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Apr.14.2013
An Extract from CAPABLE OF MURDER - A Belinda Lawrence Mystery. This is the setting in Bath Abbey, Somerset.
Late afternoon found Belinda in Bath. She bought some food for her supper and as she scurried across the Abbey Churchyard, the rain eased and faint rays of sunlight lit up the facade of...
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Apr.14.2013
One of my Facebook friends is a fellow named Brian Heffron. Like most FB connections, I don't know Brian, really, never met him, but I make an effort to follow the writers among those connections, and Brian is one of those. He's on Goodreads, too, touting a new book of his, Colorado...
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Apr.11.2013
I imagine there is a book or two to be written about this, for both novelists and non-fiction writers. The topic - so real and so grim - is but part of the destruction of war and the disease of power. [DE]
An almanac that once belonged to Arthur Goldschmidt, a Jewish businessman persecuted by the...
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Apr.08.2013
I've written two novels about fame and being famous and what it is like to have the life. HM the Queen is a *friend* of my main character. His fame has made him wealthy beyond common sense.Thus, I have an interest- not totally ruled by prurient designs - about famous people. And when two...
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Mar.24.2013
***** Mystery writing at its very best. March 24, 2013
By John J. Alaimo
Format:Kindle Edition
I became an avid fan of Brian Kavanagh after reading this, his first novel. Like all successful writers of mystery books, he immerses you in another time and place and nothing is ever what it...
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Mar.22.2013
****Above Average Murder Mystery 22 Mar 2013
By Miss H. B. Grimmette - Published on Amazon.com
Format: Kindle Edition
I enjoy elaborate murder mysteries, particularly when the murderer has a signature move. The inclusion of medieval history and religious elements make this far more...
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Mar.12.2013
Unintentionally I have written a number of novels taking place in times of history. I put it this way instead of saying "historical" because I do not know if the Twentieth Century (I have written of World War Two and also of Kafka) is classed as historical. But I have also definitely written "...
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Mar.09.2013
In 1909 in a miller’s family in Arva, Ontario, near London, a young woman fell ill. What better place for fresh air and lighter duties than her uncle’s in Dinorwic, Ontario? Charles Self ran a boarding house for loggers in...
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Mar.07.2013
**** An excellent English mystery with keeps you guessing' 7 Mar 2013 By Helen This is a new author to me and I really like his style. This is a truly great murder mystery. The author was excellent at building tension and creating vivid pictures of the various crime scenes which made it...
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Mar.06.2013
Ingrid Christensen (left) and Mathilde Wegger
on the way to Antarctica in 1931
My guest today is Jesse Blackadder who is fascinated by landscapes, adventurous women and very cold places. Her novel After the Party made the Australian Book Review list of favourite Australian novels in...
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