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Lightning Strike by Tanya Landman

The thing about Tanya Landman is that she makes you feel as though you are living in her stories. Her novels have wildly different settings…

I'm a librarian to trade, and so predisposed to appreciate the ordering of knowledge. So there were few risks inherent in giving me this book…

Right at the beginning of her published writing career, more years ago than she or I would like to remember, animal rights was something about…

It's fairly well known by now that I love all things to do with the sea. You might think that this makes me undiscriminating when…

Cards on the table right from the beginning: I don't like gulls. Living in Lossiemouth, I found them at best a nuisance and sometimes downright…

A murder mystery. With a historical setting. Taking place on board a ship. These were three good reasons for me to be disposed to love…

Pinkie isn't her real name but she's always been called that because she's always been the smallest in the family. And that's how she likes…

Six years ago I sailed to Murmansk and Arkhangelsk. I had chosen to be there and paid for the privilege. It was midsummer and I…

The over-used whimsical is the first word that springs to mind to describe Uncle Pete's story of adventure. But it's more than that. It's a…

From paw print endpaper to paw print endpaper Ten Little Dogs is a delight. Countdown books are not new of course but they are a…