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“The Man Upstairs” by P. G. Wodehouse – Review

10th March 20209th March 2020 Simon Wood

As a Wodehouse aficionado I have read many of his books multiple times. But the man was so prolific that no matter how voraciously you read his stuff, it seems […]

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“Factfulness” by Hans Rosling – Review

9th March 2020 Simon Wood

It feels to me like everything is getting worse. Brexit. Trump. Growing inequality, a resurgent right-wing. It didn’t used to be like this, it used to feel like the world […]

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“He Said/She Said” by Erin Kelly – Review

7th March 20209th March 2020 Simon Wood

This suspense novel was our February book club book. Psychological thrillers are not normally my thing, but this is well constructed, concerning a couple with secrets living incognito apparently for […]

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“Lost Hills” by Lee Goldberg – Review

6th March 20204th March 2020 Simon Wood

This is the first in a new series by Lee Goldberg about deputy Eve Ronin, a young homicide detective with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

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“The Case of the ‘Hail Mary’ Celeste” by Malcolm Pryce – Review

5th March 20203rd March 2020 Simon Wood

Pryce’s Aberystwyth Noir series (beginning with 2001’s Aberystwyth Mon Amour) is a wonderful treat for anyone who has any familiarity with Raymond Chandler (and his ilk) or Aberystwyth, or (like me) […]

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“A Dangerous Man” by Robert Crais – Review

4th March 20203rd March 2020 Simon Wood

Somewhere between a decade or two ago, knowing I’m a fan of Robert B. Parker’s Spenser, JP recommended a favourite PI to me: Robert Crais’ Elvis Cole.

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“Sal” by Mick Kitson – Review

2nd March 20209th March 2020 Simon Wood

We read this for book club. Sal is a 13 year old survivalist nut. Anticipating that her mum’s boyfriend who has been abusing her will start on her sister, the […]

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“The Salt Path” by Raynor Winn – Review

1st March 20209th March 2020 Simon Wood

This is one of those “walking the South West coast path” accounts. Having enjoyed Mark Wallington’s Five Hundred Mile Walkies (almost as much as Boogie Up the River) I wasn’t […]

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“Middle England” by Jonathan Coe – Review

29th February 202029th February 2020 Simon Wood

Jonathan Coe’s Brexit novel is a sequel to The Rotters Club and Closed Circle, each of which were set in the Midlands a couple of decades apart. So besides taking the nation’s […]

Literature

“The Runaways” by Fatima Bhutto – Review

28th February 20209th March 2020 Simon Wood

We read for book group this tale of three young people who are in various ways dissatisfied with their lives – in Karachi and in Portsmouth.

Literature

“Rotherweird” by Andrew Caledcott – Review

27th February 20209th March 2020 Simon Wood

For book group we read this forgettable if moderately entertaining fantasy which borrows a hodgepodge of ideas with very little discrimination.

Literature

“Lethal White” by Robert Galbraith – Review

26th February 202026th February 2020 Simon Wood

I’ve enjoyed Robert Galbraith’s series of London-set private investigator books from the outset, The Cuckoo’s Calling, and in general they have improved as the series has gone on.

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