The Ship Inn, Gatehouse of Fleet, formerly known as the Anworth, where Dorothy L. Sayers wrote the book “Five Red Herrings”, a Lord Peter Wimsey mystery that included many local landmarks. Located in Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland. When I visited the area in 2007, the guide pointed out this inn with the sign. He […]
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Hollywood Unknowns by Anthony Slide My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is an incredible piece of research by the author on the role of extra players in American film history, beginning in the early years of the 20th century and concentrating on the 1920’s and 30’s. The author, Anthony Slide, is a preeminent film
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The Inquisitor’s Apprentice by Chris Moriarty; My rating: 3 of 5 stars; The Inquisitor’s Apprentice by Chris Moriarty is a colorful YA fantasy set in an alternate New York City circa turn-of-the-20th-century. Magic abounds, although it’s illegal, and when a young Jewish boy, Sacha Kessler, discovers he can see it happening, he is immediately recruited
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The Deserter by Paul Almond; My rating: 4 of 5 stars; “The Deserter” by Paul Almond is a very enjoyable historical novel about a young man who jumps overboard from a British Navy ship while it lies just off the coast of Canada in the early 1800’s. He’d been waiting a long time for his
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This is an incredible, ultra-realistic painting by Jason de Graaf called “A Wave of Refreshment.” (Acrylic on canvas) It is very much like a photograph, but that is not what the artist is after. Read more about his goals and see other paintings on his web site. © Jan McClintock of We Need More Shelves
Caveat Emptor: A Novel of the Roman Empire by Ruth Downie; Bloomsbury USA (2010), Hardcover, 352 pages; This fourth volume in the series finds Ruso back in Britain and reluctantly as usual on the case of a missing tax collector. I say as usual because he seldom has his way with anything, it seems, and
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The Opal Deception (Artemis Fowl #4) by Eoin Colfer; My rating: 3 of 5 stars; Pixie Opal Koboi is a nasty bad guy in this fourth volume on the Artemis Fowl series. She’s out for revenge and will stop at nothing to get it. Everyone seems destined for trouble, as Holly Short (Fairy cop) is
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The Eternity Code by Eoin Colfer; My rating: 4 of 5 stars; The Eternity Code (Artemis Fowl #3) Artemis Fowl is an Irish fourteen-year-old who also happens to be a genius and a criminal mastermind. When he was twelve years old, he discovered The People — the world of fairies, pixies, dwarves, and other magical
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