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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Sherlock Holmes’s School for Detection edited by Simon Clark – Published by Robinson (Little, Brown Book Group) A book of eleven short stories by various writers which, according to the cover, “will...

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The Artist’s Handbook by Mark David Hatwood FRSA – Independently Published 2019 I’m rather late to reading The Artist’s Handbook, as it has already hit No. 1 on Amazon’s Art Business listings. Resulting...

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Reasons to stay alive by Matt Haig – Published by Canongate, 2015 This is the true story of Matt Haig’s life and depression. The book was a bestseller and, in many ways, it...

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Thunder Bay by Douglas Skelton – Published by Polygon, 2019 This author was recommended to me by a friend who probably reads almost as many books as I do, but for different...

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Life after Life by Kate Atkinson – Reissued by Black Swan, 2015 The author says “people always ask you what a book is about and I generally make something up as I...

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