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Just bought this book in a BOGOF offer in Tesco. Got through 100 pages before having to give up as it is probably the worst written "thriller" ever (and I've read John Grisham). Anyone else...
I had some books in the 1970s, similar to the one in the clip, but it had a flat plastic lens which when slid across the page would make the pictures move. It's similar to picket fence animation, but...
I've just finished Dark Matter by Michelle Paver And it was great fun. it has been a long time since I've read anything which doesn't play with conventions, form or go in for any general "trickery" of...
I have just finished reading this. Did Rowan kill Simon David Emma and Antony. Despite having many alibis for the last two he has mentioned slow fuses burning fire works before and he knew the...
Hi - i wonder if anyone can tell me the name or author of a spooky book/short story about a young boy (probably around 6yoa) whose parents both died, (i think it was in a car crash) but they...
for an experimental online serialised story I'm writing. It's an affectionate spoof of The Wicker Man. A little bit rude in places. You can find it at:http://mucklefugga.blogspot.com/...
It is without a doubt a profoundly moving novel, which will certainly stay with me in thought for a very long time. Unless I am mistaken, the reader is never offered an explanation as to why Isabelle...
It is written from the point of view of a woman, in Australia and concerns a trip from the south to Queensland. The woman is mentally ill but you only know that from the way she describes her friends...
Just finished reading this and really enjoyed it and would like to read more. I've been on amazon and noticed there's another book called Le chuchoteau that the author has done but I think it's not...
There are some pictures around at the moment that show women's high heeled shoes on a white background. They have a small person in them, about a quarter the height of the shoe, and they do various...
Which children's book (i read in the 80s) has a king who designs a new crown based on the shape between his feet when he rests them on the taps in the bath?!
Does anyone know af a short in which a woman commits a murder using a sharpened umbrella rib? It was a woman writer, I think, but can remember no other details.
My local pub has plenty of prints of old poaching scenes, one is a close up of a toothless old man with sleeper earring and grey stubble, and in the back ground there are 2 figures shooting birds in a...
Hi Gran saw your post earlier, havent heard of that book but I will look out for it. Am reading the "Tyrant" series by Christian Cameron at the moment all about Alexander the Great, spooky...
I have just finished reading The Royals by Kitty Kelly. I have also read other books by her. I always seem to "have a bad taste in my mouth" after reading her books. Does she affect anybody...
You helped me identify a book a few days ago. Well I found a copy & it's just as good as I remembered & I'm back in my childhood! So, thank you very much for your help.