Transcription by Kate Atkinson
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‘”Mr Toby! Mr. Toby!”‘ A chance encounter on a London street causes Juliet
Armstrong call out excitedly to a man she’s sure she recognizes – someone
she wo...
MADAME BLANC MYSTERIES CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2025
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*Acorn TV* has announced a *two-part Christmas Special for ‘The Madame
Blanc Mysteries’*
*Jean, Dom, Judith, and Jeremy *head to *an exclusive Christmas ...
More of the Same
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Jeff–Saturday
With that title for this post I could write about so many things. Some
good, some bad, some encouraging, some utterly disheartening. Bu...
Forgotten Book - The Uncounted Hour
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A few years back, I acquired a copy of *The Uncounted Hour* (1936) by
Herbert Warner Allen, inscribed to the wine buff, merchant, and writer
Charles Wal...
Death Comes as the End (1944) by Agatha Christie
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HarperCollins Masterpiece Ed., 2010. Book Format: Kindle Edition. File
Size: 1,9 MB. Print Length: 273 pages. ASIN: B0046H95SQ. ISBN:
9780007422265. First ...
The Petrona Award 2025 - Winner
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*Winner of the Petrona Award 2025 announced*
The winner of the Petrona Award 2025 for the Best Scandinavian Crime Novel
of the Year is:
*THE CLUES...
Musings - Shakespeare's Lasting Impact
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When many people think of William Shakespeare, they think of a long ago
time where life was harsh and cruel, illness wiped out hundreds of
thousan...
Мелбет бонус промокод на сегодня
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Регистрация в Мелбет без паспорта Компания Melbet давно популярна среди
беттеров. Букмекер предлагает широкий набор спортивных событий,
привлекательные кот...
Wondrous Words Wednesday
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Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme where you can share new words
that you’ve encountered or spotlight words you love. Feel free to get
creative! ...
#amreading What Lies Beneath Us, Kirsty Ferguson
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I'm actually half way through this extremely promising piece of writing.
*From the Blurb:*
Jessica James had the perfect life. She had a good job, suppor...
Out of Mind by Kendall Talbot
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Title: Out of Mind Author: Kendall Talbot Genre: Romantic suspense Opens:
From the moment Holly climbed into the helicopter, a sense of foreboding
plagued ...
Review: BREAKHEART HILL by Thomas H. Cook
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I’m very grateful to regular visitor Tracy (who blogs wonderfully herself
at Biter Tea and Mystery) for recommending this book set in her native
Alabama fo...
From Fred Vargas to Kati Hiekkapelto
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I have finally finished A Climate of Fear after many weeks. This is nothing
to do with the quality of a fine book but more to do with my state of
health an...
>People Like Us….
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>In real life, murders are committed by all kinds of people from every
social class. Murder victims, too, come from every social class. So do
those who inv...
The Yellow Dog by Georges Simenon
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The Maigret books are also a good choice for Novellas in November, they’re
all under 200 pages. I’ve been a Maigret fan for a long time, ever since I
was i...
Transcription by Kate Atkinson
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‘”Mr Toby! Mr. Toby!”‘ A chance encounter on a London street causes Juliet
Armstrong call out excitedly to a man she’s sure she recognizes – someone
she wo...
Still Quiet on the Endorsements Front
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Although we’ve spotted a few “best crime fiction of 2025” lists around, including
those from Jake Kerridge of *The Daily Telegraph* and American chain
reta...
Wish Upon A Star by Poppy Gee
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*Since we just wrapped “spooky season,” do you subscribe to any writing
superstitions? Any mythical or spiritual practices that help your process?*
Coffe...
More of the Same
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Jeff–Saturday
With that title for this post I could write about so many things. Some
good, some bad, some encouraging, some utterly disheartening. Bu...
The I've Been Dumped Weekly Link Round-Up
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For quite awhile, someone at the agency responsible for sending a home
health nurse to my house twice weekly to clean and bandage my leg has been
wanti...
Hello
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Hello, if you’ve wandered here from I don’t know where. If you were looking
for something but didn’t find it, hello. Or maybe you did. If so, hello.
I’m gl...
A Piece of Cake, a Bowl of Jello
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Donis here. What wonderful entries my blog mates have offered lately. I
love reading about the little things that make a novel real and relatable,
like hav...
The Haunting of Paynes Hollow - Kelley Armstrong
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The Haunting of Paynes Hollow is new from Kelley Armstrong.
Now, I always have a good look at the book's cover before diving in. Try it
- what do you s...
Marge’s Diner by Gail Gibbons
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Gail Gibbons has written and illustrated a multitude of nonfiction picture
books about everything from road building to quilting bees to spiders,
penguins,...
2025 Murder, Monsters & Mayhem Begins! 🎃📚
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October 1st is here, and you know what that means… it’s officially spooky
season—and the return of Murder, Monsters & Mayhem! If you’ve been
following th...
Where Is Your Bookmark? [September 26th Edition]
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One of my current reads, *The Bewitching* by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, is
everything I hoped it would be so far. Let's take a peek!
A weekly meme where reader...
The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh
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[image: The Hungry Tide]The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
A young Indian marine biologist, Piya Roy, travels to the remote Sunderb...
The More Things Change
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Back in July of 2009, Do Some Damage launched with seven authors on
Blogspot.com.
Now, sixteen years later, the site is moving to a Substack newsletter.
...
Musings - Shakespeare's Lasting Impact
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When many people think of William Shakespeare, they think of a long ago
time where life was harsh and cruel, illness wiped out hundreds of
thousan...
TGIF!
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Cyber security protocols
Well, this is about the 7th try for a GarbAugust 3.5 read for this weekend.
TOMB OF THE QUEEN by Joss Walker (pseudonym for J.T...
Reading fog
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Well I am getting there with the new hip. Walking so much easier. I am
doing circuits of our communal gardens using crutches but indoors I am
managing with...
Media Murder for Monday
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It's the start of a new week and that means it's time for a brand-new
roundup of crime drama news: THE BIG SCREEN/MOVIES Roundtable Entertainment
has green...
Book Notices | The Memory Monster by Yishai Sarid
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Yishai Sarid, The Memory Monster Amazon This short book is written in the
first person and purports to be a letter written by the unnamed narrator to
his b...
Thinking about Second Half of 2023
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Hello friends. It has been a long while. Longer than I realized actually.
I'm here and reading away, as many books on the go as usual. (Which for me
can be...
Small Mercies - The Return of Dennis Lehane
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A time honored tradition at The Hungry Detective HQ is to perform the
twice annual, and largely ceremonial, 'Dennis Lehane New book 20XX" Google
search. N...
The Last Hurrah
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‘Relax will you. It’s just an abandoned warehouse.’
‘Well, it’s giving me the creeps.’
‘We’ll just glance it over and skedaddle. Tomorrow you’ll be a fre...
The Agatha Awards
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From somewhere in Cyberspace, the winners of this year's Agatha Awards for
mystery writing were announced this evening at a virtual convention of
mystery w...
THE LAMMISTERS: a bourbon-smooth riot, apparently
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It’s been a busy end to 2019 for yours truly, folks, and we wind down tired
but happy, with THE LAMMISTERS published – something I thought would never
hap...
Rural Crime: The politician speaks
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*Criminal Minds at Work *is honoured to have Doug Schweitzer, Alberta’s
Minister of Justice and Solicitor General, as a guest today.
In the following op-...
WRITING COURSES FOR 2019
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*I'm very aware how lucky I am to make a living from writing books (my
dream from being 12 years old).*
*But one disadvantage I had when I was trying to ge...
Oh hey! I moved to Wordpress!
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I'm still in the process of migrating my old content to Wordpress, but all
new posts will come from estellasrevenge.net (which was formerly forwarded
to th...
Two Mini-Reviews
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I’m well behind on my Scandi crime reading, and even further behind on
reading. Maybe I’m suffering from a bit of a reading slump; a lot of books
just have...
Book Review: Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
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In Mudboud (2008), Hillary Jordan’s narrative voice is easily engaging
about a white and black family living in the Mississippi Delta during the
Jim Crow e...
The Nebulous Genre
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A friend of mine to whom I complained of the relative paucity of comments
on this blog told me it might have to do with so many of my posts dealing
with "b...
Upcoming Events
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Lit Crawl Belfast:
As part of the Belfast Book Festival, come to No Alibis see me and Rosemary
Jenkinson read from works by our favourite crime authors,...
Twice Honored
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*Edith here, still riding on a joy cloud!*
Why am I riding on a joy cloud? I learned last week that *Called to Justice*,
my second Quaker Midwife Mystery...
Hail and Farewell
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Jeff Cohen So that was it. We hope you liked it. This is the 3464th post on
HEY THERE'S A DEAD GUY IN THE LIVING ROOM, and unless someone else
parachutes i...
Stylistic
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What’s your favorite style of book? Serious? Playful? Humorous? Thoughtful?
Action-packed? Moody? Don’t forget to leave a link to your actual response
(so ...
Celebrating Pat Conroy
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Happy Birthday to the wonderful Pat Conroy. We miss you.
I'm celebrating him today because he celebrated so many young writers like
me.
The Soullessness of Our New Machines
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My fellow-blogger at Inside Higher Ed and an insatiable consumer of books,
Joshua Kim, reviewed Tracy Kidder’s new book, A Truck Full of Money, and
I’m gla...
Coming to Mcintyre's • Fearrington Village
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Straight from the pen of Mcintyre's book buyer and mystery guru Pete
Mock. Don't miss these events--and say howdy to me!
Wednesday, June 22, 6:30
Brian P...
Discover
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Image courtesy of Faber-Castell Design A few years ago I noticed some of my
favorite quilting blogs were choosing a word for the year. I like that
idea. It...
2 comments:
Kerrie - Thanks! This is really funny!! : ).
I know how he feels :)
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