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The Old Patagonian Express [Folio Society] by Paul Theroux – Review
By Elizabeth Stanforth-Sharpe It is forty-five years since Paul Theroux wrote of his journey on ‘The Old Patagonian Express’, a ... -
The Little Blue Flames and Other Uncanny Tales by A.M Burrage – Review
By Karl Hornsey This beautifully presented collection of short stories by A.M Burrage is a must for anyone with a ... -
The Couple in the Photo by Helen Cooper – Review
By Sandra Callard Derby author Helen Cooper’s third literary offering, The Couple in the Photo, invites readers into a labyrinthine ... -
The Blind Spots by Thomas Mullen – Review
By Sandra Callard The Blind Spots casts a spell that lingers. Set in a post-apocalyptic world where a global loss ... -
Death of a Lesser God by Vaseem Khan – Review
By Sandra Callard Vaseem Khan’s Malabar House novels, all set in India in the 1950s, have already gathered a strong ... -
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld – Review
By Barney Bardsley Curtis Sittenfeld is a clever and appealing writer, who achieved well-deserved acclaim for her fictionalised account of ... -
The Redemption of Isobel Farrar by Alan Robert Clark – Review
By Sandra Callard Set in 1926, this tight-paced and always interesting novel focuses on Isobel Farrar, a rich, elderly but ... -
Never Never by Colleen Hoover and Tarryn Fisher – Review
By Sandra Callard Written by two American authors, here is a sensitive and at the same time, startling, novel of ... -
In At The Kill by Gerald Seymour – Review
By Sandra Callard I was aware of the writing of the author Gerald Seymour, through his famous and stunning Harry’s ... -
Siblings by Brigitte Reimann – Review
By Barney Bardsley This beautiful, enigmatic little book was first published in German in 1963. It has taken 60 years ... -
The Company by JM Varese – Review
By Sandra Callard Set in London in 1870, The Company purports to be based on a true story from that ... -
Medusa by Jessie Burton – Review
By Barney Bardsley In Caravaggio’s stark portrait of Medusa, painted in 1597, she is captured at the moment of her ...