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The Suitable Inheritor by Pushpendra Mehta
Pushpendra Mehta kindly sent me a copy of his debut novel, The Suitable Inheritor and asked me to review the book. I like and respect Pushpendra and am always a little wary about reviewing a book in these circumstances. I am always honest, even if the author is a friend or acquaintance. This sometimes causes problems! …
The Good Life by Martina Cole
Martina Cole is an English author who was born and brought up in Essex. She is the bestselling author of fourteen novels set in London’s gangland, and her most recent three paperbacks have gone straight to No. 1 in the Sunday Times on first publication. Total sales of Martina’s novels stand at over eight million …
At Risk by Patricia Cornwell
I really enjoyed this Patricia Cornwell book, At Risk. Although it is a lot shorter than many of her books and her famous character, Dr Kay Scarpetta does not appear. Nevertheless, “At Risk” is another of the author’s successes, although its brevity will disappoint some. The book is based on a story of the same name …
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night by Mark Haddon
Mark Haddon is a British novelist and poet, although his best known novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time was published in 2003 when it won the “Whitbread Book of the Year Award”, I only discovered it last month when my friend Aileen lent it to me. We had been discussing autism and …
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