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Saturday, December 13, 2025

Death In Ambush - Susan Gilruth

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My first nomination for Crime Reprint of the year is this year's British Library Crime Classics Christmas special. I loved this. In my o...
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Wednesday, December 10, 2025

The Christmas Clue - Nicola Upson

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December is exhausting, work is crazy right now and any writing time has been exclusively reserved for Christmas cards - all the ones to pos...
Thursday, November 27, 2025

Winter - Val McDermid

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I didn't read Michael Morpurgo's Spring, partly because whilst it might be impossible to dislike spring, it really isn't my favo...
Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Hemlock and Silver - T. Kingfisher

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Yet again my fond belief that I'm ready for Christmas has hit the wall of it being a bare month away with a very busy work schedule betw...
Thursday, November 13, 2025

Uneasy Elixirs - Virginia Miller

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I didn't mean to disappear again - or at least I did in so much as I'm on holiday and haven't managed to settle to much reading ...
Thursday, October 30, 2025

Tasting History - Max Miller

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October is probably my favourite part of Christmas - so far I've made mincemeat, Christmas puddings, quince jelly, pickled quinces, Chri...
Tuesday, October 28, 2025

The Twelve Days of Christmas - Susan Stokes-Chapman

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I have been excited about this book since early this year when Susan Stokes-Chapman made an unexpected visit to the shop. I loved 'Pando...
Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Simon The Coldheart - Georgette Heyer #1925Club

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I can't quite believe that  Simon  and  Kaggsy's  book club has been running for a decade now. I'm obviously getting old.  1925 ...
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Sunday, October 12, 2025

Brigands and Breadknives - Travis Baldree

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I got a proof copy of this through work, and there's some demand for it amongst my colleagues, so before I forget any details and whilst...
Thursday, October 9, 2025

The Christmas Companion - Skye McAlpine

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It's been a while, and whilst I didn't plan a blogging break, it's been good to pause for a bit, not least because it's give...
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