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REVIEW: Death in Kenya – M. M. Kaye

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Ela

Originally published as ‘Later Than You Think’ (1958) I was doing that usual thing on Wikipedia of jumping from one article to another (I think it went from Little Women to White Mischief via Gabriel Byrne and Wah Wah) when … Continue reading →

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The books of Mary Stewart – part 1

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Ela

Mary Stewart is perhaps best known for her five Arthurian novels, beginning with The Crystal Cave (which I haven’t read, and thus am not going to write about now), but I first came across her ‘romantic-suspense’ novels some time ago … Continue reading →

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Towards Zero – Agatha Christie

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Ela

(HarperCollins 2006, in ‘1940s Omnibus’; originally published 1944) Though this book was published during the Second World War, the war is never mentioned in the book, nor rationing nor any kind of shortages, and thus was probably either written before … Continue reading →

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