English village, check.The mysterious murder of one of their own, check.The discovery that the small village is hiding a bunch of secrets, check.An outsider coming in to unearth those secrets, check.Lonely spy falls in love with traumatized country doctor, check.This was very sweet in terms of the romance, and pretty clever in terms of the mystery although I think I would have liked it better had I not just read Magpie Murders, which was such a clever homage to Christie and so pleasurable, and whose mu...The one thing everyone in Wychcomb St Mary agreed on was that Mildred Hoggett was up to no good This book is an utterly delightful, Agatha Christie esque 1940s mystery set in a small English village full of gossip and secrets and absolutely wonderful characters I adored, many of whom turned all sorts of stereotypes on their heads The kind, shell shocked village doctor and an amoral visiting spy fall in love as they solve the mystery together, and their romance is really sweet and well don The one thing everyone in Wychcomb St Mary agreed on was that Mildred Hoggett was up to no good This book is an utterly delightful, Agatha Christie esque 1940s mystery set in a small English village full of gossip and secrets and absolutely wonderful characters I adored, many of whom turned all sorts of stereotypes on their heads The kind, shell shocked village doctor and an amoral visiting spy fall in love as they solve the mystery together, and their romance is really sweet and well done, but this book...The life of Wychcomb St Mary, a sleepy Cotswolds village in the early years after the end of WW2, is shaken by the suspicious death of a nosy charwoman Leonard Page, a jaded and disillusioned spy, is sent to investigate the murder and his arrival starts wreaking havoc to the life of the village s inhabitants who may be hiding secrets behind the closed doors of their living rooms and parlours.The presence of Page who represents by extension the disruption of the imaginary bubble of peace and The life of Wychcomb St Mary, a sleepy Cotswolds village in the early years after the end of WW2, is shaken by the suspicious death of a nosy charwoman Leonard Page, a jaded and disillusioned spy, is sent to investigate the murder and his arrival starts wreaking havoc to the life of the village s inhabitants who may be hiding secrets behind the closed doors of their living rooms and parlours.The presence of Page who represents by extension the disruption of the imaginary bubble of peace and tranquillity enveloping Wychcomb St Mary and the whole of peacetime Britain is particularly disruptive to James Sommers, the village doctor who s trying to readjust to civilian life despite a deeply ingrained case ... The one thing everyone in Wychcomb St Mary agreed on was that Mildred Hoggett was up to no goodAnd with that opening line of Cat Sebastian s latest book, Hither, Page , I found myself being transported to the kind of reads of my childhood the Agatha Christie s mystery books, to be exact Although of course, this one, may be even BETTER because Cat Sebastian also includes romance between a jaded war veteran doctor, James Sommers, and a spy, Leo Page, who comes to St Mary on the order of his The one thing everyone in Wychcomb St Mary agreed on was that Mildred Hoggett was up to no goodAnd with that opening line of Cat Sebastian s latest book, Hither, Page , I found myself being transported to the kind of reads of my childhood the Agatha Christie s mystery books, to be exact Although of course, this one, may be even BETTER because Cat Sebastian also includes romance between a jaded war veteran doctor, James Sommers, and a spy, Leo Page, who comes to St Mary on the order of his boss to find out what happened to the dead Mrs Hoggett.I absolutely enjoyed this book I always adore murder mystery that happens in a small village, with its secrets and busybod...A jaded spy and a shell shocked country doctor team up to solve a murder in postwar England.James Sommers returned from the war with his nerves in tatters All he wants is to retreat to the quiet village of his childhood and enjoy the boring, predictable life of a country doctor The last thing in the world he needs is a handsome stranger who seems to be mixed up with the first violent death the village has seen in years It certainly doesn t help that this stranger is the first person James has A jaded spy and a shell shocked country doctor team up to solve a murder in postwar England.James Sommers returned from the war with his nerves in tatters All he wants is to retreat to the quiet village of his childhood and enjoy the boring, predictable life of a country doctor The last thing in the world he needs is a handsome stranger who seems to be mixed up with the first violent death the village has seen in years It certainly doesn t help that this stranger is the first person James has wanted to touch since before the war.The war may be over for the rest of the world, but Leo Page is still busy doing the dirty work for one of thedisreputable branches of the intelligence service When his boss orders him to cover up a murder, Leo isn t expecting to be sent to a sleepy village After a week of helping old ladies wind balls of yarn and flirting with a handsome doctor, Leo is in danger of forgetting what he really is and why he s there He s in danger of fee...I ve given this a B at AAR, so that s 4.5 starsCat Sebastian has become known for her queer historical romances set in the nineteenth century, so Hither, Page is a bit of a departure in that it is set in Post WW2 England The sleepy Cotswold village of Wychcomb St Mary is the sort of place where everyone knows everyone else, is in each other s business, and gossip abounds, but also where people pull together and look out for one another in times of trouble Hither, Page is billed as the first I ve given this a B at AAR, so that s 4.5 starsCat Sebastian has become known for her queer historical romances set in the nineteenth century, so Hither, Page is a bit of a departure in that it is set in Post WW2 England The sleepy Cotswold village of Wychcomb St Mary is the sort of place where everyone knows everyone else, is in each other s business, and gossip abounds, but also where people pull together and look out for one another in times of trouble Hither, Page is billed as the first in the Page Sommers series, and is a cosy mystery wherein a country doctor traumatised by war and a world weary, rootless spy...This was a lovely historical read just needed a littlepassion for me I sense this is just the beginning for these two and perhaps some spice will be added in the next one4.5 starsI can t write a review right now, but I think author Kaje Harper wrote the best one and one with which I heartily agree Atmospheric with a strong sense of time and place Deftly drawn characters Lovely prose A few editorial faux pas, for which I deducted a half star P...If D.E Stevenson and Agatha Christie collaborated to make a cozy village murder mystery with a light romance, this would be close to that The romantic component, of course, for those two authors would be M F and this one is M M, but that s a minor point for me Love is love, attraction is attraction, whatever one s orientation All I ask for in a relationship is that it be caring and respectful.This appears to be the first in an intended series, since HITHER PAGE is Page and Sommers, Book 1 S If D.E Stevenson and Agatha Christie collaborated to make a cozy village murder mystery with a light romance, this would be close to that The romantic component, of course, for those two authors would be M F and this one is M M, but that s a minor point for me Love is love, attraction is attraction, whatever one s orientation All I ask for in a relationship is that it be caring and respectful.This appears to be the first in an intended series, since HITHER PAGE is Page and Sommers, Book 1 So who are Page and Sommers Page is ...

Hither, Page (Page & Sommers, #1)
  • English
  • 23 September 2018
  • ebook
  • 200 pages
  • Cat Sebastian
  • Hither, Page (Page & Sommers, #1)