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Alan Camrose

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Born
in London, The United Kingdom
March 27, 1962

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terry pratchett; bill bryson


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January 2020



Alan was a lawyer for over 30 years, writing opinions for clients. Now he writes his own fiction and non-fiction and tries not to get them too mixed up. He is a #1 Amazon best-selling author.

Alan works for the National Trust to help safeguard our memories.

Alan loves, among other things, Blues music, noodles, and Adam West as Batman.

Find out more about Alan and his books at: www.alancamrose.com
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Making our Christmas Present

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AVAILABLE NOW from: #1 AMAZON BESTSELLLER, Alan Camrose Two new releases on AMAZON DIVAN INSPIRATION: Travels on the Road to Dreamland. Part One: The Good, the Bed and the Snuggly - Bedtime at the movies A non-fiction bedtime story and BUILDING MEMORIES: Bricks and Murder A darkly humorous coming-of-age magical Continue Reading Read more of this blog post »
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Zero Day by David Baldacci
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This book is about a tall, single-minded Major (active not retired) in the US Army's criminal investigation division. He's an expert in combat and has a secret weapon: an on tap brother in prison who knows just the right stuff to help out - from memo ...more
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Reacher has become the Terminator. Nothing gets in his way, nothing stops him, nothing even slows him down. He now moves comfortably from fight to fight equipped with his trusty armoury of what are now catchphrases, and the author's uncanny ability t ...more
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Sharpe's Assassin by Bernard Cornwell
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Having just seen the final episode of Endeavour, finishing Sharpe's Assassin left me in much the same frame of mind. Sad, but at the end of a worthy and exciting journey, in Sharpe's case following everyone's favourite guttersnipe-done-good.

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The Match by Harlan Coben
The Match (Wilde, #2)
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This is an entertaining book with much to say about celebrity and the bizarre world of social media. I have dipped into Harlan Coben's COBEN HARLAN books before and enjoyed them, this one was discarded by my daughter when she received it as part of a ...more
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My friends are in fact my enemies.

Slow Horses introduces a bunch of sad misfits who have crashed and burned in other parts of the Service and dumped in Slough House, hoped to be their final, unlamented resting place either to give up and leave or ex
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I loved The Martian and so had high hopes for PHM, and I was not disappointed.
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What I might be inclined to call "forensic sci-fi", PHM offers a mix of speculation and hard science that is, for me, irresistible. The methodical explor
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Murder on the Christmas Express by Alexandra Benedict
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As with the Christmas season, I approached this book with hope, but while my Christmas holidays were great, this book - despite my sticking with it - was not so much. A few desultory connections to Christmas, a lot of snow and some muddled plot point ...more
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1759 by Frank McLynn
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A clear and strong treatment of what was a landmark year for Britain, the so-called "Year of Victories".

This book is a well-rounded story of heroism, military and political genius and sheer good and bad luck, depending on where we look in the histori
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The Axeman's Jazz by Ray Celestin
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This book confused me.

This was a book that I really wanted to like - it has an unusual time and place, music and a ghostly killer. What's not to like?

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“Christmas is a juggernaut, it rolls over most interruptions, potholes or side-tracks, and just keeps right on going.

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“Christmas is a juggernaut, it rolls over most interruptions, potholes or side-tracks, and just keeps right on going.

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