Tag Archives: New York

REVIEW: The Chelsea Girl Murders – Sparkle Hayter

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Ela

Robin Hudson, now Programming Head for the Worldwide Women’s Network, begins this fifth of her adventures when a fire forces her to leave her New York apartment block and take refuge in the Chelsea Hotel, at an apartment belonging to … Continue reading →

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Sex and the City – Candace Bushnell

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Ela

(originally published 1997) I read this while at my parents’ house and so don’t have a copy to refresh my memory. This is a collection of Bushnell’s newspaper columns, originally written in the New York Observer from 1994, and detailed … Continue reading →

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Black Shadows – Simon Swift

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Ela

(Wild Wolf Publishing 2011) I was sent a copy of this for review directly from the author as a proofed PDF – incidentally it’s allowed me to try out the Kindle’s file conversion service which is generally good (and very … Continue reading →

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Fables: Legends in Exile – Bill Willingham et alia

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Ela

(Vertigo 2002) (drawn by Lan Medina, inked by Steve Leialoha and Craig Hamilton) Legends in Exile collects the first five issues of the award-winning Fables comic, which form a good introduction to the ‘Fables’ universe and also a coherent story … Continue reading →

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The Blue Zone – Andrew Gross

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Ela

(HarperCollins e-book 2007) The book begins by telling us what the Blue Zone is – a state wherein the US Marshals responsible for the protection of witnesses in the Witness Protection Program do not know where their charges are, or … Continue reading →

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