The Book Trunk

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  • Murder, Mayhem and Morris Dancing

    OK, so I abandoned this blog, and moved to Blogger, where nothing much got done because life got in the way – Covid, family illness, eye problems, moving house. But I’m entitled to change my mind, and now I’m back… Continue reading

  • Starting Over

    I’ve abandoned this blog, because I struggle with those wretched blocks. And ads which I do not want have appeared, and I can’t get rid of them, and they are nothing to do with me, but I can;t get rid… Continue reading

  • The Cornish Coast Murder

    THE Reverend Dodd, Vicar of St. Michael’s-on-the-Cliff, and his old friend Dr Pendrill are enthusiastic afficionados of detective novels. Each week they order six books from the library, which are delivered in a wooden crate tied with string. I love… Continue reading

  • Sleeping Murder

    Time for another Agatha Christie – Sleeping Murder, written in the 1940s, but not published until shortly after her death in 1976, so I read it for the 1976 Club, organised by Karen at https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/ and Simon at https://www.stuckinabook.com/ way… Continue reading

  • Torn Loyalties of an Evacuee

    Doreen, by Barbara Noble, tells the story of a nine-year-old girl who is evacuated from a London slum during WW2,  and cared for by a well-to-do couple in the country. In the few short months she is there, she is… Continue reading