Lonely Planet Kids book reviews: bringing the world to your young readers
So, as you know, if you have any young readers in your life, they’re the most inquisitive, brilliants kids in the entire world, aren’t…
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The Women of Primrose Square: a story of beautiful characterisation
What is this about?: Frank, Emily and Miss Hardcastle are at a crossroads in their lives for different reasons, but they’re in one familiar…
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Plantation Shudders: Welcome to Cajun Country. It’s nothing like I expected that’s for sure
What is this about?: Maggie finds herself and her parents in the middle of a murder investigation when two guests are murdered at their…
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The Night Fire: Ballard and Bosch together again
What is this about?: Harry’s mentor is dead leaves behind a case file that Harry begins to investigate with Renee’s help. That however, is…
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The Reunion: A Story of obsessive love, and a boy who never grew up
What is this about?: Thomas returns to his school for a high school reunion, only to discover that the gym is being knocked down…
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Wicked Never Sleeps: an introduction to the Sixth Borough of New York
What is this about?: This is an introduction to the paranormal borough of New York, where witches, goblins and werewolves and other paranormal creatures…
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Half-Resurrection Blues: a supernatural introduction that is a wild ride from beginning to end
What is the story about?: What starts as a simple infestation of supernatural nastiness leads Carlos to a greater evil and a some questions…
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The Long Call: my introduction to Ann Cleeves
What is this about?: A man has been murdered, but that is only the tip of the iceberg for Matthew Venn, when his victim…
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The Child: Reincarnation and murder
What is this about: Robert Stern meets Simon, a 10-year-old boy who claims to be a killer reincarnated. Soon, Robert is finding dead bodies…
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Before the Coffee Gets Cold: a story about love, family and coming to terms with the present — and good coffee
What is this about?: This is a book set in a cafe that allows people to time travel to the past, to certain points…
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