Category Archives: C.J. Sansom

Books of the month: May 2016

Pick of the month Authors who choose to subvert the tropes of much loved genres always take a big risk but in the case of AN ISOLATED INCIDENT Australian author Emily Maguire has been successful. Although it opens with the murder … Continue reading

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Books of the month: February 2016

Pick of the month I had a really great month’s reading during March and have struggled to pick just one favourite. But the book which I think will stay with me for the longest time is Peter Docker’s SWEET ONE which … Continue reading

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Review: DISSOLUTION by C.J. Sansom

In early high school I was taught history by a tiny, somewhat obsessive nun called Sister Marie. She expressed such profound sadness and anger at what she always called history’s strongest attempt to eradicate Catholicism that we could be forgiven for thinking she’d … Continue reading

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