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More time with McLevy

Shadow of the Serpent by David Ashton

February 4, 2019 by Chris Leave a Comment

This Mclevy mystery occurs prior to the end of the BBC audio series. It is also more closely linked to Victorian politics than some of the other mysteries. While the focus is on Mclevy, and we get more of his backstory, which is a little different than you think. In many ways, Mclevy was made to saunter Leith. The other supporting characters from the series also make appearances, so of course we have the gossip of Jean Brash and Mclevy over coffee scenes. The bit […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: BBC, cbr11, David Ashton, scotland

Chris's CBR11 Review No:14 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: BBC, cbr11, David Ashton, scotland ·
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Jean Brash is my spirit animal

Mistress of the Just Land by David Ashton

February 4, 2019 by Chris Leave a Comment

One of the reasons that I loved the Mclevy series on the BBC radio was Siobhan Redmond’s portrayal of Jean Brash, mistress of the best bawdy house in Edinburgh (actually most likely the world). This book, written by the BBC series’ creator/writer David Ashton, takes place before the close of the series and focuses mainly on Jean Brash solving a crime that occurred in her business. She is not happy about this. Hannah Semple, of course, is Watson to Brash’s Sherlock. Mclevy and Mulholland make […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: BBC, cbr11, David Ashton, scotland

Chris's CBR11 Review No:13 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: BBC, cbr11, David Ashton, scotland ·
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She can bake and write

The Secret Lives of the Amir Sisters by Nadiya Hussain

February 4, 2019 by Chris 1 Comment

If the primary author’s name sounds familiar, she is the Nadiya from Great British Baking. This is her first novel, and it was written with Ayisha Malik. The book centers on four sisters – Fatima, Bubblee, Farah, and Mae. Bubblee and Farah are twins. The title is somewhat misleading as what secrets there are not really the sister’s (honesty, the one you think might be Bubblee’s never shows) but those of their family. Additionally, the book is almost wrapped about too neatly – though a […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Ayisha Malik, Baking, cbr11, Nadiya Hussain

Chris's CBR11 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Ayisha Malik, Baking, cbr11, Nadiya Hussain ·
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Damn, she’s good

The Sudden Appearance of Hope by Claire North

February 4, 2019 by Dusty Highway Leave a Comment

Reading ClaireBadger’s review of 84K reminded me of how much I enjoyed Claire North’s The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August last year, and I was inspired to move another of her novels to the top of my TBR list. I’m happy to say I was not disappointed, as The Sudden Appearance of Hope was every bit as much mind-bending fun. As Hope says on the first page, the world began to forget her when she was sixteen years old: first her teachers, then her […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: cbr11, Claire North, existential questions, heist, image obsession, online privacy, speculative, The Sudden Appearance of Hope

Dusty Highway's CBR11 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: cbr11, Claire North, existential questions, heist, image obsession, online privacy, speculative, The Sudden Appearance of Hope ·
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The book House of Tribes was better than House of Names

House of Names by Colm Toibin

February 4, 2019 by Chris Leave a Comment

I have always had a spot of obsession with the Matter of Troy. Michael Wood’s In Search of the Trojan War was the first adult program I was allowed to stay up and watch. So say connect something to Troy and I am there like white on rice (except I prefer brown rice unless I am making risotto. But brown rice with some butter yum!). So when I heard about this book I had to read it. And then it was like – really, this […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: CannonballRead11, cbr11, Colm Toibin, Troy

Chris's CBR11 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: CannonballRead11, cbr11, Colm Toibin, Troy ·
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Live long and eat tuna fish

Star Trek Cats by Jenny Parks

February 4, 2019 by Chris Leave a Comment

What if Kirk, Spock, and the others were cats?  Well, you would have this picture book.  Scotty, for instance, is of course a Scottish Fold.  Park does wonderful illustrations from Classic Trek.  There is, for instance, scenes from both “The Trouble with Tribbles”, and “Mirror, Mirror” – which is important because I love those episodes.   And yeah, there is the Spock in heat thing.   The book is short, but ideal for the devoted cat lover who is also a Trekkie.

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: CannoballRead11, cbr11, Jenny Parks, Star Trek

Chris's CBR11 Review No:9 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: CannoballRead11, cbr11, Jenny Parks, Star Trek ·
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