Tag: Mystery
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Possession: A Romance
Review: I loved this book. After reading nothing but Gibbon for the last three months it was a wonderful and uplifting experience to read a novel. But this, was not just any novel. Possession: A Romance, published in 1990, is a multi-layered masterpiece that won the Booker Prize. It is part literary detective story, part Read more
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The Tartan Sell
Review: Failing to check my spreadsheet first meant that this was a second read for this one. It seems I had first read this in 1997, deep in the drunken years. So deep in fact that I had zero memory of it. Acceptable for a re-read. I couldn’t help but enjoy this book, despite it Read more
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The Secret of Chimneys
Review: What a ripping yarn! I’ve never, or hang on. Okay I checked my book list and I have actually read an Agatha Christie novel in 1988. I knew I had read some of her short stories but a novel was… wait for it… a novel experience! This was a great read, fast paced, slightly Read more