Showing posts with label crime. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crime. Show all posts
Saturday, January 23, 2021

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

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The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold is a novel about loss. It deals with the idea that bereavement changes the living, opens a hole in survivor...
Sunday, January 1, 2012

A Sri Lanka Pursuit - The Far Spent day by Nihal de Silva

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The Far Spent Day by Nihal de Silva promises much. The fact that it does not deliver all it attempts should not deter anyone from exploring ...
Tuesday, October 25, 2011

The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith by Thomas Keneally

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The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith by Thomas Keneally is based on the life of an Australian bushranger called Jimmy Governor. Fictionalised as Ji...
Monday, July 26, 2010

Dan Leno And The Limehouse Golem by Peter Ackroyd

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Dan Leno And The Limehouse Golem is quite simply a masterpiece. Every aspect of the novel is remarkable. It’s a whodunit, though it suggests...
Saturday, November 22, 2008

Pain Wears No Mask by Nik Morton

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Pain Wears No Mask by Nik Morton is no ordinary thriller. It has an extra dimension that constantly encourages the reader to take an interes...
Monday, October 20, 2008

The Heart Of The Matter by Graham Greene

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Over forty years ago a new English teacher at my school answered a question asked by an eager student. The question was, “What do you think ...
Saturday, September 15, 2007

A Million Would Be Nice by Ken Scott

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I don’t read many books that claim membership of a genre. In my humble opinion, a work of fiction should aspire to create its own world, des...