Surviving Love: A few days ago, the Crime Writers’ Association announced its annual awards, and the Gold Dagger went to Una Mannion’s Tell Me What I Am, which the judges commented…
Book Review
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Loss And Longing: “What kind of struggle expects women to support a cause but does not address our concerns?” A central character in Brotherless Night asks this very crucial question. The…
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Decoding Real Estate: To the layperson, the term real estate brings to mind anything from house hunting, brokers and housing loans, to the rapacious builder lobby and massive corruption. Obviously,…
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Covid By The Sea The two most interesting aspects of the Ruth Galloway series by Elly Griffiths are the strange, unconditional relationship between Ruth and Harry Nelson, and of course,…
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Enter Max Craigie: Neil Lancaster introduces a new series with an upright cop, DS Max Craigie, as the protagonist, the PTSD-suffering ex-military man, who puts his career and life on…
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Three And A Half Musketeers: The new book by Amor Towles, after the bittersweet A Gentleman In Moscow (2016), is a wonderful reaffirmation of friendship and faith, in the form…
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Return to Coopers Chase: Last year, Richard Osman’s novel, The Thursday Murder Club, had become a bestseller. The funny and charming book, was set in a fancy senior citizen’s community called Coopers…
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After The Cataclysm: Many writers have found ways to mention the pandemic in their books that came out during the lockdown months. A lot of them wrote while staying indoors…
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King Rules: Even if Stephen King writes a bad book, it will be better than the work of many other authors, but when he writes a good one, he can…
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Flynn To The Rescue: In a crime fiction universe crammed with admirable protagonists, Steve Cavangh’s Eddie Flynn stands out because of his compassion, courage, ne’er-say-die attitude, and his past as…