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Alex Craigie

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Sunderland, The United Kingdom
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Alex Craigie is the pen name of Trish Power.

Trish was ten when her first play was performed at school. It was in rhyming couplets and written in pencil in a book with imperial weights and measures printed on the back. There were two princes in it - one was called Rupert and the other was changed to Sam because she couldn't find enough rhymes for Randolph.

When her children were young, she wrote short stories for magazines before returning to the teaching job that she loved.

Trish has had seven books published under the pen name of Alex Craigie. Three books cross genre boundaries and feature elements of romance, thriller and suspense against a backdrop of social issues. Someone Close to Home highlights the problems affecting care homes, Acts o
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Alex Craigie My paternal grandmother's grandmother had a sister. They both lived and died in Edinburgh. One of them lived a life of comparative luxury married to a…moreMy paternal grandmother's grandmother had a sister. They both lived and died in Edinburgh. One of them lived a life of comparative luxury married to a goldsmith, the other died in the poorhouse literally a few minutes down the road from her. It's not exactly a mystery, but I wish I'd asked my Granny about it when I had the chance. The one who married well would have been expected to obey her husband and may not have been allowed to visit the other in the poorhouse. I can't imagine what that would have been like. (less)
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Someone Close to Home

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The Bubble Reputation

4.83 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions
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Means to Deceive

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The Rat In The Python: Book...

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Acts Of Convenience

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"Dead of Night is the first book in the Thorne Hill series of paranormal romances.

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Olivia is a thirty-seven-year-old fine art auctioneer and has just married the delightful Christopher – a forensic accountant and calm, unconcerned about appearance and in love with her. He says that ‘Numbers never lie’. Unfort
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FATE by Helen Hollick
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Having enjoyed the Courage anthology, I snapped up the other two in the series. I’ve just finished Fate, and although some of the authors are different, the enjoyment is just as great. We come across stories in a variety of genres, many of them with ...more
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Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools by Victoria Twead
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This book was a delight to read! It’s one of those memoirs that ticks all the boxes for me – entertaining, informative, moving and hilarious.
When Vicky suggests to her near-retirement husband that they move to Spain, he agrees to a five-year plan. Th
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Go You  by Annette Rochelle Aben
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This small tome punches well above its weight. The author says she uses words to ‘spread light and love’ and she succeeds in that
There are different affirmations for different circumstances. Some of them express so much in so few words: ‘You are gro
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Tidalscribe Tales
These tales cover a remarkable range of genres and all of them hit their mark. The opening tale about getting a puppy demonstrated a good knowledge of dog behaviour with a neat twist at the end. Many of these tales have twists that t
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Harbour Ways by Valerie Poore
"We rejoin author Valerie Poore on her historic barge The Vereeniging built in the late 1800s, which after a life time of service and surviving two world wars had been abandoned and left to rot… Certain a labour of love to restore.

This is a dream howe" Read more of this review »
The Confessor by Noah  Christopher
"The Confessor is a crime fiction thriller set in Los Angeles.

Daniel has spent years making himself forgettable. He has a desk job as a financial analyser, he writes up reports but believes that the data he includes is only ever filed away and never a" Read more of this review »
A Field of Sleeping Doors by L.J. Borland
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A Field of Sleeping Doors is a science fiction tale with a strong moral theme.

It begins with off-world relic smugglers who steal an artefact which awakens when touched by crew member Rook. The awakening is felt across both the planet and fu" Read more of this review »
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Hermannstadt, 1241 by Patricia  Furstenberg
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This short tale punches well above its weight. The prologue introduces Temujin, a Tatar boy, and deception and betrayal are clear in the first short paragraph: ‘wolves bit, but men smiled first’. Temujin is captured and treated with cruelty and humil ...more
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