Once upon a River by Diane Setterfield – Published by Black Swan, 2018 It was a normal evening in a pub on the banks of the Thames. Normal, that is, until an...

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The Last Letter from your Lover by Jojo Moyes – Published by Hodder & Stoughton in 2010 Whilst staying in Mallorca recently. I read in a local newspaper that filming of this...

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Parallel Lines: a Journey from Childhood to Belsen by Peter Lantos – Published by Arcadia Books, 2007 The author is a British scientist who was  born in southeast Hungary in 1939. When...

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Curious by Rebecca Front – Published by Hachette, 2014 Most of us know Rebecca Front as an actor in TV series like ‘Lewis’ and ‘The Thick of It’, in this book she...

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I see you by Clare Mackintosh – Published by Sphere 2016 “How fast can you run…it doesn’t matter how fast. Because there’s always someone who can run faster”. After Zoe’s photo appears...

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Listening In: Stories by Jenny Eclair – Published by Sphere in 2017 As the days get shorter and Summer comes to an end I thought we might be in need of something...

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Never Rest by Jon Richter – Published by Bloodhound Books, 2018 The author described ‘Never Rest’ to me as a “weird crime thriller” about about a serial killer, a missing husband and a...

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An Utterly Impartial History of Britain: or 2000 Years Of Upper Class Idiots In Charge by John O’Farrell – Published by Black Swan/Random House Sometimes when you’re browsing the shelves of a local...

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A Bass Angler’s Life by Robin Bradley – Published by InstructUK Resources Ltd in 2019. You might wonder why I’m reviewing a book about bass fishing, given that I know nothing about the...

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The Concise Politically Incorrect Wine Book by James John MW – In Vino Veritas Press, 2019   Written by a Master of Wine, with an almost unrivalled pedigree, formed over 50 years...

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