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Bluecat @bluecatty.bsky.social · Sep 6
Just made a start on this series after seeing so many recommendations. Really enjoyed this introduction to Poe and Tilly and will definitely be reading more. A dark crime thriller with nice touches of humour.
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It's here! The Petrona Award 2025- Best Scandinavian Crime Novel Of The Year- The Shortlist. #PetronaAward25

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Petrona Award 2025- Best Scandinavian Crime Novel Of The Year- The Shortlist #PetronaAward25
Outstanding crime fiction from Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden shortlisted for the 2025 Petrona Award. Seven impressive crime novels from Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden have been shortlist…
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September 18, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Raven reviews... Michelle Paver- Rainforest

"The atmosphere Paver creates, and the tautness of her prose are just sublime."

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#BlogTour- Michelle Paver- Rainforest- @michellepaver @orionbooks @RandomTTours
The virgin rainforest seems a paradise to Englishman Simon Corbett. A last chance to salvage his career. A final refuge from a terrible secret. But the jungle is no Eden. It hides secrets of its ow…
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October 9, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Oliver Norek- The Winter Warriors- tr. Nick Caistor

"I felt like I knew these people intimately as Norek writes with a perfect blend of objectivity and sensitivity."
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#BlogTour

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Oliver Norek- The Winter Warriors- tr. Nick Caistor – @oliviernorek @orendabooks #BlogTour
November, 1939. A conscription officer arrives in the peaceful farming village of Rautjärvi. The Soviet Union has invaded, and for the first time in its history as an independent country, Finland i…
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September 18, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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It's here! The longlisted books for the #PetronaAward25 and what a cracking line up from Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Finland. Congratulations to all the authors and translators....
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#PetronaAward25

#BookSky 💙📚

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Petrona Award 2025- Best Scandinavian Crime Novel Of The Year- The Longlist #PetronaAward25
OUTSTANDING CRIME FICTION FROM FINLAND, ICELAND, NORWAY, AND SWEDEN LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 PETRONA AWARD Twelve crime novels from Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden have made the longlist for the…
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August 14, 2025 at 7:46 AM
bluecatty.bsky.social
Just made a start on this series after seeing so many recommendations. Really enjoyed this introduction to Poe and Tilly and will definitely be reading more. A dark crime thriller with nice touches of humour.
@mwcraven.bsky.social #ThePuppetShow
September 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
bluecatty.bsky.social
Just finished this extremely well written novel based on a true life murder case in the 1920s. It was gripping, emotional and the research was perfectly balanced with the storytelling. Will definitely be seeking out #LittleDeaths for my next read.
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September 2, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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What a STUNNING #PublicationDay review of @essiefox.bsky.social's #Dangerous 😍

'Dangerous is a richly detailed and beautifully researched novel by Essie Fox, which opens in 1818, where Byron has decamped to Venice in disgrace following his disastrous marriage.'

OUT TODAY!
April 24, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Have just re-read #TheWrathOfAngels for the #ConnollyReadathon and believe me, just as good now on a second reading!
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John Connolly- The Wrath of Angels #11

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John Connolly- The Wrath of Angels
In the depths of the Maine woods, the wreckage of an aeroplane is discovered. There are no bodies, and no such plane has ever been reported missing, but men both good and evil have been seeking it …
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April 24, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Raven reviews-Phil Lecomber- Midnight Streets

"I was absolutely immersed in this world and its colourful and nefarious inhabitants from start to finish."
#PhilLecomber

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#MidnightStreets #GeorgeHarley #Soho #1920s
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Phil Lecomber- Midnight Streets- @PhilLecomber @titanbooks
When Cockney private detective George Harley saves a young girl’s life on a dark London night in 1929, he doesn’t realise it marks the beginning of an investigation which will change his life forev…
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April 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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#BlogTour Essie Fox- Dangerous

"I appreciated not only the dark, brooding atmosphere, but also the intricacy and depth of research that Fox has undertaken to bring a vivid feel to the whole book."
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#BlogTour- Essie Fox- Dangerous- @essiefox @orendabooks
Living in exile in Venice, the disgraced Lord Byron revels in the freedoms of the city. But when he is associated with the deaths of local women, found with wounds to their throats, and then a nove…
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April 24, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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I have actually written a review. Oh yes, I have. The Players by Minette Walters - a fine novel set during the dark years of the 1680s. forwinternights.wordpress.com/2025/03/10/t... @allenandunwin.bsky.social
The Players by Minette Walters
Allen & Unwin | 2 January 2025 | 496p | Hardback edition | Review copy It is 1685 and England is not ready for another Civil War. The arrival of the Duke of Monmouth, the late Charles II’…
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March 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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In the late afternoon I headed into Oxford - sketching St John's College with that golden light going fast...
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February 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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My 14yo built me a bookshop for my office complete with a working light, tiny vases of flowers, and so many books. It took her HOURS. Made me cry when I opened it. #MerryChristmas #BookTwitter
December 25, 2024 at 12:30 PM
bluecatty.bsky.social
Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas.
December 25, 2024 at 12:00 PM
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Both series of Wolf Hall were outstanding. Television drama of the highest quality.
December 15, 2024 at 11:05 PM
bluecatty.bsky.social
I'm reading
#KillForMeKillForYou
@stevecavanagh.bsky.social A real page turner and enjoying very much!
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November 30, 2024 at 8:56 PM
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J. D. Nelson
Post-Asemic Press, 2022
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“A memorable and brilliant debut.” —Kristine Ong Muslim

#poetry #Dada #Surrealism #experimental #book #poem #poet #writer #author #ExperimentalPoetry #ExperimentalWriting #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity
The cover of "in ghostly onehead", the debut full-length poetry collection by J. D. Nelson, features an image of the cellarium, or undercroft, of Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire, England. Cover image by George Hodan, “Cellarium at Fountains Abbey”.
November 18, 2024 at 6:03 AM
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#JustRead #Whalefall #ElizabethOConnor- Mesmerising and beautifully written. A wonderful insight into a small and unique community ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ read.

#JustStarted #OutOfSight #ElmoreLeonard

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November 21, 2024 at 10:36 AM
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One of the things I really enjoy about Bluesky is no 'What's Happening' column on the desktop version and no 'Discover' on the app. This always got me riled, so much so, I'd usually set my location to Japan so that I couldn't read it.
November 25, 2024 at 2:15 PM
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COVER REVEAL FOR KING OF ASHES!!!!!!
November 21, 2024 at 2:28 PM
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It's lovely finding old and new friends here.
November 15, 2024 at 4:11 PM
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Currently reading @karinslaughter.bsky.social #ThisIsWhyWeLied

What a blurb - "Everyone here is a liar, but only one of us is a killler..." Ooh! 😉

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November 15, 2024 at 8:18 PM
bluecatty.bsky.social
#JustRead #Whalefall #ElizabethOConnor- Mesmerising and beautifully written. A wonderful insight into a small and unique community ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ read.

#JustStarted #OutOfSight #ElmoreLeonard

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November 21, 2024 at 10:36 AM
bluecatty.bsky.social
Looking forward to a day of reading,knitting and colouring oh and keeping warm!
November 19, 2024 at 8:53 AM