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July 25, 2020
Spotlight on Author Frances Hodgson Burnett
One of my all-time favourite children’s authors is Frances Hodgson Burnett, the author of ‘The Secret Garden’ and ‘A Little Princess’. She was born on 24 […]
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July 22, 2020
BOOK REVIEW: Angel of Ruin by Kim Wilkins
Sophie needs to pay the rent and a story on the occult would sell around Hallowe'en time. The Lodge of the Seven Stars is good for research but Sophie's a sceptic and doesn't believe in any of the rituals. Until she meets The Wanderer who has a story to tell her.
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July 21, 2020
VINTAGE BOOK REVIEW: The Sequin Star by Belinda Murrell
In an exciting timeslip tale, Claire finds an old trunk filled with her grandmother's treasures, including an old star-shaped brooch covered in sequins. Why does Claire's wealthy grandmother own such a cheap piece of jewelry? The mystery deepens when the brooch hurtles Claire back in time to 1932. Australia is in the grip of the Great Depression and people seek distraction fro
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July 20, 2020
BOOK REVIEW: The Nine Tailors by Dorothy Sayers
When a disfigured corpse is discovered in a country parish, the local rector pleads with Lord Peter to take on what will become one of his most brilliant and complicated cases.
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July 12, 2020
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June 30, 2020
BOOK REVIEW: Phosphorescence by Julia Baird
You might also like to read my review of Anaesthesia by Kate Cole Adams: BOOK REVIEW: Anaesthesia: The Gift of Oblivion and The Mystery of Consciousness […]
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June 25, 2020
BOOK REVIEW: The Good Turn by Dervla McTiernan
Police corruption, an investigation that ends in tragedy and the mystery of a little girl's silence - three unconnected things that will prove to be linked by one small town. While Detective Cormac Reilly faces enemies at work [...]
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June 23, 2020
VINTAGE BOOK REVIEW: The Perfume Garden by Kate Lord Brown
The Perfume Garden combines the gripping storytelling of Kate Morton with the evocative settings of Victoria Hislop to tell this sumptuous story of lost love and family secrets [...]
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June 21, 2020
BOOK REVIEW: The Viennese Girl by Jenny Lecoat
Inspired by the true story of a young Jewish girl - Hedy Bercu - who fled to Jersey from Vienna only to find herself trapped on the island during the German occupation. In June 1940, the horror-struck inhabitants of Jersey watch as the German army unopposed [...]
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