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Leigh’s 2024 Year in Books
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Leigh Turner
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Patagonia to Costa Rica 3: Ecuador
My #patrica (Patagonia to Costa Rica) trip reaches Ecuador, featuring Quito, the Cotopaxi volcano, and the Galapagos Islands.
The post Patagonia to Costa Rica 3: Ecuador appeared first on Leigh Turner: novels, short stories and more.
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"I know Leigh Turner’s excellent novels and am delighted to see he’s equally talented at non-fiction. Diplomacy is a tricky subject to present with insight and humour, but Turner achieves both. I thoroughly enjoyed a wade through 45 odd years of recen"
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"Leigh Turner’s book introduces you to the seas of a career diplomat’s professional life.
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The Last Secret Kept (When Hope Calls):
"This was a perfect dual timeline story! Back and forth between mid forties than jumps to sixties. What I enjoyed was trying to uncover the secrets between the dual timeline. The strength of the woman to protect someone in need really left me in awe. "
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"This novel had so many historical topics that I thoroughly enjoyed reading about. Fanny, one of the few female lawyers in the early 60’s has taken in a pro bono case knowing someone has to help this family. Kenny has been accused of murdering his cow"
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| “The Lying Guest” is, simply, a great read. We all can identify with the narrator, the exhausted, overworked surgeon, Anika, whose patient dies on a British operating table. Anika’s scapegoating, disgrace and suspension for the patient’s death is the ...more | |
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| This was my second Jess O'Malley mystery (after "A Diet of Death" - also excellent). Jess is a splendid creation: always inquisitive, meticulous to the point of obsession, and with a pleasingly rich and varied love life. The way she pursues every clu ...more | |
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| This was my second Ally Dymond thriller (after the excellent "Breakneck Point") and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The mystery of a death on "Liars Island" is pleasingly puzzling, with a rich cast of characters and plenty of violent weather. Ally is a real ...more | |
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A climax you'll never forget I've enjoyed previous thrillers by Sally-Anne Martyn, notably "The Clinic". Martyn has the knack of taking perfectly ordinary situations - a visit to a wellness clinic, a trip to the seaside - and turning them into nail-bi ...more |
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