I really enjoyed Ruth Hogan's previous book, The Keeper of Lost Things, and so I was really keen to read her latest, Madame Burova. I loved the premise of a tarot reader/clairvoyant and a child found on the steps of her card reading booth on the seafront of Brighton. This book was delightful and I really enjoyed it. I loved the way it flitted between the 1970s and present day. Ruth Hogan writes such vivid characterisations and I felt that I really got to know all the characters so well. I loved Madame Burova, and her mother, Shunty-Mae! I also fell in love with Dasha and Mabel, the two dogs who feature in this story. There is a large cast of characters and if they weren't so well depicted and described I could have got lost, but instead I felt a part of the crowd and could picture them all so clearly. This story is joyful but also bittersweet. Another success for Ruth Hogan and I am so grateful for the opportunity to read an early copy.