Stars: *** Pages: 239 First published in 1973 by Hutchinson “Rendell is a great storyteller who knows how to make sure that the reader has to turn the pages out of a desperate need to find out what is going to happen next” (John Mortimer, Sunday Times) The sleepy town…
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Star Rating: **** Pages: 269 “I travel because it challenges my preconceptions of the world, and about what I can and cannot do. Using public transport forces me into immersing with local cultures.” (Ian Packham) Have you ever considered setting yourself a challenge, one that you know others are…
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Star Rating: *** Pages: 383 First published in 2014 by The Book Guild Ltd We never really understand how the lives of others, often those we don’t even know, are so intricately weaved with our own. We pass people every day without knowing their names, making assumptions about who they…
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Star Rating: **** Pages: 314 First published in 2014 by John Blake Publishing “I don’t know why, but the dawn in South West London never seemed to have the same effect on me. Somehow, looking out of my bedroom window in London I’d never managed to get that…
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It’s not very often that I feel disappointed after reading a novel but on this occasion that is the case. I normally embrace all writing styles but for some reason this particular novel took far longer than expected to read, however, was it a bad storyline? No. For me I think…
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About Travelling Book Junkie Here at Travelling Book Junkie, we love to travel and have, over many years now, incorporated our love of all things quirky and unusual into our travel style. That doesn’t mean we don’t want to stay in luxury hotels; it simply means looking for something special…
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