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• The Lunar Chronicles: Cinder by Marissa Meyer
  |title=The Lunar Chronicles: Cinder |summary=A brilliant mix of old and new, as the panto story gets completely revamped.
  3 KB (615 words) - 11:26, 14 March 2018
• Barnaby Grimes: Legion of the Dead by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell
  |title= Barnaby Grimes: Legion of the Dead ...o fantasy/horror. It might be a little too much for a sensitive child but the book is excellent. Highly recommended.
  4 KB (694 words) - 09:44, 19 April 2018
• Choking Wolf (Urgency Emergency!) by Dosh Archer
  |summary= City Hospital is always very busy and any emergency is 'all in a day's work' for ...All the stories take place at City Hospital and feature the heroic actions of Doctor Glenda and Nurse Percy. Each story focuses on a different emergency,
  4 KB (610 words) - 10:53, 29 March 2018
• City of Bohane by Kevin Barry
  |title=City of Bohane ...distinctive. Told in a vernacular style it is a lust and drug fuelled romp of a story that you won't easily forget.
  5 KB (792 words) - 10:58, 31 January 2024
• Churchill's Children: The Evacuee Experience in Wartime Britain by John Welshman
  |title=Churchill's Children: The Evacuee Experience in Wartime Britain ...is alongside of personal stories from both children and adults involved in the process.
  6 KB (995 words) - 08:16, 12 April 2018
• Dark Lies the Island by Kevin Barry
  |title=Dark Lies the Island ...of 13 short stories from the unpredictably dark and often very funny mind of Costa-nominated Kevin Barry.
  4 KB (592 words) - 09:20, 2 April 2018
• Manhattan Mayhem – New Crime Stories from the Mystery Writers of America by Mary Higgins Clark (editor)
  |title=Manhattan Mayhem – New Crime Stories from the Mystery Writers of America |summary= A sophisticated collection of crime and mystery short stories which will appeal to anyone who enjoys good
  4 KB (688 words) - 14:21, 2 February 2024
• Delicious! by Ruth Reichl
  |summary=A tasty read, this combines modern day food with tales of war time rations. ...d a big ol’ dollop of enthusiasm, will she be able to get to the bottom of the story?
  3 KB (523 words) - 12:05, 16 March 2018
• The People on Privilege Hill by Jane Gardam
  |title=The People on Privilege Hill ...al touches of sadness. Simply and sharply written. More to them than meets the eye.
  5 KB (877 words) - 15:26, 30 March 2018
• Good As You: From Prejudice to Pride - 30 Years of Gay Britain by Paul Flynn
  |title=Good As You: From Prejudice to Pride - 30 Years of Gay Britain ...ten a book that should be required reading for gay men and their allies in the UK. Gripping, enlightening and emotional.
  5 KB (911 words) - 12:14, 27 February 2018
• Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love by Xinran
  |title=Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love |summary=A moving account of daughters abandoned (or worse) and the Chinese mothers who grieve for them. Beautifully told with no excess sentim
  7 KB (1,235 words) - 11:50, 28 February 2018
• The Mark of Edain by Pauline Chandler
  |title=The Mark of Edain ...winning central character, it's an interesting take on the Roman conquest of Britain.
  3 KB (479 words) - 10:01, 17 April 2018
• In Arabian Nights by Tahir Shah
  ...shares with us the fundamental importance of stories. Buy it... there are tales within to be learned by heart. ...hanistan, where he would seek out the lost treasure of the Mughals. Sadly the traveller had an English passport and a Muslim name, and he was travelling
  8 KB (1,449 words) - 13:42, 28 February 2018
• Modesty Blaise - The Killing Distance by Peter O'Donnell and Enric Badia Romero
  |title=Modesty Blaise - The Killing Distance ...ons of Modesty's adventures, for the three stories here show the merits of the whole exercise to a gung-ho T.
  4 KB (722 words) - 09:40, 14 September 2020
• Bloodtide by Melvin Burgess
  ...an setting. Forget the current wave of dystopian stories. This knocks most of them into a cocked hat! ...ut Val wants peace. He wants unity so that his people can break out of the city and prosper.
  4 KB (649 words) - 13:21, 25 February 2018
• The Last of the Bowmans by J Paul Henderson
  |title=The Last of the Bowmans |sort= Last of the Bowmans
  4 KB (664 words) - 14:35, 17 March 2018
• The Man Who Rained by Ali Shaw
  |title=The Man Who Rained ...childlike but moving in a properly adult sense. Just imagine REALLY taking the weather with you.
  6 KB (1,023 words) - 14:32, 19 February 2018
• You Don't Love Me Yet by Jonathan Lethem
  |summary=A struggling band meets the manipulations of "the art crowd", whilst mismatched friends and lovers aimlessly try to figure ou ...r... the fact that they almost immediately end up having sex inside one of the exhibits suggests that as endings go, this isn't likely to be permanent.
  4 KB (667 words) - 14:59, 18 March 2018
• No Sorrow to Die: An Alice Rice Mystery by Gillian Galbraith
  ...ered and DS Alice Rice along with her team have their work cut out to find the killer. ...the most of this renowned city and mentions many places in and around the city centre. For example, '' ... her attention caught briefly by a man on Arthu
  4 KB (618 words) - 12:56, 10 March 2018
• Herald of the Storm by Richard Ford
  |title=Herald of the Storm ...lled Steelhaven; a city on the verge of demise from an author on the verge of acclaim.
  4 KB (670 words) - 10:24, 21 September 2020

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