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Reviews of books.. and occasional other stuff. Welcome to FictionFan's Book Reviews! I've been reviewing books for several years now and have got into the habit of reviewing everything I read. I do it mainly for my own pleasure, to remind me of what I liked about a book, but I hope other people might find them interesting too.
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1w ago
A study in amorality… ? ? ? ? Maurice Castle seems quite comfortably settled in his job as an office-based agent in MI6. He’s dubious about the worth of the work and sometimes considers leaving, but he’s not unhappy. He gets along well on a superficial level with his subordinate, Davis; the two of them making up the entire South African section. And his home ..read more
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1M ago
Not quite cosy… ? ? ? ? When summer cop Danny Boyle and his friends decide to party on the beach late one night, they fall victim to what seems at first like a practical joke as someone starts firing paintballs at them. The police would probably dismiss the incident as a bunch of kids on a prank except that Sea Haven’s big Labor Day ..read more
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1M ago
All in the family… ? ? ? ? Maigret and his wife are on holiday in Les Sables d’Olonne when Mme Maigret is taken ill and needs a sudden operation. As she recuperates in a hospital, cared for by nuns, Maigret dutifully visits her for half an hour each day and spends the rest of his time wandering from bar to bar, creating a worldwide ..read more
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2M ago
The Great Russian Novel… ? ? ? ? ? Anna Arkadyevna Oblonskaya has made an excellent marriage to the rich and ultra-respectable statesman, Alexei Karenin, and together they have a young son, Seryozha. Their marriage seems solid, if dull. But then Anna meets the dashing Count Alexei Vronsky, and falls in love for the first time in her life. As Tolstoy tells the tale of ..read more
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2M ago
Shenanigans in the Sahara… ? ? ? ? Back in the early days of aviation, flyer Peter Bilson disappeared somewhere in North Africa while competing in a long-distance race. Neither he nor his plane were ever found, and his wife was eventually paid the large sum for which every competitor had been insured. Now, in the 1970s, Peter’s son, Paul Bilson, has also disappeared. Max ..read more
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3M ago
Ho! Ho! Aaarghhh! ? ? ? ? Simeon Lee has gathered his severely dysfunctional family around him for Christmas, mainly so he can play them all off against each other and make their lives miserable, as is his wont. When he announces that he is thinking about changing his will the simmering tensions that already exist among his various sons and their wives reach boiling ..read more
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5M ago
Obsession… ? ? ? ? ? Our unnamed narrator is a literary critic, writing a biography of a long-dead American poet of the Romantic school, Jeffery Aspern. His interest in Aspern has become so intense it is a passion – an obsession, in fact. So when his writing collaborator tells him that some letters of Aspern’s may exist in the possession of a woman he ..read more
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8M ago
The show must go on… ? ? ? ? ? It’s taken some time for Jack Treadwell to make his way back to Highbridge after the end of the First World War. Now he’s looking for a job. His mother, who died while he was serving, has left a recommendation that he tries the Empire, a theatre part-owned by Lily Lassiter, whom she worked beside ..read more
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8M ago
The trials of Bingo… ? ? ? ? ? If Bingo Little has a flaw, it’s that he falls in love with nearly every girl he sees. It’s just as well he can rely on his old school pal Bertie Wooster to help him out of the ensuing entanglements. Well, not so much Bertie, perhaps, as Jeeves, Bertie’s inestimable manservant. You know, with the most ..read more
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9M ago
Had I but known… ? ? ? ? ? Miss Rachel Innes has taken a house in the country for the summer – Sunnyside, the home of the Armstrong family who have let it while they themselves summer in California. Miss Innes is a maiden lady but has been the effective mother of her niece ..read more