{"id":26432,"date":"2026-03-30T19:26:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T23:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=26432"},"modified":"2026-03-30T19:46:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T23:46:38","slug":"subtle-blood-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/26432","title":{"rendered":"Subtle Blood"},"content":{"rendered":"

Subtle Blood<\/em><\/a> (2021) KJ Charles<\/a> (The Will Darling Adventures #3)<\/p>\n

\"SubtleSet in England in 1924<\/p>\n

“I might have to buy one, actually, it was such fun. Shall we, Maisie? We can call her Suzy.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cSu\u2014 A Hispano-Suiza?\u201d Kim demanded. \u201cDo you know how fast those beasts go?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWe do now,\u201d Maisie said. \u201cI\u2019d like a drink, please.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A brief internet search gives me ~105-110 MPH as it’s probable top speed.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour family all seem to think your brother had to join up because you didn\u2019t. But the Military Service Act had been around for a year or more. Everyone aged eighteen was meant to go. So how is it your fault?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cBecause \u2018meant to\u2019 is a flexible concept to people like my father.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cMaybe I needed the things they trained out of me.\u201d His shoulders felt solid with tension. \u201cMaybe they couldn\u2019t have trained them out of other people. I know they couldn\u2019t. There were men who never fired their guns, plenty of them. They\u2019d go over the top but they couldn\u2019t make themselves kill, not even from a distance. The Army picked out the ones like me for a reason.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Any light on the horizon?”<\/p>\n

“Only that cast by everything on fire.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: William Darling, Arthur Aloysius Kimberley de Brabazon Secretan, Maisie Jones, Phoebe Stephens-Prince, Mr. Deansbrook, Peacock, Teddy Molyneux, Harry, Palgrave, Paul Fairfax, Detective Inspector Rennick, Eric Knowle, George Yoxall, Captain James Yoxall Lord Witton, Quiller, Lord Flitby, Sir Alan Cheveley, Hugo Lavery Lord Aveston, Sergeant Hawes, Terence Welwyn, Bill Merton, DS, Mr. Alderney, Florrie Jacobs, Hastings, Freddie Secretan Lord Chingford<\/p>\n

Cover by Tiferet Design<\/p>\n

Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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