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Chaucer And The Legend Of Good Women (2014) by Philip GoodenThe spring of 1373, and Geoffrey Chaucer (yes, that one) is on a journey to Italy on secret business for the aging Edward III of...
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A Pattern Of Blood (2000) by Rosemary Rowe186 AD, Corinium – that’s Cirencester to us modern folks – and pavement-maker Libertus is witness the wealthy decurion Quintus Ulpius being...
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The House Of Shadows (2003) by Paul Doherty – a re-re-readIn 1360 Southwark, the great treasure of the Lombards was stolen and the knights guarding it, along with the boatmen transporting it,...
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A Month Of History – Recommendations RequiredBusy, busy, busy. That’s what September is for a school teacher and, well, I’m a school teacher. So much to do, but it means that when it comes to...
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The Puzzly – The ISOTCMN Book Of The Month – August 2023Well, August is done and dusted, it’s time for me to really start thinking about school again – just kidding, that’s been on my mind for a while –...
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77 North (2023) by D L MarshallJohn Tyler is dead. Which is awfully convenient for someone who wants to take revenge on the people who killed his brother. But it...
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Three Card Murder (2023) by J L BlackhurstActing Detective Inspector Tess Fox has three major problems with her first murder case, a body whose throat was cut and thrown from...
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He Who Whispers (2023) by John Dickson CarrWhen Gideon Fell invites Miles Hammond, a survivor of the War, to the first meeting of the legendary Murder Club, he could not refuse....
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Who She Was (2023) by Tony ParsonsSt Jude’s, Cornwall, and a young woman stands next to a burning bonfire, waiting for the next chapter of her life to start. She has...
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The Killing Place (2023) by Kate EllisNovember in South Devon. The tourists have gone and life in South Devon and there is every hope that the rest of the year will be a...
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The Death Of Laurence Vining (1928) by Alan ThomasMeet Laurence Vining – a polymath who lends his general amazingness to Scotland Yard when they are stumped on a case. He and his...
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Kidnap Castle (1947) by Showell Styles aka Glyn CarrThe war is over – and Column Six, a group of spies including Gideon “The Poet” Hazel and Abercrombie “Filthy” Lewker – is celebrating...
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A Hundred Thousand Dragons (2010) by Dolores Gordon-Smith1923, London, and while lounging in, well, the lounge of Claridge’s hotel with his sister and her fiancé, Jack Haldean, ex-flying ace,...
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How To Survive A Classic Crime NovelYou arrive at a dinner party to discover that your fellow guests seem somewhat familiar – the village doctor, the vicar, the local...
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Death Of A Lesser God (2023) by Vaseem KhanBombay, 1950. James Whitby, the son of the influential Charles Whitby, sits on death row, waiting for his sentence to be carried out....
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Under Lock And Skeleton Key (2022) by Gigi PandianThe eldest child dies by magic. Tempest Raj came close to fulfilling the prophecy that has haunted her family when a trick went...
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The Puzzly – The ISOTCMN Book Of The Month – July 2023OK, July was a tad busier than usual when it came to reading. A week in the middle of beautiful isolation on the Ardnamurchan peninsula...
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The Trap (2023) by Catherine Ryan HowardA young woman, stranded on the side of the road in the middle of the night receives an offer of help from a passing driver. It’s the...
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Crime In Kensington (1933) by Christopher St John SpriggThe Garden Hotel in Kensington housed an odd collection of people, including journalist Charles Venables and Lady Viola Merritt, the...
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The Final Days Of Abbot Montrose (1917/2018) by Sven ElvestadThe Montrose Abbey echoed with the sounds of shouting and broken glass before silence fell once more. Apparently there had been a...
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Death In Print (2023) by G M MallietSt Rumwold’s College, Oxford, is holding a reception to celebrate their tutor-cum-best selling author Jason Verdoodt. Verdoodt has hit...
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Poirot 12 – The ABC Murders (1936) by Agatha Christie“ Let us see, Mr Clever Poirot, just how clever you can be. ” Captain Hastings is visiting his old friend Hercule Poirot, and, just...
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In The Blink Of An Eye (2023) by Jo CallaghanAI is everywhere these days – so let’s ask Google Bard for a 100 word summary for this book. “I do not have enough information...
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Lost Graves (2022) by S A Dunphy & The Clearing (2023) by Simon ToyneIn the ancient forest of Leitrim in Ireland, Joe Keenan and his son, Finbar, never expected to find a corpse. But as the police...
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Two British Library Crime ClassicsThe grandchildren of Sir Richard March have descended on his Kent home, fleeing from the Blitz, just in time for them all to be...
