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F.G. Cottam
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born
January 30, 1957
in Southport, The United Kingdom
gender
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member since
November 2008
About this author
Today marks the official paperback publication of Brodmaw Bay in the U.K. It's gathered some excellent press reviews, which I'm grateful for.
Two things really inspired this book. The first was working about five years ago (as a magazine editor) with a young staff journalist who had taken an archeology degree at university. She told me about the black wax they always found in the vicinity of anc... read more »
Two things really inspired this book. The first was working about five years ago (as a magazine editor) with a young staff journalist who had taken an archeology degree at university. She told me about the black wax they always found in the vicinity of anc... read more »
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The House Of Lost Souls
   3.21 avg rating — 448 ratings
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2008
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Dark Echo
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2008
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The Waiting Room
3.97 avg rating — 92 ratings
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The Magdalena Curse
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2010
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Brodmaw Bay
3.87 avg rating — 23 ratings
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2011
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This novel is too long. It comes in at 872 pages in the paperback edition I read and some sections - like the description of the doomed but tedious Madame Roland - could have been cut without doing any damage to character, narrative or atmosphere. So...more |
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This is a breathtakingly imaginative novel, all the more impressive for being so successfully realized as a story. The narrative is strong, the characterization vivid and totally convincing and the set-pieces nothing short of stunning. If this sounds...more |
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F.G.COTTAM: “The novel deals with the modern repercussions of events set in the 1920s and 1930s that involved black magic as practised by the elite of English and continental European society. I'd call it a historical mystery with a strong element...
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