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Posted on January 4, 2021

The Ghost Garden by Emma Carroll

It's the summer of 1914 (so I'm already predisposed to read this book) when Fran's life takes a spooky turn. It starts when she hits…

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Posted on December 1, 2020

Interview with Paul Dowswell

I’ve known Paul Dowswell long enough to have forgotten exactly when we met.  It was at an Edinburgh International Book Festival when I was chairing…

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Posted on November 11, 2020

Daisy and the Unknown Warrior by Tony Bradman

One hundred years ago to the day, the body of the Unknown Warrior was interred in Westminster Abbey. It is impossible for me to imagine…

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Posted on November 8, 2020November 8, 2020

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L Sayers

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club is one of the early Lord Peter Wimsey titles, written before Harriet Vane appeared on the horizon. It's my…

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Posted on May 13, 2020

My Lockdown Books: Fifty Four

I have five books by Gordon Cooper.  As far as I have been able to find out that's all he wrote.  A Time in a…

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Posted on May 12, 2020May 12, 2020

My Lockdown Books: Fifty One

David Almond is a deceptively brilliant writer.  His syntax is simple, although his vocabulary is not, but sentence upon sentence it builds up to an…

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Posted on April 25, 2020

My Lockdown Books: Twenty Three

You were expecting Anne of the Island, weren't you?  I'm not surprised as I've cited it as one of my favourite books, never mind my…

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Posted on June 17, 2019June 17, 2019

Lily and the Rockets by Rebecca Stevens

I understand that some women are playing in a football competition somewhere. Honestly, I do know what the competition is but I genuinely have no…

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