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Review of "The Detective's Daughter"  

by: Roger

The Detective's Daughter  

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on: 01 Sep 2013

Review extract: A few holes in the plot and some unconvincing babble but an entertaining read

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Review of "Bring Up The Bodies"  

by: Roger

Bring Up The Bodies  

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on: 31 Aug 2013

Review extract: Once again he continues to seem blessed. ...

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rating of "The Complete Sherlock Holmes"  

by: Roger

The Complete Sherlock Holmes  

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on: 15 Aug 2013

No summary or review available

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Review of "The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry"  

by: Roger

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry  

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on: 14 Aug 2013

Review extract: Sometimes painful, sometimes funny, exploration of Harold and Maude's life and relationship

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rating of "The Woman Who Walked Into The Sea"  

by: Roger

The Woman Who Walked Into The Sea  

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on: 08 Jul 2013

No summary or review available

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Review of "Flight Behaviour"  

by: Roger

Flight Behaviour  

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on: 24 May 2013

Review extract: Fantastic. ...

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Review of "Company of Liars"  

by: Roger

Company of Liars  

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on: 23 May 2013

Review extract: Excellent story and atmosphere. ...

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Review of "Cranford"  

by: Roger

Cranford  

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on: 18 May 2013

Review extract: What is the point, I have to ask.

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Review of "The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest"  

by: Roger

The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest  

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on: 17 May 2013

Review extract: More from the spring of scandinavian noir.

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Review of "Our Kind of Traitor"  

by: Roger

Our Kind of Traitor  

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on: 30 Apr 2013

Review extract: Not one of his best, story unfolds routinely and the ending is a cop-out

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Review of "Roseanna"  

by: Roger

Roseanna  

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on: 05 Apr 2013

Review extract: ok. Pre-dates the current fashion, a lot of time spent on realistic evocation of how slowly an investigation can proceed. ...

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Review of "Human Traces"  

by: Roger

Human Traces  

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on: 10 Mar 2013

Review extract: Actually as I read this I realised that I was re-reading it

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Review of "Why Are We The Good Guys?"  

by: Roger

Why Are We The Good Guys?  

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on: 08 Mar 2013

Review extract: The first section is all well known stuff (to me) but well set out and referenced. ...

Full review 53 words

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Review of "The Girl Who Played with Fire"  

by: Roger

The Girl Who Played with Fire  

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on: 24 Feb 2013

Review extract: Took a while to get into but mercifully less graphic sexual violence ethan the first book although still there as a strong undercurrent. ...

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rating of "The Song of Achilles"  

by: Roger

The Song of Achilles  

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on: 17 Feb 2013

No summary or review available

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Review of "The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared"  

by: Roger

The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared  

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on: 12 Jan 2013

Review extract: Hilarious and compelling. ...

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Review of "The Last Englishman"  

by: Roger

The Last Englishman  

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on: 04 Jan 2013

Review extract: Fascinating story, a whole new angle on the Russian revolution of 1917-1924 plus background to the nice perfection of Swallows and Amazons

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rating of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"  

by: Roger

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo  

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on: 15 Dec 2012

No summary or review available

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Review of "Kind of Cruel"  

by: Roger

Kind of Cruel  

on: 14 Dec 2012

Review extract: Complete rubbish which Jane bought by mistake on Amazon. ...

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Review of "Shieldwall"  

by: Roger

Shieldwall  

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on: 06 Dec 2012

Review extract: By comparison with Wold Hall which I just finished this is a complete load of c**p. ...

Full review 41 words

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Review of "Wolf Hall"  

by: Roger

Wolf Hall  

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on: 24 Nov 2012

Review extract: Two minor annoyances - the way it is written makes it hard sometimes to work out who is speaking, and the story of Cromwell has little dramatic tension - he just rises. ...

Full review 41 words

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Review of "Chavs"  

by: Roger

Chavs  

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on: 10 Nov 2012

Review extract: Yes, I agree. ...

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Review of "The Great Night"  

by: Roger

The Great Night  

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on: 03 Oct 2012

Review extract: and they kept on dancing, though the band's all packed and gone - were they every here at all, but they kept on dancing ...

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Review of "Goethe's Science of Living Form"  

by: Roger

Goethe's Science of Living Form  

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on: 25 Sep 2012

Review extract: Interesting way of going beyond intelectual scientific alienation from the subject (cf the Theodore Roszak book)

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Review of "The Blue Fox"  

by: Roger

The Blue Fox  

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on: 20 Sep 2012

Review extract: Short, slightly poetic, hard life in snowy wastes of iceland

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