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• Fall On Me by Penelope Potts
  |title=Fall On Me ...into their flat when he realised that the argument had got out of hand and when he realised that she was injured moved her to another of his stepfather's p
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• The Road Home by Katie Cotton and Sarah Jacoby
  ...the rabbits escape safely, and the wolves still trotting around happily. I personally think that the final scene, showing the adult wolf and the baby ...nd the sun is slowly rising, it's gorgeous, and left me looking long after I'd read the last words.
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• Meredith Alone by Claire Alexander
  ...hes are on and she's even considered which shoes to wear if she's going to catch her train. Then, she can't. She simply can't force herself to leave the s ...ter I'd finished the book and I found myself worrying about some of them. I do hope they'll be OK.
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• Pigeon P.I. by Meg McLaren
  |title=Pigeon P.I. ...e page at times, there is always something else to read, something here to catch your eye, something there forcing you to go back a beat and look again. So
  3 KB (483 words) - 11:53, 6 April 2018
• There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins
  ...ng is adjusting to a new life with her grandmother in landlocked Nebraska, when suddenly one by one her classmates are brutally murdered. A chilling story, ...list or why they are being targeted, but Makani realises her past may soon catch up with her.
  4 KB (632 words) - 08:56, 25 April 2018
• The Time of Their Lives by Maeve Haran
  ...life but still lived close enough to meet up each month for drinks and to catch up with what was happening. To the women it was one of their strongest rel ...rst losing her job and then a further major problem hit she had nothing to fall back on. Life looked very bleak. There was a bombshell for Laura too. Sh
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• Catch Us If You Can-Can by Alex T Smith
  |title=Catch Us If You Can-Can ...so dazzle the judges, but before they can claim their prize their costumes fall off! Quickly grabbing the egg they find themselves in a car chase, racing
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• Elmer and Papa Red by David McKee
  ...d as they know that he is taking them to those who need them most! As they fall asleep exhausted though, Elmer delivers one small gift to each elephant – ...larly liked the twist with the presents being collected and not delivered. I thought it could be a very useful book to share with children who write lon
  3 KB (593 words) - 14:43, 29 March 2018
• Losing You by Nicci French
  |summary=A page-turner that gave our reviewer palpitations tracks eight hours when a young girl goes missing and her mother is the only one who believes that ...French), are a super-successful married writing-duo based out in Suffolk. I'm thinking of moving there if living out in turkey territory inspires fast-
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• London Rules by Mick Herron
  ...Taverner is watching for his every stumble - and it's not so that she can catch him and help him to safety. ...re without a single thought for themselves back in 2016. Will you promise me? Please? Right, we can continue.
  4 KB (629 words) - 09:09, 5 September 2020
• The Black Guard (The Long War) by AJ Smith
  ...page I felt as though I'd been round the block a bit but that doesn't stop me sitting on the edge of my seat till the sequel arrives. ...there is a secret agenda it's not a good one. Meanwhile if Ro Canarn can fall, is anywhere safe anymore?
  4 KB (763 words) - 11:06, 23 September 2020
• The Dog Who Came In From The Cold (Corduroy Mansions) by Alexander McCall Smith
  ...o earwig on their conversations, their private thoughts and, of course, to catch up with what everyone's favourite dog, Freddie de la Hay, has been getting ...being told is happening is true. Anyway, these stories make me laugh, and I like to wind down of an evening by reading something that isn't miserable o
  5 KB (929 words) - 10:12, 9 August 2020
• Word Monkey by Christopher Fowler
  ...I realised it was because (a) I wanted to finish reading this book and (b) I did not want to do so anywhere near my shack. No spoiler alerts, the dust ...he pages – not in that what happens next urgency, more in the vein, of let me buy you another drink, please don't stop talking delight.
  7 KB (1,267 words) - 08:49, 3 April 2024
• The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Hugo Driscoll
  ...han you might expect from that description! There was a lot to chat about when author Hugo Driscoll popped into Bookbag Towers. ...han you might expect from that description! There was a lot to chat about when author Hugo Driscoll popped into Bookbag Towers.
  8 KB (1,349 words) - 10:30, 22 July 2017
• Pilgrim Soul by Gordon Ferris
  ...to - what's not to love? Add intelligence, fluidity and tight plotting. I think we'll see a lot more of Duncan Brodie. ...ll over, he had the unfortunate duty of being among the first into Belsen, when the camp was liberated and the even harder-hitting duty of interrogating th
  7 KB (1,201 words) - 12:50, 18 February 2018
• Deadlock by Simon Fox
  ...is suddenly thrust into the world of criminals both in and out of uniform when his father gets caught up in trouble. It would have been easy to write the ...They get together, but barely begin to smell the whiff of Southern trains when the father is arrested, leaving Archie on the late express to Brighton, tot
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• My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead: Great Love Stories from Chekhov to Munro by Jeffrey Eugenides (Editor)
  There are 26 stories in all, which I found to be too many for a single collection. Perhaps such a book is not i As it was, I found it as mixed as the authors and styles included. The stories were all
  9 KB (1,531 words) - 13:30, 6 March 2018
• How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer by Sarah Bakewell
  ...cinating and well-written that I realise how lucky I am to be a reviewer. I'm so pleased to have chanced upon this inviting biography of Montaigne by S ...classical philosophical tricks to help him. I found this riveting stuff; I didn't know, for example, that to restore a sense of proportion, the Stoics
  5 KB (808 words) - 11:44, 31 January 2024
• The Argentine Kidnapping by Bill Sheehy
  ...d his wife has had enough of him. But life takes a real turn for the worse when he is accused of planning to hold-up a big money poker game and organising ...probably has to cut Son loose forever. Son, however, has other ideas and when Mr Cement Works somehow comes by the idea that Bernie plans to rip off his
  7 KB (1,241 words) - 11:00, 5 September 2020
• Understanding Human Nature: A User's Guide to Life by Richard Brook
  ...if it doesn't always turn out that way'' ] – but also because it is a book I needed to read, right now. ...rs my life has taken a significant directional shift. This isn't by way of me rambling, it is important in the context of Richard Brook's approach becaus
  9 KB (1,560 words) - 10:34, 30 March 2024

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