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Have you got Helicopter Child syndrome?
The Fountain of Age – a review
There's a whale in my room
Too young to do theology?
Writers: time to retire?

Anne's bookshelf: read

The Girl in the Cellar

by Patricia Wentworth

This book kills me. Quite literally. The girl discovered murdered in the cellar is called Anne Borrowdale. That's why I have a soft spot for this book, even though it's not one of Wentworth's best. The tension of the story, with a differ...

The Wind off the Small Isles

by Mary Stewart

This is a short but delightful Mary Stewart story set on Lanzarote in the 1960's. A typical Mary Stewart heroine is in peril (from the geology rather than villains)and is saved by her own pluck and the assistance of an attractive young m...

Arms And The Women

by Reginald Hill

This is an unusual book from Hill, partly because it focuses much more on Ellie Pascoe and her friends than Dalziel and Pascoe. I didn't mind this, because I enjoy Ellie Pascoe's character. I found myself reading with concern in case any...

The Watersplash

by Patricia Wentworth

If like me you like easy-reading Classic Crime from time to time, this Miss Silver book is a good example from Patricia Wentworth. Atmospheric descriptions of village life and the fatal watersplash, and a typical cast of Wentworth charac...

Past Reason Hated

by Peter Robinson

Peter Robinson is an able writer of detective fiction, and I've very much enjoyed some of his later books, e.g. Watching the Dark. His novels are set around County Durham and North Yorkshire, an area I know well, so that adds interest. ...

Out of the Past

by Patricia Wentworth

I turn to Patricia Wentworth for quick, enjoyable period detective stories in between more demanding reads. Out of the Past follows a typical format. A romantic relationship under strain. A bad character returning to blackmail a cast ass...