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“Living Is A Problem” by Doug Johnstone – Book Review of Skelfs #6 @OrendaBooks #Skelfaholic #TheSkelfs #LivingIsAProblem #BlogTour @RandomTTours @doug_johnstone #BookReview #SkelfSummer

“Living is a problem… because everything dies”  The Skelfs have two businesses which they run out of their large Victorian house in Edinburgh. They run a funeral parlour AND a private detective agency. Recently they have made their funeral business … Continue reading

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“The Opposite of Lonely” by Doug Johnstone – Skelf Series #5 Book Review Re-post for #SkelfSummer @OrendaBooks #TheOppositeOfLonely #BookReview @doug_johnstone

“The Skelfs are back, and things are as tense, unnerving and warmly funny as ever!” The Skelfs have two businesses which they run out of their large Victorian house in Edinburgh. They run a funeral parlour AND a private detective … Continue reading

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“Black Hearts” by Doug Johnstone – Skelf Series #4 Book Review Re-post for #SkelfSummer @OrendaBooks #BlackHearts #BookReview @doug_johnstone

“We are all different versions of ourselves with different people.” The Skelfs have two businesses which they run out of their large Victorian house in Edinburgh. They run a funeral parlour AND a private detective agency. It is up to … Continue reading

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“The Great Silence” by Doug Johnstone – Skelf Series #3 Book Review Re-post for #SkelfSummer @OrendaBooks #TheGreatSilence #BookReview @doug_johnstone

“The monsters in our lives don’t look like monsters, horns and slavering fangs. The worst deeds in the world are done by people who like like any of us.” We pick up one year after the events of the second … Continue reading

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“The Big Chill” by Doug Johnstone – Skelf Series #2 Book Review Re-post for #SkelfSummer @OrendaBooks #TheBigChill #BookReview @doug_johnstone

“It’s easy to be moral if those morals aren’t tested.” We pick up six months after the events of the first book in the Skelfs series, “Dark Matter”. The Skelfs have two businesses which they run out of their large … Continue reading

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“The Nightingale Girls” by Donna Douglas – Book Review

For a change of pace my reading travels took me to Bethnal Green, London during the 1930s. “The Nightingale Girls” follows three young nursing trainees.  Amelia Benedict (Millie), daughter of an aristocrat who feels stifled with the life expected from … Continue reading

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