‘The Silent Quarry’ Reading Wales for #Dewithon24

Grandma’s favourite teatowel © image Gretchen Bernet-Ward 2024

This month you can read and review any Welsh authors you like for Dewithon! As you can see from my grandmother’s faded favourite teatowel there has been a bit of Welsh influence in our family. Some of these songs have made me very emotional over the years. And many readers will remember singing favourites in their school choir.

I have been recommended Gareth Williams book ‘Valleys of Song: Music and Society in Wales, 1840-1914′ from University of Wales Press. Quote ‘This enthralling social history focuses on such groups as the fighting choirs of Dowlais and Merthyr that raised armies of supporters, electrified massive crowds and aroused fierce passions.’

But I digress, I have participated in past Dewithons and enjoyed reading Welsh authors I had not previously known thanks to Paula Bardell-Headley aka Book Jotter.

This year 2024 I am reading a crime novel ‘The Silent Quarry’ in an eight book series featuring DI Winter Meadows written by Cardiff-born Welsh crime and mystery author Cheryl Rees-Price.
1.THE SILENT QUARRY 2.FROZEN MINDS
3.SUFFER THE CHILDREN 4.A KNOT OF SPARROWS
5.LIES OF MINE 6.RISE TO THE FLY
7.WINTER’S CRY 8.HARBOUR NO SECRETS
(standalone ‘BLUE HOLLOW’)

“I do a lot of walking and, fortunately, living in Wales provides
plenty of stunning places to inspire my imagination and feed
the world of Winter Meadows.”
Goodreads quote from Cheryl Rees-Price
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/11551642.Cheryl_Rees_Price

Also, discover Welsh locations used in crime fiction: https://www.deadgoodbooks.co.uk/crime-fiction-set-in-wales/
and there’s some interesting reading on:
https://crimereads.com/the-rise-of-welsh-crime-fiction/

Rather than me expounding how wonderful Welsh authors are, and the books I have previously read, I will give you some links (below) to Paula’s website which is jammed-packed with information and insights. Paula is the nicest, most organised and prodigious book-blogger that I have had the pleasure to read.

Remember those hashtags #dewithon24 and #readingwales24. Reading Welsh authors has broadened my reading awareness, as the saying goes ‘Try it, you’ll like it!’

❤ Gretchen Bernet-Ward