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L.E. Bendon

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L.E. Bendon was born in 1983 and wishes Terry Pratchett were still not dead.

He had built quite a satisfying musician’s life for himself up until 2020 when it was suddenly on hold, for reasons we can all remember, and so he put the compulsory free time to use in an attempt to discover whether he could indeed write, polish and publish a novel.

In creating irreverent detective Lance Pomegranate, along with his friends, associates, and acquaintances, Bendon took to writing a mix of what he knows, what he's merely read about, and a few ideas he just likes.

L.E. Bendon is from London, living in South India, where most people know him as a musician who spends an awful lot of his spare time writing novels on his laptop in cafés. Prior to his debut no
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A paperback bargain and a new competition.

Happy 2026 to everyone. Don't forget to take a break from whatever you're reading to complete your tax returns by the end of the month. I have two announcements to make. One simple and UK specific, the other juicier and relevant to people worldwide.

The simple one is that right now Amazon UK are offering a huge discount on paperback copies of The Weapon and the Fruit: Four and Twenty Blackboards. Read more of this blog post »
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Simple premise of a woman deciding to go vegan (referred to as vegetarian though), beginning with some interesting character dynamics and then spiralling out in all kinds of weird and wonderful directions until it becomes compellingly dark and distur ...more
The Weapon and the Fruit by L.E. Bendon
"Love how gently nuanced the characters are... Especially interactions between Lance and Murphy, and Lance with Inspector Owusu. I enjoyed the pace of this book as it felt seamless... And the setting, and instances all show the reality of our times. I" Read more of this review »
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"What was expected to be a classic whodunnit story turned out to be much more of a thriller. The idea of comfort is mixed with elements of surprise when it comes to locations mentioned in the book. The characters are well developed with their stories " Read more of this review »
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"Memorable characters, terrific story!

This was a fun whodunit inhabited with many memorable characters. As I read, it was easy to picture the eventual movie of this book rolling through my head. Enough clues were given to be fair to the reader hoping " Read more of this review »
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Standard romantasy but in the form of a mashup of two very well known European children's stories. It's Rapunzel, but the handsome love interest is also Robin Hood who is also a dragon, because romantasy.

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I went into this with high hopes. A scifi spoof, that starts well and made me think of a US version of Red Dwarf that was actually good, or perhaps something on a par with Barry Hutchison's Space Team series. And it begins well enough. It establishes ...more
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The best book I've read this year (I read Yellowface this year)

World of Warcraft meets The Dark Lord of Derkholm through a lens of Pratchettesque humour. Funny, and full of relatable nods to MMORPGs and comedic fantasy, with some distinctive and memo
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