The Old Wives’ Tale by Arnold Bennett — emotional lives of women
My expectations for The Old Wives’ Tale were — unfairly as it turned out — coloured by Virginia Woolf’s assessment
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Snowblind by Ragnar Jonasson — atmosphere laden Nordic crime
Snowblind offers an interesting twist on the locked room murder mystery genre beloved of the Golden Age crime writers. Ragnar
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Nobody Round Here Reads Tolstoy by Mark Hodkinson — the journey of a bibliophile
When Mark Hodkinson was growing up there was just one book in the family house in Manchester. Folklore, Myths and
Read MoreA World of Curiosities by Louise Penny — an intolerant world
Just when I suspected the Chief Inspector Gamache series was running of out steam, Louise Penny comes out with a
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Small Acts of Kindness by Jennifer Antill — a rebel in the making
I’m not sure I would have paid any attention to Small Acts of Kindness but for the sub title “A
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