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All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall is a hard book to rate. The dystopian world created by extreme climate change was shockingly well done and provided a lot of food for thought (and I like books that make me think). The writing and characters were also good but the plot was slow and very predictable. review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
If Amor Towles is the author, you can’t go wrong. Apologies in advance for the long review of Table for Two, 5★shttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A Dark and Secret Magic by Wallis Kinney
Mine is an outlier review for this fantasy-romance. It had too much romance and too little fantasy for my liking.
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Here's my review of A Deadly Promise, the latest instalment in British-Australian author Rachel Amphlett's series featuring D.I. Kay Hunter. 
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4.5 stars for true crime non-fiction
The Widow of Walcha by Aussie Author Emma PartridgeMy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Winter Sisters by Robin OliveiraWinter Sisters
4 stars
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If they've found The Wrong Hands, then whose are they? This is Mark Billingham's Detective Miller #2, but it could easily be a standalone. He is an experienced author who leads us gently through back stories without making me feel guilty for not remembering who's who. 😊)
My review of The Wrong Hands
Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell
Not for everyone, and definitely not my kind of book either. But I still ended up liking this monster romance to a great extent. Go figure!
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My review for The Governor, His Wife and His Mistress Sue Williams
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My review for Pick of the Litter: A Heartwarming Story of the Dogs Who Rescue Us by Kay Bratt
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Here's my review of Mrs Sidhu’s Dead and Scone, a cosy mystery and the debut novel of screenwriter Suk Pannu (who created and wrote the television series Mrs. Sidhu Investigates, featuring the same heroine).
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The Briar Club by Kate Quinn
I mostly enjoyed my first novel by this talented writer. What a wonderful historical fiction!
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My review for The Secrets of Willow Bay Phillipa Nefri Clark
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The World With Its Mouth Open: Stories by Zahid Rafiq
I'd expected more from these stories, but the slice-of-life was too "slice-of-life-y" for me.
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The Envelopes by Hasu August
Great premise but needed better structuring. Still, a decent option showing an unexplored side of contemporary China.
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Danielle SteelMy review 2 stars:
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by Margaret HickeyMy review 3 stars:
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by Lucia Osborne-CrowleyMy review 5 stars:
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by Danielle SteelMy review 2 stars:
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The House of Silk
4/5 stars
Brilliant. Engaging. Sherlock Holmes saga
Capturing the Essence of the original stories.
My review here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Speak to Me by Ben Raterman
A great story marred by some poor editing.
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Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson, a woman struggling to overcome her trauma and feelings of guilt over the death of her brother, finds hope and redemption in the stories attached to a family antique ceramic jar, made by an enslaved ancestor and passed down through the generations.review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My first for 2025.
The Detective Up Late by AA Adrian McKinty 5★https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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The Secrets of Willow Bay by Phillipa Nefri Clarkhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Story Collector by Evie Gaughan will appeal to readers who enjoy dual time-line stories with some Irish fairies thrown in. 4★shttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review for The Little Provence Book Shop by Gillian Harvey
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Making a Killing by Cara Hunter is #7takes us back to the first episode in the series where a women convicted of murdering her 8 year old daughter may in fact have been innocent. An intriguing mystery by one of my favourite crime writers.review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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