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FREE LOVE: Tessa Hadley’s latest goes back to the summer of (forbidden) love

January 19, 2022

The laid-back revolution in London during the late 1960s is vividly portrayed in Tessa Hadley's Free Love: it feels almost like an education in the era.

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PHENOTYPES: a slow-burn journey into Brazilian colourism worth taking

January 5, 2022

Although Phenotypes is not an easy read, its exploration of the ambiguities of racial classification in Brazil is a journey worth taking.

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EMPERORS OF THE DEEP | BOOK REVIEW

September 1, 2020

EMPERORS OF THE DEEP | BOOK REVIEW William McKeever (William Collins) Everyone of a certain age went through shark mania in the summer of 1975, in the wake of Steven …

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A DEATH IN MAYFAIR | BOOK REVIEW

February 26, 2020

A DEATH IN MAYFAIR Mark Ellis (Headline) This noirish detective novel from Mark Ellis, a thriller writer from Swansea, is set in 1941 against the backdrop of the Second World …

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WALKING CARDIFF | BOOK REVIEW

February 9, 2020

WALKING CARDIFF Peter Finch & John Briggs (Seren) “There are a few things about a good walk… It should get you lost and then it should find you,” writes Peter …

Region: South Wales
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REAP THE WHIRLWIND | AUTHOR INTERVIEW AND BOOK REVIEW

January 30, 2020

REAP THE WHIRLWIND Mark Timlin (Crime & Mystery Club) Timlin’s hardboiled antihero Nick Sharman is revisited in Reap The Whirlwind, made up of a long-lost novella from the 1990s and …

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REAL PRESELI | BOOK REVIEW

November 27, 2019

Real Preseli John Osmond (Seren Books) The book paints a vivid picture of Preseli, the not-so-oft-visited part of Pembrokeshire which Osmond calls “a magical country.” Osmond invites you to walk …

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THE WOLVES OF LENINSKY PROSPEKT | BOOK REVIEW

November 12, 2019

The Wolves of Leninsky Prospekt Sarah Armstrong (Sandstone Press) Having married her brother’s gay best friend, Kit, to help him appear more of a family man to his colleagues in …

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THE IMAGINARY LIVES OF JAMES PŌNEKE | BOOK REVIEW

September 13, 2019

The Imaginary Lives Of James Pōneke Tina Makereti (Eye) Already a well-published and accomplished author in her native New Zealand, The Imaginary Lives Of James Pōneke is Tina Makereti’s fourth …

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PLAYBOY | BOOK REVIEW

September 12, 2019

Playboy Joe Thomas (Arcadia) The third book as part of a quartet, this is another thrilling journey into the criminal world of São Paulo. As national protests take place over …

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SHADOW ON THE LENS | BOOK REVIEW

September 9, 2019

A Shadow on the Lens Sam Hurcom (Orion) This book would be epic if I didn’t know any of the locations, but as a Cardiffian my familiarity with the places …

Region: South Wales
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THEN SHE VANISHES | BOOK REVIEW

August 13, 2019

Then She Vanishes  Claire Douglas (Penguin) One quiet March morning, the peaceful seaside town of Tilby near Bristol is ripped apart by the double murder of a seemingly harmless man …

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