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Feb 6, 20223 min read

Richard Osman’s ‘The Thursday Murder Club’ - A Murder Mystery Tale Packed with Charm and Wit

‘The Thursday Murder Club’, published in September 2020, is the debut novel from producer and television presenter Richard Osman. Set in...

katycsmith1988

Jan 2, 20224 min read

Madeline Miller’s debut novel, ‘The Song of Achilles’, was published in 2011, and is an account of the events described in Homer’s ‘The...

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Nov 2, 20213 min read

Maggie O’Farrell’s eighth novel, published in 2020, is a fictional account of William Shakespeare’s family, and the events leading up to...

katycsmith1988

Aug 23, 20213 min read

Thomas Hardy’s ‘Tess of the d’Urbervilles’ is a novel that I have put off reading for a long time, and I think a large part of the reason...

katycsmith1988

Aug 4, 20213 min read

‘The Spy of Venice’ by Benet Brandreth The debut novel from barrister and rhetoric expert Benet Brandreth features none other than...

katycsmith1988

Jul 24, 20213 min read

‘Where the Crawdads Sing’, published in 2018, is the powerful debut novel by American author Delia Owens. The novel is set in the...

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