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Author Archives: drewsmith28
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz (Harper Collins)
“There was going to be a funeral.” This is two books lashed together as one. The first is a detective story. We are gently introduced in a slow, west country way, to the cast of villagers. The net curtains … Continue reading
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Tagged anthony horowitz, detective fiction, magpie muders, reading groups
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Bad business by Robert B Parker (No Exit Press)
‘Do you do divorce work’ the woman said. ‘I do,’ I said. ‘Are you any good?’ ‘I am,’ I said. THE late Robert Brown Parker wrote more than 40 Spenser detective novels plus another nine around the character Jessie … Continue reading
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Tagged boston, robert brown parker, spenser detective series, whodunnit, writing in dialogue
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The vanishing futurist by Charlotte Hobson (Faber)
“In May 1914, much against the advice of my parents, I took up the post of governess to the Robelev family of No 7 Gagarinsky Lane, Moscow” THERE is an endearing description on page two of this provocative, colourful entertaining, … Continue reading
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Tagged communism, futurist art, love in the commune, revolutionary art, russian revolution
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Outline by Rachel Cusk (Vintage)
“Before the flight I was invited for lunch at a London club with a billionaire I’d been promised had liberal credentials.” I GOT my copy of this book second hand. Various passages were marked up as if the previous reader … Continue reading
Ashes in the Wind by Christopher Bland (Head Zeus)
“John Burke wants to be Tomas Sullivan. John wants Tomas’s worn brown boots, the scabs on his knees, his green jersey darned with whatever coloured wool had come to his mother’s hand. He wants to talk like Tomas.” AN old … Continue reading
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Tagged christopher bland, County Kerry, Derrquin castle, drimnamore, horse racing, Irish history, oysters
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Recipes for a nervous breakdown by Sophie White (Gill)
“Before going mad, I didn’t really give madness that much thought. It seemed like a distant concept that had absolutely zero bearing on my life.” THE best recipe writing comes from a compulsion, like composers, to explain a passion, a … Continue reading
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Tagged autobiography, bad trip, cooking, drug writing, homemade rolos, Humour, recipes, sophie white
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The poet by Michael Connelly (Orion)
“Death is my beat. I make a living from it.” IF you have a cold or flu, then Michael Connelly is a good companion. Being a bit dopey helps with the severe plot twists, not twists at all really but … Continue reading
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Tagged jack mcevoy, Michael Connelly, murder fiction, serial killer, the poet
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