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[Book Review] Wicked Bleu: Simone Doucet Series Book 2
Blurb A 103-year-old murder mystery. An amateur ghost sleuth. Can a wrong be rectified in death? Eight months ago, Simone experienced her first spectral encounter. It awakened a dormant second sight and opened a chasm to the afterlife. Now, another spirit from 1917 New Orleans has wandered through that passage, haunting her with an intoxicating…
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[Book Review]Why There Are No Noyontara Flowers in Agargaon Colony: Stories by Shahidul Zahir
Translated from the Bengali by V. Ramaswamy As in most things in life, one’s growth as a reader can be hastened by reading widely, beyond one’s comfort zone. When I picked up “Why There Are No Noyontara Flowers in Agargaon Colony,” I had no idea who Shahidul Zahir was. Neither did I know that he…
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[Book Review] Ghazals: A Collection of Ghazals in English by Shankar N Kashyap
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The word Ghazal conjures up images of swirling dervishes and incense and deep trans states. Ghazals were spread across the land by the Sufi mystics. This is an attempt to construct Ghazals in a format as close to traditional Persian verses as possible, within the constraints of the English language. This is a book not only for…
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[Book Review] The Arboretum After Midnight by W.T. O’ Brien
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Whitney Colliers was an astonishingly beautiful woman. She worked as studio manager and ambassador for a well-known Seattle interior designer. Whitney was a tease to everyone, and she delivered on her advertising. After creating her usual friction at an afternoon party for a local artist, Whitney requested a ride from an ardent admirer to a…
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[Book Review] Poison at the Village Show by Catherine Coles
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Blurb With the war finally over the residents of Westleham village are trying to reclaim a sense of normality and the upcoming village show is proving to be a popular event! Newcomer, Martha Miller, has high hopes for the village show. Since her husband Stan left for work one day and never returned, some of…
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