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Book review: The Nameless Dead by Brian McGilloway

The Troubles in Northern Ireland have rarely proved an attractive proposition for novelists, and Derry author and teacher Brian McGilloway’s ‘no frills’ crime thriller series set in the notoriously dangerous Borderlands is as dark as one would expect.

Book review: Deity by Steven Dunne

DID Steven Dunne do something bad in another life? It’s just a passing thought as his latest bone-chilling murder mystery takes evil to a new level!

Book review: The Boy Who Could See Demons by Carolyn Jess-Cooke

There are three principal players in Carolyn Jess-Cooke’s haunting tale of a ten-year-old boy who claims to be possessed by a 9,000-year-old demon ... but the starring role is unquestionably the author’s home city of Belfast.

Book review: Empire: The Leopard Sword by Anthony Riches

The Empire strikes back as historian and novelist Anthony Riches takes up the thrilling story of imperial fugitive Marcus Valerius Aquila, fighting as a centurion while on the run from the deadly forces of ancient Rome.

Book review: Citizen Sailors by Glyn Prysor

For those of us who did not live through the Second World War, our perceptions of the conflict are based primarily on school text books, the accounts of later generation historians and the fiction of a thousand films and novels.

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Book review: Chocolate Shoes and Wedding Blues by Trisha Ashley

Easing yourself into a Trisha Ashley novel is rather like slipping into a comfortable – but very sparkly – pair of shoes.

Book review: The Children’s Crusade by Elliott Hall

Like an episode of TV’s Midsomer Murders, the body count starts to rise alarmingly in the final part of Elliott Hall’s chilling and futuristic Strange Trilogy.

Book review: Master and God by Lindsey Davis

Some novels impress with their research, others with their gripping storyline and others simply because they entertain.

Book review: Traitor by Rory Clements

In 1593, Lancashire was a hotbed of closet Catholics who would happily see the Protestant Elizabeth I toppled from her throne ... and the sleepy market town of Ormskirk, nestling between Preston and Southport, was the centre of a deadly conspiracy.

Book review: Berlitz USA Handbook by Jennifer Paull and Annika Hipple

Whether you are grown-up ‘gappers’ or first-time adventurers, don’t head off on holiday this year without your ideal travelling companion.