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Dullest Book Of The Year: Love Is Blind by William Boyd

November 9, 2019August 21, 2020 BookerTalk 26 Comments Book Reviews, Scottish authors, William Boyd

Dull. Dreary. Dry. These are not words I would ever have expected to use to describe a novel by William

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Is The Franchise Affair the perfect crime novel? [review]

June 5, 2019September 13, 2019 BookerTalk 38 Comments crime fiction, Josephine Tey

A master class in mystery writing this is a novel from the 1940s whose issues are just as relevant today

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Book Reviews Reading my life Scottish authors 

The Comforters by Muriel Spark #bookreview

February 18, 2018 BookerTalk 17 Comments Book Reviews, Muriel Spark, Readingmylife

The Comforters was a disappointment. Flashes of humour that wouldn’t be out of place in an Ealing comedy didn’t make up for a confusing plot.

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His Bloody Project
Book Reviews historical fiction Man Booker Prize Scottish authors 

His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet

April 14, 2017April 14, 2017 BookerTalk 23 Comments Booker prize, Graeme Macrae Burnet, Scottish authors

His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet is an intriguing b blend of historical fiction and crime in the highlands of Scotland

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Book Reviews Crime and thrillers historical fiction Scottish authors TBR list 

The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey

April 12, 2017 BookerTalk 27 Comments Josephine Tey, Wars of the Roses

Was Richard III a murderer or has history maligned his reputation? Josephine Tey puts her detective to work on the case in a fictionalised crime story

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