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• Murder at Enderley Hall (Miss Underhay) by Helena Dixon
  |summary=It's the second book in the series but would read well as a standalone. It's cozy crime, but at the top end of the genre. Re ...ures, which involved three vicious murders, an arson attack and an attempt on her life.
  4 KB (649 words) - 13:26, 6 January 2021
• It's In The Cards by Pamela Fudge
  |summary=Not 'great' literature but a warm and engaging read for when you want the literary equivalent of a cup of delicious cocoa. ...d Ellen Carson - happy in her own skin and doing well what she wants to do most. It's brilliant to see a heroine who isn't worried that she's not married
  2 KB (423 words) - 12:04, 5 April 2018
• To Tell You the Truth by Gilly Macmillan
  When Lucy Bewley was nine-years-old she crept out of the house on the night of the summer solstice to watch the pagan celebrations in Stoke W ...can spend money. When Lucy finishes writing her fourth novel (Dan's keen on deadlines) he blindsides her by announcing that he's bought a grand house f
  4 KB (644 words) - 10:10, 15 May 2023
• The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Lauren St John
  |title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Lauren St John * '''Bookbag: When you close your eyes and imagine your readers, who do you see?'''
  5 KB (864 words) - 07:36, 6 March 2014
• The Kinsella Sisters by Kate Thompson
  ...es and love lives and the confusion that occurs when the two meet, all set on the dazzling Irish coast. ...d I not had a human dictionary (in the form of my mother) lying next to me on the beach. It was probably not a bad thing that this book taught me some ne
  3 KB (537 words) - 08:10, 2 September 2020
• The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Joel Stewart
  |title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Joel Stewart ...Beastie On The Road by Joel Stewart|Dexter Bexley And The Big Blue Beastie On The Road]] and [[Have You Ever Seen A Sneep? by Tasha Pym and Joel Stewart|
  7 KB (1,197 words) - 13:32, 1 August 2010
• The Chosen Word by Colin Fantham
  ...e - I am addicted to word games. I regularly play Scrabble online and I'm on [http://www.playbabble.com/ Babble] every day. There are a couple of snags ...t others have taxed my brain rather more. I've even had the Thesaurus out on some puzzles. I can recommend the book for your favourite armchair, the de
  3 KB (544 words) - 12:20, 20 November 2020
• The Untold History of the United States by Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick
  |summary=A warts and all history of the USA. It's not an easy or quick read but does repay the time invested. Highly recommended. ...Tragedy by Tim Pat Coogan|Irish perspective]]. That's a story you'll not read in many British history books. The majority of British people would accept
  4 KB (747 words) - 11:12, 13 April 2018
• Buried in Clay by Priscilla Masters
  ...convincing characterisation and occasionally sloppy writing. While easy-to-read, it's probably best for Priscilla Masters completists. ...h 'an eye', who clashes over the sale with the owner of the house depicted on the venerable pot. With this page-turning introduction, I felt we were in f
  4 KB (670 words) - 15:10, 6 March 2018
• Devil's Rock by Chris Speyer
  |summary=Ghostly adventures on the Devon coast combined with growing up and a family crisis make this a wi ...anges is the difficulty of growing up. It's all so horribly scary. Zaki is on the cusp of growing up and ''Devil's Rock'' opens with him steering the fam
  3 KB (528 words) - 13:06, 19 April 2018
• Life On The Line by Jeremy Bullard
  |title=Life On The Line ...ape Town and the reverse - were aborted and we join him as he attempts his most ambitious journey. He's heading from New York to the very south of South A
  5 KB (843 words) - 07:45, 12 September 2022
• Lethal Legacy by Linda Fairstein
  ...est assured that Linda Fairstein has given us a first class crime-thriller read. We are once again on the wonderfully familiar turf of the Assistant District Attorney for Manhat
  4 KB (606 words) - 08:54, 10 March 2018
• Once Upon a Time in the North by Philip Pullman
  ...k from the ''His Dark Materials'' world, by someone who has never actually read the main trilogy, or the prior, similar book, ''Lyra's Oxford''. And so, w A hot air balloon used for freight crash-lands outside a port town on a barren rock in the Arctic region. Stepping from it, a little embarrassed
  5 KB (897 words) - 14:00, 14 March 2018
• Just My Luck by Adele Parks
  ...ht when Patrick lost his temper and he, Carla, Jennifer and Fred ganged up on the Greenwoods and said that they weren't going to do the lottery any more. ...ettle to - and they didn't live in the same, posh village. What hurt Lexi most was that the other couples had insinuated that doing the lottery was ''comm
  4 KB (705 words) - 08:19, 30 July 2023
• A Shooting at Chateau Rock (A Bruno, Chief of Police Novel) by Martin Walker
  ...urance fraud which has international repercussions. If you can't get away on holiday this summer this could be a small substitute. ...iant had died of a heart attack, but heart failure could have been brought on if Driant had been given viagra and cocaine - and Bruno found evidence that
  4 KB (716 words) - 11:09, 12 August 2020
• The Loving Husband by Christobel Kent
  ...ld, she goes to look for him. Finding him bloodied and very much dead was most definitely not part of the bargain. ...ss that she finds herself in. So, truly, it's all the things that the rave reviews suggest, however, it is also some other things too.
  6 KB (1,103 words) - 09:37, 5 October 2020
• The Red, Red Snow by Caro Ramsay
  ...es and undoubtedly better if you've at least some knowledge of what's gone on before. It's a cracking good story though and it kept me guessing right to ...otland: it wasn't thought wise to involve the local murder team as someone on the Glen Riske police force was indirectly involved in the case. Christmas
  4 KB (731 words) - 14:39, 1 October 2020
• The Optimist's/pessimist's Handbook by Niall Edworthy and Petra Cramsie
  |summary=Contrasting quotes and facts provide print bytes on numerous subjects, making this a good browse and a likely candidate for the ...It's for dipping, rather than continuous reading, borrowed back from Percy on Christmas afternoon with a glass of scotch in the other hand, maybe. Alter
  4 KB (729 words) - 12:07, 13 April 2018
• The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Sarah Prineas
  |title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Sarah Prineas |summary=Bookbag loved Sarah Prineas' [[The Magic Thief by Sarah Prineas|The Magic Thief]] a
  7 KB (1,340 words) - 19:31, 18 November 2009
• June 2011 Newsletter
  ...Bookbag and any news from the site. We promise never to pass your details on to anyone else. In fact... we won't even tell each other. == June's News from Bookbag Towers ==
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