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Saturday, 12 September 2015

Book Review: The Defenceless by Kati Hiekkapelto

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A chilling sense of place pervades the best northern noir thrillers - the biting cold, claustrophobic darkness and engulfing isolation comb...
Friday, 11 September 2015

Charlotte Proudman and that LinkedIn photo: time for debate not abuse

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When I was in my late twenties , I can remember being given a low whistle of admiration - at very close range - by a workman, and something ...
Thursday, 10 September 2015

A Playlist for Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper

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I originally reviewed Emma Hooper's enchanting debut Etta and Otto and Russell and James   here back in February. To celebrate its rece...
Monday, 7 September 2015

Book Review: The Infidel Stain by M J Carter

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In The Strangler Vine , M J Carter introduces her two fictional detectives Blake and Avery, an unlikely pairing who meet in 1830s Calcutta ...
Monday, 31 August 2015

A Reading Acrostic

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Now here's an enjoyable diversion which came my way thanks to A Life in Books ; just what you need when desperately seeking an excuse no...
Sunday, 30 August 2015

Book Review: The Examined Life by Stephen Grosz

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I'm not a particularly regular reader of non-fiction because I love to lose myself in the imaginative possibilities of stories. And ye...
Sunday, 23 August 2015

Book Review: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot by David Shafer

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When our personal details are appropriated these days it's no longer big news; cookies flog us that Beyonce fragrance we only googled in...