I very much enjoyed reading the stories in this collection. I’m sure I have read 1 or 2 of the stories in other collections and there were 2 stories that did not feature Miss Marple. There was a good overall mix of stories featuring fake policemen, creepy dolls, and pin evidence in this collection so … Continue reading Agatha Christie Miss Marple’s Final Cases
Please Give My Baby Back is a short non-fiction/memoir story about a foster carer called Maggie, who is asked to take care of a three-week old baby by social services. Baby was found to have unexplained marks on him by a health visitor. I hadn't considered this, ‘as you and I both know, Maggie, bruising … Continue reading Short Story Review. Please Give My Baby Back by Maggie Hartley
These 12 new stories featuring Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple are written by an impressive variety of writers, such as Lucy Foley, Karen M. McManus and Leigh Bardugo. I think typically short story collections start slowly but the first 3, 4 stories of this collection were very good. They were well written and had neat twists. … Continue reading Book Review: Marple 12 New Stories Written By Various
No One has Any Intention of Building a Wall by Ruth Brandt is a collection of stories and it was exactly my cup of tea. The characters are people that are, in a way, outsiders, and that difference is used in each story as a hook. No One has Any Intention of Building a Wall … Continue reading Book Review. No One has Any Intention of Building a Wall by Ruth Brandt.
The stories in Piano and Flowers are based on the premise of a single photo serving as inspiration for each story. Loved that. There is nothing I love more than looking at old black and white photos and imagining the lives of the people in those pictures. In Pianos and Flowers these photos were of … Continue reading Book Review. Pianos and Flowers by Alexander McCall Smith.
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