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June 16, 2025

The House of Silk – Anthony Horowitz

I’m not a fan of contemporary pastiches of old classics. I’ve had enough experience of reading silly and hideous stories based on my beloved…

November 25, 2021

Devices and Desires (Adam Dalgliesh #8) – P.D. James

This eighth book of the Dalgliesh series takes us to a village in the headland of Norfolk where a nuclear power station is shadowing…

November 25, 2021

The Murder Room (Adam Dalgliesh #12) – P.D. James

The Murder Room is all that a murder-mystery should be. Intriguing and clever mystery plot, an exciting story, an interesting set of characters, including…

November 19, 2021

A Certain Justice (Adam Dalgliesh # 10) – P.D. James

This is the best murder-mystery novel in the Dalgliesh series so far. Here, James has combined a clever and complicated plot with just the…

November 19, 2021

Death of an Expert Witness (Adam Dalgliesh #6) – P.D. James

This is by far the better murder-mystery story of the series. Combining Jealousy, obsession, and blackmail, P.D. James spins an interesting mystery around the…

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    • The House of Silk – Anthony Horowitz
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