Blogs in January 1970

Border Run 1st January 1970

LOOKING FOR A NEW EXPERIENCE? TRY MURDER … Bored of the ‘mango smoothie’ trail and keen to spice up their Facebook albums, and maybe their sex lives, Jake and Will take a tour into China’s jungle borderland with Burma....

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The Spanish Game 1st January 1970

The setting in Madrid is a change from London, where Milius is usually based. Alec Milius is asked to explore the possibility of his finance company investing in Basque country – he meets with a politician, who then disappears….

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A Drink before the War 1st January 1970

Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro are tough private investigators who know the blue-collar neighbourhoods and ghettos of Boston’s Dorchester section as only natives can. Working out of an old church belfry, Kenzie and Gennaro take on a seemingly simple...

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The Scent of Lemon Leaves 1st January 1970

Having left her job and boyfriend, thirty-year-old Sandra decides to stay in a Spanish village in order to take stock of her life and find a new direction. She befriends Karin and Fredrik, an elderly Norwegian couple, who provide...

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The Orphan Master 1st January 1970

Set in New Amsterdam in the mid-17th century, Zimmerman’s nicely flowing narrative is animated by robust characters who thrive on the edges of civilization. Hardy Dutch colonists are the main inhabitants of this bustling community, but traders and adventurers...

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