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Quicksand of Memory by Michael J Malone, tartan noir set in and around Glasgow. Why have I a not discovered Michael J Malone before now? Quicksand of Memory isn’t his first book, but it is a cracking Tartan...
Red Water by Jurica Pavičić, novel of a missing person set in Croatia. Translated by Matt Robinson The story opens in 1989 in fictional Misto on the Dalmatian Coast, just a few years before the Bosnian War 1992-94...
Betrayal by Lilja Sigurðardóttir, mystery set in Reykjavik. TR: Quentin Bates I always look forward to reading books by Lilja Sigurðardóttir, and Betrayal is up to her usual high standards. It is an absorbing read and the author isn’t...
Secrets in St Ives by Deborah Fowler, mystery set in ST IVES. The first outing in this series was A St Ives Christmas Mystery. Merrin is again a central character in this second novel. She has recently arrived...
The power of a book cover. How many times have you heard “Don’t judge a book by its cover”? But, as a reader, that is really all one has to go on when selecting a book. Then, of course,...
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