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Average rating: 3.92 · 26 ratings · 16 reviews · 2 distinct works
Only Ghouls and Horses (Uni...

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Snow Fall
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Bookish
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Dan Harris Dan Harris said: " I enjoyed the book, but some is a bit too twee or on the nose.

Didn't really need to be set in a bookshop, did it?

I ready 1/3 of the book which I realise now probably corresponds to one episode of the TV show (which I haven't watched).

Probably would h
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The Day of the Ja...
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Dan Harris Dan Harris said: " It's written in a very matter-of-fact way, like it's trying to be an alternative history.

I did enjoy what I read, but not enough to keep going.
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Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith
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Too slow going for me. Maybe it doesn't bill itself as a mystery book so maybe I'm being unfair. But I'm 80 odd pages in, and there's no detectiving going on.

I'd quite liked the first book in the series and thought I might get on better with this sin
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Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith
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Too slow going for me. Maybe it doesn't bill itself as a mystery book so maybe I'm being unfair. But I'm 80 odd pages in, and there's no detectiving going on.

I'd quite liked the first book in the series and thought I might get on better with this sin
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The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré
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I was really looking forward to this book. I'd read the first two George Smiley books and really enjoyed them, and this was the book which had really made le Carre's name.

I was left disappointed. For one thing, why is this even a George Smiley book?
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A Murder of Quality by John le Carré
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Enjoyed the book. Have to confess that, because it's a George Smiley book, I spent a lot of time waiting for the espionage angle and expecting one of the refugees to be a spy.

As it was, more of a straight up murder mystery.

The way it played out was a
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The Lake by Jørn Lier Horst
The Lake
by Jørn Lier Horst (Goodreads Author)
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Might be being a bit harsh to give this three stars.

The book was a good read, and kept me turning pages.

But two things really knocked it down for me.

First, some of the language was quite clunky, which I'd guess is a translation issue.

Second, the plot
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Unnatural Causes by P.D. James
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Ok this book was going to be 3 or 4 star.

I liked the characters and the mystery unfolding. I even liked the descriptions of the countryside, even if the went on a bit too long.

But I whacked this right down when I got to the end.

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Call for the Dead by John le Carré
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I enjoyed it. Fast paced, kept you thinking.

Not brilliant -- thought it was a bit dry and a tad predictable.

Because of who wrote it, it's interesting to read the bits of tradecraft and the psychology of the spies.

I guess it's not supposed to be Le Ca
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Curtain by Agatha Christie
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I enjoyed this book and thought the writing was far stronger than most of Christie's works. I got the impression she cared much more about this book than some others.

Hastings dealing with a terminally-ill Poirot and his own adult daughter worked real
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