Month: May 2016
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Oh gosh I am sorry. I have been absent for a week but did not mean to be so I am now rambling and catching up. I have been in London helping with childcare which of course I love but wipes me out after a few days. I was taking Beatrice to nursery in the…
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This marvellous series continues to beguile. Another two titles which I have read over the last few days and hugely enjoyed. Miles Burton's real name was Cecil John Charles Street. Born in 1884 in Gibraltar and awarded the Military Cross during his army service, he turned to writing. His first pen name was John Rhode…
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Right more detectives. The Hanging Club – Tony Parsons. I read the previous one in this, so far, short series, The Slaughter Man and found it well written and tightly plotted if at times a little gruesome. It did not make me watch out for the next one, however, so when I was sent The…
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Plethora. Lovely word, rolls off the tongue. I gather it means a large or excessive amount of something and I have certainly been reading loads of detective stories in the last week or so. Mixed enjoyment. Some irritation. So here are my thoughts. First up the latest Inspector Banks novel by Peter Robinson When the…
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I was idly searching for something on my blog yesterday when I realised that I had nearly forgotten that Random was now ten years old. I had logged on to read my very first post (the World Cup was taking place and David Beckham was captain) and I noticed that I had started writing in…