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Book shopping 2017

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Madeleine
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Currently reading: "The Whitstable Pearl Mystery" by Julie Wassmer
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
Location: Essex/London

Re: Book shopping 2017

Post by Madeleine » Tue August 29th, 2017, 1:58 pm

Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd by Alan Bradley (no I don't know what a brinded cat is either :o )
Currently reading "The Whitstable Pearl Mystery" by Julie Wassmer

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Madeleine
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Currently reading: "The Whitstable Pearl Mystery" by Julie Wassmer
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
Location: Essex/London

Re: Book shopping 2017

Post by Madeleine » Sat September 16th, 2017, 7:57 pm

The Good People by Hannah Kent
The Hiding Places by Katherine Webb
The Lost Daughter by David Ashton
The Devil's Cave by Martin Walker
Currently reading "The Whitstable Pearl Mystery" by Julie Wassmer

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Madeleine
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Currently reading: "The Whitstable Pearl Mystery" by Julie Wassmer
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
Location: Essex/London

Re: Book shopping 2017

Post by Madeleine » Tue September 19th, 2017, 1:20 pm

A Cold Case in Amsterdam Central by Anja de Jager.
Currently reading "The Whitstable Pearl Mystery" by Julie Wassmer

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Madeleine
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Currently reading: "The Whitstable Pearl Mystery" by Julie Wassmer
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
Location: Essex/London

Re: Book shopping 2017

Post by Madeleine » Fri September 22nd, 2017, 2:58 pm

One last Dram before Midnight - Denzil Meyrick
Earthly Remains - Donna Leon
Currently reading "The Whitstable Pearl Mystery" by Julie Wassmer

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Madeleine
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Currently reading: "The Whitstable Pearl Mystery" by Julie Wassmer
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
Location: Essex/London

Re: Book shopping 2017

Post by Madeleine » Tue September 26th, 2017, 1:34 pm

The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge
Portrait of a Murderer by Anne Meredith
Currently reading "The Whitstable Pearl Mystery" by Julie Wassmer

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Madeleine
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Currently reading: "The Whitstable Pearl Mystery" by Julie Wassmer
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
Location: Essex/London

Re: Book shopping 2017

Post by Madeleine » Fri October 6th, 2017, 8:48 am

Thin Air - Michelle Paver
The Third Nero - Lindsey Davis
The Executioner of St Paul's - Susanna Gregory
The Travelling Bag - Susan Hill
Currently reading "The Whitstable Pearl Mystery" by Julie Wassmer

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Madeleine
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Currently reading: "The Whitstable Pearl Mystery" by Julie Wassmer
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
Location: Essex/London

Re: Book shopping 2017

Post by Madeleine » Thu October 19th, 2017, 1:35 pm

Falling Creatures by Katherine Stansfield
Need you Dead by Peter James
The Mistletoe Murder and other stories - P D James
Currently reading "The Whitstable Pearl Mystery" by Julie Wassmer

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Re: Book shopping 2017

Post by Misfit » Sun October 22nd, 2017, 5:57 pm

Library loans:

Ravenburn by Laura Black (1860s Scotland)

An Important Family by Dorothy Eden (New Zealand, upcoming buddy read at the GR Retro Reads group).
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be

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Madeleine
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Currently reading: "The Whitstable Pearl Mystery" by Julie Wassmer
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
Location: Essex/London

Re: Book shopping 2017

Post by Madeleine » Fri October 27th, 2017, 1:22 pm

Foreign Bodies - short stories set overseas (other than the UK)
Currently reading "The Whitstable Pearl Mystery" by Julie Wassmer

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Re: Book shopping 2017

Post by Madeleine » Sun November 5th, 2017, 4:49 pm

The Christmas Secret by Karen Swan.
Currently reading "The Whitstable Pearl Mystery" by Julie Wassmer

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