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Review: A Kiss Before Dying, by Ira Levin

Ira Levin wrote novels and plays, many of which have been made into very successful films. He combines mystery and intrigue with crime, horror and science fiction, and wrote his novels primarily in the 1950s, 60s and 70s. The first book of Levin’s that I read was Rosemary’s Baby (written in 1967 and widely thought to have been the inspiration…

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English Pastoral: An Inheritance, by James Rebanks
English Pastoral: An Inheritance (James Rebanks)
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English Pastoral: An Inheritance, by James Rebanks

Many people will know James Rebanks’ first book, The Shepherd’s Life. Now he has written a lyrical and passionate account of his life on a Lake District upland farm inherited from his grandfather and in the area where his family has lived for at least 600 years. The book is in three parts. First are memories of growing up in…

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Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
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Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

The German private detective Atticus Pünd has been invited to Saxby-on-Avon, a stereotypical 1950s English village, to investigate the death of the housekeeper at the local manor house. But when the lord of the manor also meets a violent end, Agatha Christie-like motives for his murder pop up all over the place. Yet that's not the whole story – metaphorically…

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