My neighbour is in her 80s, she has most of her shopping delivered and I buy her any extra bits she needs. I'll call her Eileen.
Eileen is lovely, lively, great company and despite our age gap I count her among my friends.
However, until lockdown she was volunteering for the local mobile library service. Eileen loves books and is very well read. When lockdown started the local council said that people over 65 could no
longer volunteer for the library service as the risk is too great. In her own words 'I've been made redundant at the age of 83' she was smiling about it.
We were chatting this evening obviously always maintaining social distance, I asked what else I could do to help her to get through lockdown. She says she misses the access to library books hugely. I've been tasked with suggesting new titles and I need some help.
• Eileen loves crime stories.
• No excessive gore but nothing too staid either.
• Eileen used to like Patricia Highsmith, Minette Walters, Jacqueline Winspear but would like something modern, which is why she's asking for my help.
• In general she doesn't want to read a whole detective series and she's fed up with domestic violence she used to volunteer for a women's aid type charity so she's seen too much IRL
• Loves psychological thrillers and unexpected plot twists.
I've said I will write her a list, I've already got:
The Silent Patient
A Dorothy Koomson
An Elly Griffiths
A Jo Spain
One of the Joy Ellis Jackman and Evans books.
More will come to me I'm sure.
Does anyone have more suggestions?
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ThatShallot · 19/05/2020 01:08
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