Lead Review (Her Sister’s Killer)

• Book: Her Sister’s Killer
• Location: Northumberland, The North East (England)
• Author: Mari Hannah

"SPOTLIGHT REVIEW: NORTHUMBERLAND / NORTH EAST ENGLAND Her Sister’s Killer by Mari Hannah. Coming 6 March 2025 This is no. 5..."

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Historical novel set in “Britannia” AD 61 (EAST ANGLIA)

• Book: Revenge of Rome
• Location: East Anglia
• Author: Simon Scarrow

"Historical novel set in Britannia AD61 (East Anglia). This is number 23 in the Eagles of the Empire series and if..."

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Fiction and reality

• Book: Brotherless Night
• Location: Jaffna, Sri Lanka
• Author: V V Ganeshananthan

"This is a magnificent book, drawing on years of research and eye-witness account to create fiction that describes fact. There is..."

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Sweat marks a change in direction for this author

• Book: Sweat
• Location: London
• Author: Emma Healey

"This novel is penned by the hugely successful author of Elisabeth is Missing and is quite a change in direction. I..."

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Lead Review (Tiananmen Square)

• Book: Tiananmen Square
• Location: Beijing (Peking)
• Author: Lai Wen

"Lai Wen is the pseudonym of a Chinese lady now in her mid 50s living in the UK with her husband..."

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Lead Review (Spontaneous Acts)

• Book: Spontaneous Acts
• Location: Berlin
• Author: Susan Bernofsky (Translator), Yoko Tawada

"2.5* “The patient’s name is Patrik. He sometimes refers to himself as the patient in his interior monologue.” He has (or..."

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Lead Review (Missy)

• Book: Missy
• Location: Chennai (Madras), Chicago
• Author: Raghav Rao

"The book opens in Madras (which comes to be known as Chennai in 1996) in 1974. Savi has grown up in..."

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Lead Review (Amuse Bouche: How to eat your way around France)

• Book: Amuse Bouche: How to Eat Your Way Around France
• Location: France
• Author: Carolyn Boyd

"Amuse Bouche by Carolyn Boyd is the Francophile’s dream: a guide to the diverse regions of France that’s bursting with its..."

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Lead Review (Far)

• Book: Far
• Location: Central Spain
• Author: Rosa Ribas

"The book was inspired by a housing estate called Seseña, which was one of the examples of the consequences of the..."

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Lead Review (Rare Singles)

• Book: Rare Singles
• Location: Scarborough
• Author: Benjamin Myers

"Bucky Bronco is invited to Scarborough from America, a soul singer who had a one-hit wonder back in the day and..."

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