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An elderly woman’s recollections of a love that ended in tragedy shed new light on a married woman’s illicit affair.
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Wordpress keeps eating this review, and I don’t have the energy to write it a third time. Suffice it to say that it’s very good, with great characters, wonderful postwar detail, and a riveting story.
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A suicidal teen is rescued by a charismatic drifter with designs on a woman he calls “The Princess.”
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Gallowglass has not been my favorite Vine (the alter ego of crime writer Ruth Rendell), but subpar Vine is still head and shoulders above most of what’s out there in the mystery genre. Where Vine succeeds best [...]

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A con man, an obsessive-compulsive, and a closeted Member of Parliament become locked together by circumstance and lies.
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When a true-crime writer comes to Faith Severn asking for corroboration of the details he’s unearthed about her murderess aunt, Faith’s reminiscences build a very different portrait of the family that has been both dear and alien to her over the years, casting new light on very old secrets.
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I have read several books by Barbara [...]

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