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James Mortimer

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Average rating: 3.97 · 34 ratings · 8 reviews · 4 distinct works
The Sound of Drums / Last o...

3.60 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2019
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Flux (The Black Archive, #63)

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3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2023
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Nail Varnish

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2017
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2017
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4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie
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This has got all the strengths of my favourite Marples. She doesn't make too many appearances, and yet somehow still feels central. The crime being brought to her via her friend, and the two of them initially conducting the investigation together, is ...more
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
"I read this first many years ago and have loved returning to the story once more - loved it as much as the first time! "
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Doctor Who by Cavan Scott
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The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie
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I love a standalone Christie, and though it took me a little time to get into this one, it really takes off when Emily takes over. The amateur detective determined to clear her fiancee's name, this is another strong protagonist in the line of Bundle ...more
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Doctor Who by Eddie Robson
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Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie
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This one's great.

It's one of those quiet, unassuming Christie's that seems, maybe, a bit run-of-the-mill, but it's full of so much good stuff. It reminded me a lot of reading Peril at End House, or Cards on the Table. It's small-scale, focusing on on
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A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie
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It's been a real delight to get back to reading Agatha after a break of almost... two years? This is very much a standalone novel that Marple also makes welcome appearances in, and whilst not the strongest Marple or standalone, it has a lot to offer. ...more
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A Box Full of Murders by Janice Hallett
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I love Janice Hallett's writing so much. This has exactly the same pacing and style as one of her adult novels, just with slightly more 'check-ins' from Ava and Luke, the brother and sister who are texting as they try and solve the crime. They felt a ...more
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The Nameless City by Michael Scott
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So, after finally (re)reading Eoin Colfer's 'A Big Hand for the Doctor', it was time to face the sequel - the Second Doctor's Nameless City. This is the book that drew me back to this series, on realising it was a crossover between Doctor Who and som ...more
More of James's books…
Jean-Paul Sartre
“It's quite an undertaking to start loving somebody. You have to have energy, generosity, blindness. There is even a moment right at the start where you have to jump across an abyss: if you think about it you don't do it.”
Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea

Jean-Paul Sartre
“He is always becoming, and if it were not for the contingency of death, he would never end.”
Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea

Dante Alighieri
“Remember tonight... for it is the beginning of always”
Dante

Dante Alighieri
“As little flowers, which the chill of night has bent and huddled, when the white sun strikes, grow straight and open fully on their stems, so did I, too, with my exhausted force.”
Dante Alighieri, Inferno

Virginia Woolf
“As long as she thinks of a man, nobody objects to a woman thinking.”
Virginia Woolf, Orlando

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