Sid Nuncius's Book Reviews

"For Books are not absolutely dead things, but doe contain a potencie of life in them to be as active as that soule was whose progeny they are; nay they do preserve as in a violl the purest efficacie and extraction of that living intellect that bred them." - John Milton

Tuesday, 6 December 2022

Alan Bradley - Thrice The Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd

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  Rating: 5/5   Review: An excellent instalment    I very much enjoyed Thrice The Brinded Cat Hath Mew’d.  After a slight dip in quality in...
Friday, 25 November 2022

Agatha Christie - The Body In The Library

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  Rating: 4/5 Review: Still very enjoyable    I had forgotten quite how good Agatha Christie is.  It is many, many years since I read any of...
Wednesday, 23 November 2022

Catherine Aird - A Late Phoenix

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  Rating: 4/5   Review: Very enjoyable    I am thoroughly enjoying this series.  This time, Sloan and Crosby are called to the discovery of...
Thursday, 10 November 2022

Zoe Sharp - First Drop

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  Rating: 4/5   Review: Silly but fun    First Drop is a lot of preposterous nonsense really, but it’s great fun. Charlie is embarking on h...
Sunday, 6 November 2022

Cyril Hare - When The Wind Blows

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  Rating: 4/5 Review: Very enjoyable   This is another very enjoyable book from Cyril Hare featuring the engaging Francis Pettigrew.  We are...
Saturday, 5 November 2022

Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö - Roseanna

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  Rating: 4/5   Review: very good early Scandi-crime    I thought Roseanna was very good indeed.  It won’t be everybody’s cup of Aquavit be...
Saturday, 29 October 2022

Georges Simenon - The New Investigations of Inspector Maigret

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  Rating: 3/5 Review: A disappointing collection    I like Maigret very much, but I found this collection rather unsatisfactory.   For me, ...
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