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Book Review: That Green Eyed Girl

Seeking refuge from her own crisis, Ava discovers a chain of kindnesses, lies and betrayals – with one woman at the centre of it all… Continue reading Book Review: That Green Eyed Girl

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Book, Contemporary Fiction, Genres, Locations, Reviews

Book Review: Young Women

When Emily meets the enigmatic and dazzling actress Tamsin, her life changes. But when a news article about a decades-old sexual assault case breaks, Emily realises Tamsin has been hiding a secret. Something that threatens to unravel everything… Continue reading Book Review: Young Women

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Book, Contemporary Fiction, Genres, Locations, Reviews

Book Review: The Girl on the 88 Bus

Can one chance meeting change the course of your life? Continue reading Book Review: The Girl on the 88 Bus

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Book, Crime, Genres, Historical Fiction, History, Locations, Reviews

Book Review: The Homes

A thousand unwanted children live in The Homes, a village of orphans on the outskirts of Glasgow. Lesley was six before she learned that most children live with their parents. Continue reading Book Review: The Homes

Unknown's avatarMrs PMay 26, 2022May 26, 2022Leave a comment
Book, Crime, Genres, History, Locations, non-fiction

Book Review: Broadmoor Women

Broadmoor, Britain’s first asylum for criminal lunatics, was founded in 1863. In the first years of its existence, one in five patients was female. Continue reading Book Review: Broadmoor Women

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Book, Genres, Historical Fiction, History, Locations, Reviews

Book Review: Black Butterflies

Sarajevo, spring 1992. Each night, nationalist gangs erect barricades, splitting the diverse city into ethnic enclaves; each morning, the residents – whether Muslim, Croat or Serb – push the makeshift barriers aside. Continue reading Book Review: Black Butterflies

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Book, Contemporary Fiction, Genres, Historical Fiction, Locations, Reviews

Book Review: Amber

Some people will stop at nothing to get what they want, regardless of what may come. But the past is always waiting… For what they seek, is seeking them. Continue reading Book Review: Amber

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Book, Contemporary Fiction, Genres, Historical Fiction, History, Locations, Reviews

Book Review: The Secret of Karabakh

You are not who you think you are. Your future is not what you think it will be.
You are in danger… Continue reading Book Review: The Secret of Karabakh

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Book Review: The Real Kenneth Grahame

He wrote one of the most quintessentially English books, yet Kenneth Grahame was a Scot. Continue reading Book Review: The Real Kenneth Grahame

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Book, Genres, Historical Fiction, History, Locations, Reviews

Book Review: The Good Left Undone

Matelda has always been brusque and opinionated. Now, as she faces the end of her life, she is determined to share a long-held secret with her family about her own mother’s great love story… Continue reading Book Review: The Good Left Undone

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