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I live in Bristol UK literary fiction and crime are my books of choice and when not reading I like to run

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The Heart's Invisible Furies - John Boyne

An Evil Mind - Chris Carter

No Country for Old Men - Cormac McCarthy

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The Silence - Tim Lebbon

Reservoir 13: A Novel - Jon McGregor

Police - Jo Nesbo

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February 2022

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reviewed: Family love as humanity is threatened

Vesps, part reptile, part bird from the dawn of time are released when an ancient cave system is penetrated. They fly, they a...

The Silence - Tim Lebbon

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The Silence - Tim Lebbon

January 2022

29

reviewed: A true classic from the master of the legal thriller

It has been some 25 years since I first read this great book. It is fast paced, exciting and very informative of the American...

A Time to Kill - John Grisham

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A Time to Kill - John Grisham

reviewed: They were all heroes

The last surviving member of 617 squadron more commonly known as the dambusters. A great and enjoyable journal that reads lik...

The Last British Dambuster: One man's extraordinary life and the raid that changed history - George Johnny Johnson

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The Last British Dambuster: One man's extraordinary life and the raid that changed history - George Johnny Johnson

December 2021

12

reviewed: A very difficult read

You will either love or loathe Reservoir 13 from Costa Book Award winner Jon McGregor. It is to me an odd book and tells the ...

Reservoir 13: A Novel - Jon McGregor

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Reservoir 13: A Novel - Jon McGregor

June 2021

06

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Police - Jo Nesbo

reviewed: Harry delivers the goods!

This is the 10th outing for Nesbo’s brilliant yet somewhat troubled maverick detective Harry Hole. The plot is interesting, p...

Police - Jo Nesbo

June 2021

05

reviewed: Enjoyable read

An interesting read the last 100 pages poignant as the tragedy that is Hamnet unfolds and family must learn to come to terms ...

Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell

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Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell

May 2021

06

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The Shut Eye - Belinda Bauer

reviewed: The world according to Irving

To read John Irving is to surround yourself in his world and enjoy his amazing story telling ability. There are a number of t...

The World According to Garp - John Irving

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The World According to Garp - John Irving

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