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Lyon’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Lyon’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Lyon Bell
Goodreads Author
Born
in Leicester, The United Kingdom
Genre
Influences
Agatha Christie, Patricia Highsmith, Josephine Tey, Raymond Chandler
Member Since
November 2018
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The Bad Samaritan
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published
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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| A classic locked room mystery from the golden age. The writing is stilted but precise and all the clues are there to be discovered. It is written from the point of view of a friend of the main protagonist, a young journalist who has an aptitude for s ...more | |
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| Without doubt one of the best writers in the English language. This book is a joy from start to finish. | |
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| The usual winning formula but a tad too long for my liking and too many dodgy decisions – but still a good read. As Reacher would say, "That's for damn sure." ...more | |
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| This is the second book I've read in this series (see my previous review for the other). I enjoyed it but felt there was something odd about the relationship between the characters in the detective agency, particularly the two main characters. I coul ...more | |
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| This anthology of short stories is a mixed bag. I confess that I did not read all of them but was not impressed with the ones I did read. | |
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| It's always good to discover a new author. This book was recommended to me by my local bookshop in Woodbridge, Suffolk. I wanted to read something by a local author set in Suffolk and this fit the bill perfectly. It is the first of a series: The Angl ...more | |
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| Anthony Horowitz is one of my favourite authors (see my previous reviews of his work) but this was a disappointment. I admit that I am biased against books like this, with a living author trying to mimic the style of a dead one. I cannot see the poin ...more | |
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| Another intriguing mystery from a master storyteller. The action takes place in a gated community in Richmond, which used to be Surrey but I imagine now has been gobbled up by Greater London. The residents live a comfortable if somewhat smug life of ...more | |
