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Continue reading →: Review: Date with Destiny – Julia ChapmanIt started with a punch. A mean right-hook from his late best friend’s younger sister Delilah Metcalfe floored Samson O’Brien in front of a watching judgemental village. That’s where the story began in Date with Death, the first novel that introduced us to the Yorkshire village of Bruncliffe and its…
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Continue reading →: Review: When Sally Killed Harry – Lucy RothLondoner Sally is a survivor. Now living in New York, she’s seen her share of the damage caused by some men and is wise to their moves. When she meets Harry on a dating app, it’s all going so well. Until after the third date, when she wakes up realising…
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Continue reading →: Weekly Reading Roundup: March 10 – March 1693: The Dog Sitter Detective Takes The Lead – Antony Johnston The second of Antony Johnston’s Dog Sitter Detective novels sees Gwinny now officially offering dog sitting services alongside resuming her acting career. Called on to dog-sit a collie for an aged rockstar playing more gigs, she finds herself back…
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Continue reading →: Review: Three Bags Full – Leonie SwannFirst published in 2005, Leonie Swann’s debut is being reissued twenty years later, and it’s still a wonderful read. When their shepherd is found dead with a spade through him, his small flock of sheep are unsettled. Led by Miss Maple, the cleverest sheep in the flock, they decide to…
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Continue reading →: Review: The Corn Bride – Mark StayThe 5th in Mark Stay’s Witches of Woodville series sees Faye Bright returning to her Kent village to marry her sweetheart, Bertie Butterworth. It all sounds simple enough, but Fay is a witch, and her powers have been growing since they became apparent as a 16 year old in The…
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Continue reading →: Review: An Extremely Unlikely Death – Hannah HendyThe 6th novel in the Dinner Lady Detectives series see the school the ladies work at in chaos. After a failed audit, perhaps due to the number of bodies found in the school in recent books, a new headmistress and deputy head are installed, and the school governors are at…
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Continue reading →: Review: The Graffiti Girls – Elissa SoaveHugely entertaining and uplifting story of friendship. Four Scottish women, friends from their school days, struggle with the invisibility that society bestows on women in their 40s, and take action. The novel tells the tale of the injustices each have faced throughout their lives, whether real or perceived, and how…
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Continue reading →: Review: A Brush with Death – J M HallRetired teachers Pat, Thelma and Liz are back in another tale from J M Hall. When a former co-worker ropes them into investigating the death of her ex-husband, the ladies find themselves immersed in the murky world of education bureaucracy. They’re thoroughly normal people with their own lives, but as…
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Continue reading →: Weekly Reading Roundup: March 3 – March 9Last week’s reading round up – from old fashioned fairy tales to modern legal thrillers, with plenty of cosy mysteries along the way!
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Continue reading →: Review: The Porridge of Countess Berthe – Alexandre DumasReaders will be more familiar with other works by Dumas, such as The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers, so this little novella is often overlooked. Translated for the first time in 2023, it’s worth a few hours of anyone’s time. Opening the book with a brief biography…
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