The Mersey Mothers by Sheila Riley Book Spotlight and Review!

 

Liverpool 1953

January sees the dawn of the Queen Elizabeth’s Coronation year as the mothers of Reckoners Row unite in preparation for the celebration of the new Queen.

Meanwhile Evie Kilgaren is dreaming of her summer wedding to Danny Harris, but trouble looms for Skinner & Sons with a new rival trying to put them out of business, but no-one knows why....

Ada Harris is summoned to the bedside of her estranged husband, who, in his dying moment confesses to a deadly secret - he knows who really murdered Evie’s mam Rene all those years ago and the consequences are far reaching.

Has an innocent man been jailed and is there still a murderer walking carefree?

Will Evie get the happy-ever-after she so longs for with Danny? And will The Mersey Mothers unite and still be friends?

My Thoughts

The Mersey Mothers is the third installment in the Reckoner's Row series, featuring Evie Kilgaren, her sister Lucy and her fiance Danny Harris. Set against the end of WWII, the story tells of the girl's father being incarcerated for the murder of their mother. 

Evie is dreaming of her perfect wedding while Danny is struggling to keep his business, Skinner & Sons, a haulage company, afloat. Why is a rival company trying to put him out of business, a fire brings everything to a head.

Ada Harris, the woman who raised Danny, not his biological mother, goes to her dying husband's,   bedside to learn a secret that could ruin everything for her, Evie, and Lucy.

With the Queen's coronation and the wedding looming in the future, the friendship between Ada and Danny's real mother is in peril. 

Was an innocent man incarcerated for a crime he did not commit? If you read the previous two books in the series, this one brings back all of the characters, their stories, loves, and ambitions to the forefront. A family sage written with knowledge of the Merseyside in 1953. Will the wedding go as planned? 

 

I loved the story, no computers, no cellphones just ordinary people, each with a story to tell in a time where there is still rationing, from the war, eight years later. I was born in the same year and I totally loved the story, the excitement of Ada getting her first tv. I remember those days. 

If you want a book or series to get lost in, Reckoner's Row series is a must-read!

I received a copy of the book for review purposes only.

Born and raised on Merseyside, Sheila Riley is the eldest of seven children. Her parents John and Peggy took the scenic route through the many family anecdotes they shared and encouraged their daughter to do the same. At school Sheila quickly discovered her English exam grades could be improved by writing tales in the back of her exercise book, and so began her lifelong love of story-telling. Happily married to Tony, they have three grown-up children, five adorable grandchildren and a huge German Shepherd who is put in his place by a small, ancient cat called Missy.

Child of the Mersey is the first book in a new series that will feature the residents of Empire Street in Liverpool during the Second World War.