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It’s been nine years since the last outing for Detective Inspector Ben Devlin, and he’s been sorely missed. In this new procedural, he’s investigating the murder of a convicted killer and rapist, with the evidence suggesting the man was killed by his own victim, twenty years after her death. The part to unravelling this mystery…
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The follow-up to the excellent, frenetic Beneath the Rising, sees our odd couple (increasingly at-odds couple) Nick and Johnny thrown back together and back into the fray against Them, the vast cosmic horrors seeking to gain entry to our world. In the previous book, the truths behind their tense dynamic — she, the child savant,…
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The prolific Mr. Campbell shows no signs of slowing down and produces another compelling and chilling read, close on the heels of last year’s, The Wise Friend. This time he goes back to his own past, setting a tale of opportunistic spiritualism and post-war grief in his home city of Liverpool in the 1950s. This…
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Anthony slept lightly Christmas Eve, fully expecting the confrontation to come. When it did, it was the dead of night; he didn’t have a clock in his room, but the worlds inside and out were hushed and still. The figure perched at the end of the bed had done nothing to disturb the stillness, but…
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The bird was pecking at the glass again. Sunday afternoon, Linda put a fresh loaf of bread on the windowsill to dry. It was for breadcrumbs, which she’d freeze for the following weekend. Pete rolled his eyes at this latest escalation in the pursuit of the perfect, home-made Christmas dinner, but said nothing. She’d left…
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Happy Thanksgiving, those who observe it. I’m Irish, so I don’t, but I like the sentiment, obviously. In the spirit of the giving part, here’s a story, though it may not follow the spirit as kindly as my sharing it is intended. And if you take the time to read it, then Thanks. Thankless To…
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Happy Halloween, everyone. Here’s a little story for the night that’s in it. Winter Barley Sally hid in the barley field and tried to ignore her mother’s cries. She stared instead at the hungry mice as they shuffled back and forth near her feet; wanting to go round her, but fearing to as well. She…
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Alix E Harrow’s, ‘The Once and Future Witches’ is a book with a righteous temper. Telling the story of the three Eastwood sisters, Juniper, Agnes and Bella—brought up in witchcraft, an old witchcraft that has been otherwise lost to the rest of the world—and their part in fighting for women’s suffrage in a subtly alternate…
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HG Parry’s, A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians is an astounding book, and I really can’t say when I last read a novel as good as this one. I try, to the best of my ability, to only post recommendations for books I love, and I’m always writing reviews full of praise, so it…
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When I got wind of Shaun Hamill’s, ‘A Cosmology of Monsters’, I said it looked, “so far up my street, I might already be living there.” Well, I’ve walked through his haunted house and out again and—while I genuinely loved the experience—I’m glad I don’t really live there, because it’s really fucking scary. This is…
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