Category: Stella Rimington
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A nice pile of books this week and also a few from the library to read. People are always surprised when they discover I go to the library and borrow books. 'But surely you have enough at home?' You can never have too many books is my response to that. So here is what I…
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About six years ago I posted about Evelyn Anthony, one of my favourite authors who I read back in the sixties and seventies, and begged for them to be reprinted. Fast forward to 2016 and there they all are available for the Kindle generation. I could not be more pleased. Before turning to spy and…
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Angelica's Smile – Andrea Camilleri. If you are a lover of these books then you do not need me to urge you to get hold of this one, you will already have it on your radar or may have already read it. I am totally in love with the inhabitants of the police station at…
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Two contrasting thrillers this week. First up, a debut novel, The Poacher's Son by Paul Doiron. I gather this is the first in a series featuring Mike Bowditch the main protagonist in this book. Mike is estranged from his hard drinking, womanising father, Jack, who lives in Maine and makes his living from illegal poaching. …