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An Island of Suspects by Jean-Luc Bannalec (Minotaur)
“Commissaire Georges Dupin had made a new friend.” The first few pages dispel any notion that this investigation will just be another cosy crime. It is literature. It is blue. The sea, the sky, the Bretons even have their own … Continue reading
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Tagged belle isle, book-reviews, brittany mystery, fiction, france, georges dupin, mystery, travel
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Meander by Jeremy Seal (Chatto & Windus)
“I would have gone down the Meander years ago if I’d known it existed.” Apart from the maps, which are almost as deliberately confusing as perhaps the suspicious Turkish military might have intended for foreigners, this is a brilliantly informative … Continue reading
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Tagged jeremy seal, Meander, travel, turkey history
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