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Tag: murder mystery

The Body in the Bog

On June 15, 2020 By Andrew G LockhartIn Book Review, detective stories, Scotland2 Comments

Broken Ground by Val McDermid A Review Published in 2018, Broken Ground is a police procedural set in Edinburgh and the Highlands of Scotland. Thus I couldn't resist delving into it. ' "I need you over here. This body that's supposed to have been in the ground for seventy-four years? He's wearing a pair of …

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The Art of Dying

On February 9, 2020 By Andrew G LockhartIn Books, Historical Fiction, Women in HistoryLeave a comment

by Ambrose Parry A Review 'The Reverend struck me again ...... It was what happened when you ate filth.' The Art of Dying reacquaints the reader with Dr Will Raven and Sarah Fisher, protagonists of Ambrose Parry's first novel, The Way of All Flesh.  Now fully qualified, Raven returns to Edinburgh from a study tour …

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The Family

On December 31, 2019 By Andrew G LockhartIn Book Review, Books, ThrillersLeave a comment

by Louise Jensen A Review 'I am still wrestling to be free as I am dragged, my feet scraping the ground, but I'm losing the fight ..... I know they'll never let us leave here now. Not alive anyway.' Not to be confused with Mario Puzo's splendid novel with the same title, Louise Jensen's fifth …

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One Day At A Time

On November 8, 2019November 8, 2019 By Andrew G LockhartIn Book Review, detective stories, Science fiction and fantasyLeave a comment

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton A Review 'As with Bell, my skin prickles when I see Ravencourt in the mirror. Some part of me remembers my real face and is perplexed by this stranger staring back.' This novel was a 'left-over' from my recent holiday. Having been warned that it was …

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Strike Four

On April 2, 2019 By Andrew G LockhartIn Book Review, detective stories, JK RowlingLeave a comment

Lethal White by Robert Galbraith   ‘ “I’m not mental! He strangled the kid and they buried it, down in the dell by our dad’s house. Wrapped in a blanket it was….” ' The latest novel by JK Rowling under her Robert Galbraith pseudonym begins with the wedding from hell. Robin Ellacott, employee/partner at the …

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Space Detectives

On December 7, 2017 By Andrew G LockhartIn Book Review, Books, detective stories, Science fiction and fantasy1 Comment

The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov 'And at the very moment he felt Daneel's hand clamping down upon his shoulders ..... But surely a robot would not dare use violence on a man. That thought was dominant. Daneel could not prevent him forcibly, and yet Baley felt the robot's hands forcing him down.' Written sixty …

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Artemis

On November 27, 2017 By Andrew G LockhartIn Book Review, Books, Science fiction and fantasy, Space Travel2 Comments

Artemis by Andy Weir A Review 'Dude, I don't know where you're getting info about girls but you're WRONG. Girls like boys who are nice and make us laugh. We DON'T like boys who get in fights and we don't like boys who are stupid. Trust me on this. I'm a girl.' The problem with …

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Getting Away With Murder (1)

On January 6, 2016 By Andrew G LockhartIn Books, detective stories, Writing and Publishing2 Comments

The Classic American As promised, I'm going to write this week about detective stories. The fictional detective and the typical fictional crime have changed a lot since back in the days ( I won't say how long ago) when at the age of about eleven I read my first Agatha Christie novel. Throughout my teens …

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"Everything's going to be okay."

On May 7, 2014 By Andrew G LockhartIn Book Review, Books, detective storiesLeave a comment

The Truth Will Out by Jane Isaac Well, everything isn't going to be OK for Eva, one of two main characters in Jane Isaac's new detective thriller. And it'll be especially not OK for her friend Naomi, who is murdered in the first chapter. Eva and Naomi travel from England to Italy to collect a …

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