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Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Wuthering Heights is a novel by Emily Brontë, written between October 1845 and June 1846, and published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. It was her first and only published novel: she died the following year, at age 30. Still, if you are only going to publish one novel, what a novel! There have …
Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie
Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller was born in Torquay, Devon, England, U.K. She was the youngest of three children. She wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan but it is for writing crime mysteries as Agatha Christie that she is best known. Evil Under The Sun is …
Legacy of Blood by Alex Connor
I am ashamed to say that I had never read anything by Alex Connor before I noticed Legacy of Blood on the “recommended” shelf in my local library. I have found out that she was born and educated in England and has had a variety of careers: including photographic model, personal assistant to a world famous heart …
The Adultery Club by Tess Stimson
I would not say The Adultery Club was the best book I have read in my life. It is by Tess Stimson and I just borrowed it from the library because I needed something to read in the evening. I was looking for something light and easy to read. However, as it turned out, this was …
The Boy in Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
The Boy in Striped Pajamas by John Boyne deals with the horrors of prejudice and war through the eyes of a child. Its humour and lightness of touch make the subject all the more vivid. The book was recommended to me by my 10 year old nephew, Mathew because he had enjoyed the book so …
Low Life by Ryan David Jahn
Ryan David Jahn grew up in Arizona, Texas, and California, USA. He left school at sixteen, worked several odd jobs, and spent time in the army before moving to Los Angeles. There he worked in television and film for several years.He now lives in Louisville, Kentucky and published his first novel, Acts of Violence, in 2009. It …
The Narcissist’s Daughter by Craig Holden
Craig Holden is the author of several novels including The River Sorrow, The Last Sanctuary, Four Corners of Night, The Jazz Bird and this book, The Narcissist’s Daughter. He has also received Great Lakes Book Award in Fiction. His books have been translated into a dozen languages. He has taught at the Universities of Michigan, Toledo, and New …
Looking Good Dead by Peter James
Peter James was born in Brighton, England. He is the son of a Jewish refugee who came to England in 1938. James was educated at Charterhouse School and thereafter went on to Ravensbourne Film School. Subsequently he spent several years in North America, where he worked as a screen writer and film producer. However, he is now …
Torment of Others by Val McDermid
Val McDermid is a Scottish author who read English at St Hilda’s College, Oxford, England. She was accepted at 17, one of the youngest undergraduates they have ever taken on, and the first from a Scottish state school. It should therefore come as no surprise that she is an excellent writer. This story was very well …
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