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The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

Posted on September 23, 2020 by Andrea Pryke

Synopsis   In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders. But when a brutal killing takes place on their very doorstep, the Thursday Murder Club find themselves in the middle of … Continue reading →

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Where the Dead Walk by John Bowen

Posted on June 4, 2018 by Andrea Pryke

Synopsis For some, ghosts are no more than the wounds loved ones leave in their wake, haunting the living only with their absence. Others take a more literal view.. .Kate Bennett, presenter of paranormal investigation cable TV show, ‘Where the … Continue reading →

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Audio Books – Do they count as reading?

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Andrea Pryke

This is something that I have seen discussed a few times on blogs and booktube videos. Well if we are going to be completely technical about it then No it is not reading, because you are not actually reading the … Continue reading →

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The Battered Body Beneath the Flagstones and other Victorian Scandals by Michelle Morgan

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Andrea Pryke

Published by Robinson on 12th April 2018 Synopsis: A grisly book dedicated to the crimes, perversions and outrages of Victorian England, covering high-profile offences – such as the murder of actor William Terriss, whose stabbing at the stage door of … Continue reading →

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A Kingdom Falls – John Owen Theobald – Blog Tour

Posted on December 6, 2017 by Andrea Pryke
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What the Raven Brings by John Owen Theobald – Blog Tour

Posted on March 7, 2017 by Andrea Pryke

And check back tomorrow for a review of the first book in the Ravenmaster Trilogy These Dark Wings

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Book buying ban? Not Likely

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Andrea Pryke

I have to stop buying books, I have around 580 on my TBR, to be fair the majority of them are on my Kindle, but the stack of unread books in my room is threatening to squash me flat.. But … Continue reading →

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On the Road by Jack Kerouac

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Andrea Pryke

Published by Penguin Modern Classics Synopsis On the Road swings to the rhythms of 1950s underground America, jazz, sex, generosity, chill dawns and drugs, with Sal Paradise and his hero Dean Moriarty, traveller and mystic, the living epitome of Beat. … Continue reading →

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2017 – A whole new year of books

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Andrea Pryke

Well here we are in a new year, I admit I have a lot of books to read and a lot of reviews to post, so you will be seeing a lot more content posted on the blog this year. … Continue reading →

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The Glasgow Coma Scale by Neil D A Stewart

Posted on December 15, 2016 by Andrea Pryke

Published by Corsair 17th July 2014 Synopsis Lynne is a young woman who once dreamed of being an artist, but whose promotion to supervisor at a call-centre in Glasgow is sucking the soul out of her. When Lynne hands a … Continue reading →

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