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Diana Jackson

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  • A Boy from the Streets by Maria Gibbs

    I have just finished reading this powerful book, perfect for a wet and windy Sunday when I was self indulgent and read for a few hours. Twins were born in a hospital in Brazil as their parents had to flee their homeland escaping to England. Carolina was distraught as she left them behind even though…

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  • Book Review ~ The Chessmen by Peter May

    I bought the paperback of The Chessmen by Peter May at the Kildonan Museum in South Uist, a perfect place to pick up a novel set in the bleak but stunningly beautiful landscapes of The Outer Hebrides. Fin and his mates grew up together in the close knit communities of the island of Lewis, the…

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  • I’m excited to share with you a Scottish Poet ~ Pauline Prior – Pitt

    Having just returned from a memorable trip to the Outer Hebrides ~ the island of Barra via Oban, then on to South Uist and back from Lochboisdale to Mallaig ~ I am excited to share with you Pauline Prior – Pitt. I bought ‘be an angel’ in the new Kildonan Centre. This is an interesting…

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  • Karma Lawyer: Courage and Love by Nigel Lesmoir Gordon

    Maitland Fairweather is rich, successful, ruthless and good looking ~ but pretty cheesed off. He has discovered that his wife Sarah, of only a year, is having an affair. He decides to arrange to have her murdered without trace by a hit squad of three women. This gripping tale is of Maitland, an unscrupulous lawyer…

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  • The Glass Knight by Julia Colbourn

    The Glass Knight by Julia Colbourn The stage is set for The Glass Knight at a time a few decades after a world apocalypse. The small surviving communities struggle to maintain a civilised world. Andelantos, for example, forbids guns and any forms of communication from the old world, trying to learn from past mistakes. Saffy…

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  • 99c Special Offer ~ Murder, Now and Then

    Until 7th August ‘Murder, Now and Then’ will be only 99c in USA! Click on the cover above  for ‘Murder Now and Then’ on Amazon.com Two murders interwoven ~ one hundred years apart. Reviews on Amazon.com “Diana Jackson kept me guessing right to the end. This is a very clever writer. She weaves past and…

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  • A Salt Splashed Cradle by Chris Longmuir

    I met Chris in the craft tent at Glamis Castle Vehicle Extravaganza and after a chat I bought a signed copy of this book. It was a thoroughly enjoyable read, all the more so because I am gradually exploring Scotland and will be heading to Montrose in a few weeks. Chris’s colourful description of the…

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  • Murder, Now and Then ~ 99p in the UK ~ One Week Only!

    LIVE TODAY! Two murders, 100 years apart, inspired by an unsolved murder back in 1919. Does Lucille still haunt us today until her mysterious death is solved? New updated edition of ‘Murder, Now and Then’  is released on Kindle today: Friday 12th July It will be  99p FOR ONE WEEK ONLY (IN THE UK ~…

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