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Deadly Messengers – If you want a thriller with meat on it’s bones
Deadly Messengers opens right in the middle of a massacre at a cafe. The lone killer stalks his way through, extinguishing lives with an axe. A horrific, gory tragedy, which becomes more disturbing when another mass murder happens not long after in a nursing home; then another at a family…
Sounds on an (Aussie) Father’s Day Sunday….
This song will always be for Pops. Reminds me of when my brother, sister or I had the day off school. Except it wasn't a JCB; it was a grotty white van with rusted holes in the bottom and bricks, tools and spiders in the back, so the journey was…
Going to see what this is all about today…..
Will let you know how I go! #intro #entrepreneur#smallbusinesssaturday#earningyourown$
Holiday Read #3 – My Mother’s Secret (and a few skipped pages)….
Just when you think your family is My nan used to read two books a day sometimes. She devoured Mills & Boon books along with any gentle tale of life in the country or a family saga. My nan would have loved this book. It's not a bad book, just…
Holiday Read #2 Song of the Sea Maid
I wasn't quite sure how I was going to go with this book and as I write this review, i'm still not sure. Some parts infuriated me. The book begins with a young street urchin in 18th Century London who has a brother (at least she thinks he is her…
Duffy’s Holiday Reads #1 Wolf Winter – Dark, stark and incredibly cold…
Some people don't like the term 'beach reads' and neither do I. I think it's because i'm not quite sure what a good 'beach read' should be, and why it should be anything different. A good book is a good book isn't it? It shouldn't matter where you are; although…
Author Guest Post! Claire Varley talks about the pressure to be ‘wordy’ all the time..
I was lucky enough to pose a question to Claire Varley, author of The Bit Inbetween. Here is here brilliantly funny guest post response! ‘Being a writer, do you feel under pressure to be 'wordy' and impressive all the time? Even in birthday cards and comments boxes on questionnaires?’…
The Bit In Between
The Bit In Between is what happens after the flutter of true love subsides and before the inevitable end of the chapter. It will bring back memories of all those times you were selfish, self centred, dated the wrong guy or girl, took a chance, caught a plane and let…
Devastation Road – A vague memory and the desire to get home..
Owen wakes in a field. He is wearing another man's clothes. He is hurt, he is filthy. He has no idea where he is, or how he got there. A young Czech boy appears and disappears; who the hell is he? What does he want? What did he do? Devastation…
The Japanese Lover – A gentle, weaving story of that one great love
The Japanese Lover is a tale told backwards through the eyes of Alma. Alma is an old woman, living in a San Francisco care home, who shares her life story little by little and that of her one great love, Ichimei. This love is a huge, thumping, all encompassing love…