as luck would have it & the whites of gold

As Luck Would Have It (Jonathan Cape, 1995) and The Whites of Gold (Jonathan Cape, 2001) by Samuel Lock

Someone suggested to me that I might like Samuel Lock’s books, based on what he knew of my reading. habits.  I had never heard of Lock, but bought and read two books by the British novelist.  That I can barely remember anything about either one of them (I did read them several months ago) means nothing of course, but I do remember that I found them only mildly engaging and not particularly interesting in either content or style.