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Thoroughly enjoyed Shaun Bythell's
The Diary of a Bookseller 4★. My review here.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I can't quite decide if I like Aussie author, Dervla McTiernan's second book in her Cormac Reilly series, The Scholar, even more than the first, but it's certainly another brilliant dose of Irish crime fiction.5★s
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What a debut! I absolutely loved When We Were Vikings by Andrew David MacDonald. Zelda is different and awkward and she knows it, but she faces life with an honest earnestness that I wish more people had. 
5★ Link to my 'Vikings' review
For anyone who likes a bit of gritty Scottish crime reading, the Harry McCoy series by Alan Parks definitely fits the bill. #3 is Bobby March Will Live Forever (the titles run on a "month" theme, Bloody January and February's Son being the first two). It can be read as a stand-alone, but there is background in the first two, so...5★s for this one
Thanks to Allen&Unwin. Also NetGalley and Canongate Books
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Took awhile for me to like this read eventually it made it into my heart. Not my usual genre, I always get too involved with the underdog.
4 stars
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The Banksia Bay Beach Shack by Sandie Dockerhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Another thriller that had to be read in a day!You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks
Review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Music Across the Mersey by Geraldine O'Neill
3 stars
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A Bad Day for Sunshine by Darynda Jones, a new series featuring newly elected Sheriff Sunshine Vicram. Humorous and quirky!my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of
The Cabin by Norwegian author Jørn Lier Horst. Another excellent read. 4.5★https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review for She I Dare Not Name by Donna Ward
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
5⭐️'s! Absolutely recommend this book!
My review of The Diva Sweetens the Pie by Krista Davis
4 stars
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Last week I read AA Sophie Hardcastle's new book, Below Deck.
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Aussie author Alison Booth has written an excellent piece of historical fiction in The Philosopher's Daughters, evocative prose and thought-provoking themes. 5★s
thanks to NetGalley and RedDoor Press
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4 stars for
Maggie's Going Nowhere by Aussie Author Rose Hartleyhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
If you enjoy police procedurals this looks like a promising start to a new series:
Damage Done by Susan Wilkinsreview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
For lovers of dark fantasy,
Alice by Christina Henry was a very dark retelling of that classic tale.review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I’ve got that in my tbr pile, Carolyn. I’m glad you liked it.
Alex wrote: "Thoroughly enjoyed Shaun Bythell's The Diary of a Bookseller 4★. My review here.https://www.goodreads.com/review/s..."
Great review Alex. I absolutely loved this too, particularly his comments about customers, Amazon and Nicky's food offerings.
We had hoped to visit his bookshop later this year on a trip to Scotland (and Iceland) but it looks like that's been postponed for now....
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Lying and Dying by Graham Brack was a great start to a crime series set in Prague with a lazy but clever detective.my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review for
The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christiehttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
#2 in the Miss Marple series
Thanks to Wollongong City Libraries for Agatha, a book about a 1948 Paris psychiatrist written by a Danish table-tennis champion and psychologist (Anne Cathrine Bomann). A bit quirky but ultimately heart-warming.4.5★s
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I've been reading With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review for The Shining - by Stephen king which is reread ★★★https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This was really good!My review for The Girl She Was by Rebecca Freeborn
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Unfortunately I found this one to be far from Coben's bestThe Boy from the Woods by Harlan Coben
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Well Graham Brack (Josef Slonský series) has a new series out, The Master Mercurius Mysteries, set in 17th Century Holland and, having read the first book, Death in Delft, I can confirm this series looks to be at least as good as the Slonský series, and I do hope he has a lot more doses of Master Mercurius up his sleeve.5★s from me!
The book will be published 6th April, and if you pre-order now, you get it for 99c/99p, tremendous value! and if you're self-isolating, you don't even need to go out to get it, it will just drop into your kindle on the day so you can enjoy a wonderful distraction from the madness that seems to have overcome the world.
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Marianne wrote: "Well Graham Brack (Josef Slonský series) has a new series out, The Master Mercurius Mysteries, set in 17th Century Holland and, having read the first book, [book:Death in Delft|512..."SOLD!
A lovely children's tale of a young girl growing up in MaliYatandou by Gloria Whelan
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