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Alex Clare

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Crime, Mystery, Gay and Lesbian

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After nearly twenty years of being a committed corporate person, Alex Clare was made redundant. She had always enjoyed writing, studying fiction part-time through the Open University and managing to complete a novel in her commuting time, though no one had ever read it. Now, with lots more time on her hands, there was the opportunity to take writing more seriously. After a period focusing on short stories, she wanted to try another novel. Inspiration came from watching Parliament debate the Equal Marriage Act in 2013. Astounded by the intensity of feeling generated, she created a fictional world to explore diversity and belief.

When she's not writing, she's reading and is a sucker for a Golden Age crime novel. ...more

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Average rating: 4.15 · 131 ratings · 70 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	He's Gone (DI Robyn Bailley #1) 4.09 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2016 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	She's Fallen (DI Robyn Bailley #2) 4.30 avg rating — 30 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	He's Back (DI Robyn Bailley #3) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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My last blog was all about how I was going to blog more – it was only a year ago.

What has changed? Everything and nothing.

The best thing is that two friends who have had cancer and have now come out the other side and are starting to enjoy life again. I don’t think there’s anything more important than that.

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Social commentary as well as sensual story
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Evocative and unflinching but lost focus in a few places
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Some interesting ideas but reads more like an academic essay than a story.
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Makes interesting points but I found the constant head-hopping and big chunks of exposition made it hard to read
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I liked the anti-heroine but the book felt as if it hadn't been edited and the twist ending was not credible ...more
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Chilling in its spare prose
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Spare and evocative
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