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Lyon Bell
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Born
in Leicester, The United Kingdom
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Agatha Christie, Patricia Highsmith, Josephine Tey, Raymond Chandler
Member Since
November 2018
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The Bad Samaritan
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2018
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5 editions
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The Bad Samaritan
Sorry I've not posted for a while. A lot of my time is spent caring for my wife but I still intend to finish my second book: The Penitent Thief. It will just take a little longer than planned. I read the reviews of The Bad Samaritan on Goodreads and Amazon. I'm grateful for those who take the time to give feedback. It's very helpful for a writer. One of the recent comments on Amazon was from a rea
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| I thought this was an excellent first novel. It's a courtroom drama with a few twists along the way. The first twist is not a spoiler but revealed early on: the prosecuting and defending barristers are husband and wife. The husband used to be the wif ...more | |
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| I enjoyed this book. It is well written in the style of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The plot is devious with a clever twist at the end (no spoilers). Having said that, I prefer Horowitz's own fiction. ...more | |
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| Another enjoyable read by one of my favourite authors. Horowitz, as well as being a great writer, is also a brilliant plotter. He has made the 'book within a book' genre his own with Magpie Murders, Moonflower Murders and Marble Hall Murders (see my ...more | |
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| Yet another intriguing tale from this clever writer: see my previous reviews. It starts with a young man, Sam, visiting three lonely abandoned properties on the edge of a dying town in rural Australia. The town is dying is because a large opencast co ...more | |
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| I don't normally read short stories but this collection piqued my interest. I found it while browsing the shelves of my local bookshop in Woodbridge. I like to support this establishment and the one in Aldeburgh; both excellent (I'm sure other booksh ...more | |
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| I confess at the outset that I am biased against this type of novel, where a living writer attempts to continue the work of a dead one. But even without this bias, I would have given this book a poor review; a shame because this is my hundredth book ...more | |