Wednesday, 26 February 2020

Review of Collateral’s Eponymous Debut Album

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Collateral is a fusion of subtly-different Rock genres, rather than a fusion of Rock with anything that isn’t Rock. This at a...
Monday, 24 February 2020

Book Review of "The Paris Library" by Janet Skeslien Charles

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This is an historical novel, about Paris just before and during WW2 and Eastern Montana in the Cold War of the eighties. It’s...
Tuesday, 4 February 2020

Book Review of “The Ninth Child” by Sally Magnusson

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This novel, set in mid 19 th century Scotland and the Isle of Wight, is an absorbing tale of stalking and child-theft in a landscape wher...
Tuesday, 14 January 2020

Book Review of The Billionaire Murders by Kevin Donovan

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For the most part, this book skillfully interleaves the background and circumstances of the murder of Barry and Honey Sherman, with an in-...
Monday, 6 January 2020

Book Review of “The Liar’s Daughter” by Claire Allan

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Strictly speaking, this novel is a “whodunnit” but it takes an unusual form. The deceased is not the victim: the suspects are his victims....
Friday, 27 December 2019

Book Review of Hitler’s Secret by Rory Clements

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This is a spy thriller, set in late 1941 when Germany seemed to be winning WW2, even as Japan joined it. However, Rory Clements quietly cr...
Thursday, 21 November 2019

Review of A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende

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This is a novel, based on real events and some of the characters, including the poet Pablo Neruda and the dictators Franco and Pincoch...