#TuesdayBookBlog The Doom Murders (The Inspector Sheehan Mysteries Book 1) by Brian O’Hare(@brianohare26). A great police procedural novel set in Northern Ireland, to keep the grey cells ticking.

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Hi all: Today I bring you the first book in a series I really enjoy, but for some reason I’d missed this one: The Doom Murders (The Inspector Sheehan Mysteries Book 1) by Brian O’Hare Prominent figures in Belfast are being murdered. The bodies are left naked and posed in grotesquely distorted shapes. No clues
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#Bookreview 2,000 YEARS OF MANCHESTER by Kathryn Coase (@penswordbooks). Packed with facts and curio, a fun read and an excellent reference book

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Hi all: A book I thoroughly enjoyed for this Monday. 2,000 Years of Manchester by Kathryn Coase. This is not a chronological history of Manchester with lists of facts and figures. Rather, it is an eclectic mix of fact, fiction, legend and myth which presents the history of Manchester from its beginnings as a Roman
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#Bookreview #Non-fiction Investigating Organised Crime and War Crimes: A Personal Account of a Senior Detective in Kosovo, Iraq and Beyond by Anthony Nott. (@penswordbooks) A true-life hero investigates.

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Hi all: Today I bring you a non-fiction book that proves that reality can, and often is, weirder and more fascinating than fiction. Thanks one more to Pen & Sword, one of my favourite non-fiction publishers. Investigating Organised Crime and War Crimes: A Personal Account of a Senior Detective in Kosovo, Iraq and Beyond by
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#Bookreview THE VIOLIN’S MAN LEGACY by Seumas Gallacher (@seumasgallacher) If you enjoy well-researched international thrillers and love team-spirit, don’t miss this one #thriller #Iamreading

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Hi all: Today I bring you a book (an audiobook!) by an author I have known for a while and I follow on social media, but somehow I hadn’t read any of his fiction yet. Well, it was worth the wait. THE VIOLIN MAN’S LEGACY (Jack Calder Crime Series #1) by seumas gallacher Thriller with bloody twists
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#Bookreview THE DRY: The Sunday Times Crime Book of the Year 2017 by Jean Harper (@LittleBrownUK) (@janeharperautho)Tense, atmospheric, and reflective Australian #crimenovel.

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Hi all: This is the second part (although it should be the first) of the post I published last week. Oh well, this is me we’re talking about, after all. The Dry: The Sunday Times Crime Book of the Year 2017 by Jane Harper ‘One of the most stunning debuts I’ve ever read…Read it!’ David
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#Bookreview THE CHALK MAN by C. J. Tudor (@cjtudor ‏) A morally ambiguous thriller and a story of tainted friendships that will appeal to readers of King’s It. #crimefiction

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Hi all: I read this book a little while back but I waited until it was published (it was due for publication on the 11th January 2018, so I hope it’s now available) to share it, so you wouldn’t have to wait to read it if you felt as intrigued by it as I was.
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#Bookreview CHILDHOOD AND DEATH IN VICTORIAN ENGLAND by Sarah Seaton (@penswordbooks) A sobering picture of the Victorian era and a must read for those interested in social history #socialhistory #VictorianHistory

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Hi all: Today I bring you a pretty hard book to read, not because of the writing style, but because of the subject. Childhood and Death in Victorian England by Sarah Seaton. In this fascinating book, the reader is taken on a journey of real life accounts of Victorian children, how they lived, worked, played and ultimately
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#Bookreview GIRL ON POINT by Cheryl Guerriero (@uncle_cher) A great novel about grief, revenge, and discovering that we are all more alike than we realise #YAnovel

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Hi all: Don’t worry. I haven’t accumulated tonnes and tonnes of book reviews while my friend and her family were visiting, but I don’t want to get behind, so I bring you another one today. This would definitely make a great movie. And the author is going places too. Girl on Point by Cheryl Guerriero “One of
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#Bookreview STREET SOLDIER by Andy McNab (@The_Real_McNab) Action packed, with an engaging protagonist and a hopeful and inspiring message

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Hi all: Some of you might have read this review as I shared it a while back in Lit World Interviews but I hadn’t shared it here and must admit that I’d never thought about reading any of these authors books despite his popularity and this novel made me change my mind. Street Soldier by Andy
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#Bookreview HOLDING by Graham Norton (@grahnort) Not a genre novel but an interesting story #TuesdayBookBlog

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Hi all: I keep trying to catch up on recent reviews, and here I bring you one that I must confess I was curious about because of the writer. Holding by Graham Norton  (Author)  It’s funny and wonderfully perceptive’ Wendy Holden ‘Poised and perceptive’ the Sunday Times ‘It is beautiful and yet devastatingly sad’ Daily Express ‘A considerable achievement …
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