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Tag Archives: The Patient Paradox

16Jan 2017

Living with Dying

by Anne

GP, writer and broadcaster Margaret McCartney‘s book Living with Dying is an informed, passionate call for health and social care services to make death a better experience for older people and those around them. Read More →

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Favourite posts

  • Have you got Helicopter Child syndrome?
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  • Too young to do theology?
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Anne's bookshelf: read

The Girl in the Cellar
3 of 5 stars
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
4 of 5 stars
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
3 of 5 stars
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
4 of 5 stars
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
3 of 5 stars
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
3 of 5 stars
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...

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