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Review of C J Sansom's Revelation
C J Sansom's latest adventure set in the time of Henry VIII sees Matthew Shardlake face his most dangerous enemy yet. more...
Review of Louis de Bernieres' Notwithstanding
Louis de Bernieres' new book is an entertaining collection of short stories subtitled "Stories from an English Village", and features an engaging selection of eccentrics. more...
Review of Lynda La Plante's The Red Dahlia
La Plante's second thriller featuring Detective Inspector Anna Travis tells the gruesome story of a copycat killer, re-enacting a series of murders from the 1940s. more...
Review of C J Sansom's Sovereign
Sansom's third novel set in Tudor England sees lawyer Matthew Shardlake caught up in a web of deadly secrets and conspiracies that could bring down King Henry the Eighth. more...
Review of C J Sansom's Dark Fire
The second novel in Sansom's series set in Tudor England featuring hunchback lawyer Matthew Shardlake is a tightly plotted and violent thriller. more...
Review of CJ Sansom's Dissolution
The first novel in Sansom's phenomenally successful series sees Matthew Shardlake sent to investigate a brutal murder at a corrupt monastery. more...
Book Review of Missy by Chris Hannan
Hannan's first novel is an irresistible journey through the opium-addled streets of the nineteenth century American West, seen through the eyes of a witty flash-girl. more...
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Notwithstanding, Nostalgic Tales of Rural Idyll
By:
Martin P Wilson
The author Louis de Bernières grew up in a Surrey village and the short stories in Notwithstanding reflect memories of rural idyllic childhood and English eccentricity. more...
Book Review – Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant
The bestselling British author reveals another slice of women's history in this rip-roaring ride of a novel. Teenager Serafina is sent to a convent against her will. more...
Master and Commander's Varied Sources
By:
Luke Arnott
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World didn't just adapt those two Patrick O'Brian novels. Incidents from numerous Aubrey-Maturin adventures appear in the film. more...
A Look Back At A.L. Kennedy's First Novel
By: Douglas Nordfors
After so many subsequent successes, such as the Costa Award-winning Day, it's time to re-examine celebrated Scottish fiction writer A.L. Kennedy's first novel. more...
Glover's Mistake Makes Some Good Choices
By: Douglas Nordfors
Nick Laird's Glover's Mistake, his second novel, while not without its flaws, gives some hope to a disappointing literary fiction scene. more...
Pat Barker's Novel The Ghost Road
By: Azharul Islam
The Ghost Road is Pat Barker's conclusion to her Regeneration trilogy that tells the stories of shell-shocked British army officers of the first world war. more...
The stories' connecting thread is a question: 'What is success'. Each tale examines how striving for it - or not - and achieving it - or not - affects relationships. more...
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