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Tag: Claire Allan

The Liar’s Daughter – Claire Allan

On April 12, 2021April 10, 2021 By bookskepticIn Reviews1 Comment

A book that seems to be positioned as crime fiction, but turns out to be a suffocating family drama with a murder thrown in. A story of complex family relations, seemingly resolved when the family dispersed, but brought back to life when everyone had to once again come together in a small Derry house. Once …

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Q1 2021 round-up

On April 5, 2021June 16, 2021 By bookskepticIn Thoughts1 Comment

With 2020 done and dusted things were supposed to be different! I am outraged, because they were not. As soon as 2021 started we ended up in lockdown 3.0 in London. And all the magical belief that changing the year will change anything went out the window. It has been by far the worst of …

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