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January 10, 2012

A Carol for the Dead by Patrick Dunne

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A Carol for the Dead by Patrick Dunne   
(Published by Tivoli)

It is interesting how the title of a book can be immediately off-putting and, unfortunately, this was one such situation. A Carol for the Dead languished unread on my shelf for quite some time, until I decided to stop being ridiculous and listen to that age-old

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Angels and Demons by Dan Brown

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Angels and Demons by Dan Brown  
(Published by Corgi Adult)

Angels and Demons is the prequel to the popular novel The Da Vinci Code. Like many people, I read this after The Da Vinci Code. However, it probably would have been a better idea to have read Angels and Demons first. The book introduces us to Harvard symbologist

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Acid Row by Minette Walters

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Acid Row by Minette Walters  
(Published by Pan)

Acid Row is an estate from hell, built just after the baby boom in the 40’s little or no thought was given in the planning, the result of which is a maze of houses with two exits. The residents are what you would expect in any working class estate, unmarried mothers

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Anyone But Him by Sheila O'Flanagan

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Anyone But Him by Sheila O’Flanagan   
(Published by Headline)

Andie and her sister Jin are chalk and cheese. They’ve never really seen eye to eye and while Jin is married to a very wealthy businessman, Andie is happy with her career as a music teacher. When their mother Cora comes back from a Caribbean

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A Dark-Adapted Eye by Barbara Vine

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A Dark-Adapted Eye by Barbara Vine  
(Published by Penguin Books Ltd)

A Dark-Adapted Eye is actually written by Ruth Rendell using a pseudonym, which allowed her to depart from her usual detective team of Wexford and Burden without alienating any of her fans. The book tells the story of the Hillyard family; a just about

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A Lesser Evil by Lesley Pearse

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A Lesser Evil by Lesley Pearse 
(Published by Michael Joseph)

Fifi Reynolds is the daughter of a middle class household. She lives in a pleasant suburb of Bristol with her family and is used to life’s luxuries; month-long holidays and afternoons of tennis and dancing. Fifi’s life is trudging along at a

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All Shook Up by Catherine Daly

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All Shook Up by Catherine Daly   
(Published by Poolbeg)

All Shook Up is Catherine Daly’s debut novel. Once again Ireland has produced yet another ‘chick fic’ author – so how does she measure up? Maeve Larkin is an extremely busy, extremely harassed working mother. On the verge of finalising

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Amazing Grace by Clare Dowling

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Amazing Grace by Clare Dowling   
(Published by Poolbeg)

Grace Tynan has it all – a successful career as an estate agent, a solid marriage to Ewan, two beautiful twin boys and a lovely house to live in. but one day life takes a turn for the different when an old woman brandishing a shotgun changes Grace’s life

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The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

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The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls 
(Published by Virago Press)

The Glass Castle is Jeannette Walls’ memoir. Jeannette and her three siblings had a childhood that was far from normal. Her father was an alcoholic dreamer and her mother was a schoolteacher-come-painter. Her parents’ ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their

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