Setting Archive : England
(I try to break stuff down by place and time. Doesnt always work but there you go)
The Ghost
Adam Lang, ex-Prime Minister, is writing his memoirs. Or to be more honest, he needs a ghostwriter. Someone to do […]
Posted on 14 July 2014 | By Fence | 2 responses
Do butlers burgle banks?
Read originally 19/07/2010. Reread June 2014 On my reread I enjoyed it just as much as the first time round, […]
Posted on 13 June 2014 | By Fence | Leave a response
A girl called Fred
Roger Willgoose isn’t really a dog person. It is his wife really who decides to bring a dog into their […]
Posted on 24 May 2014 | By Fence | 2 responses
Triptych
When the aliens came it was nothing like the way science fiction and popular culture had predicted it. There was […]
Posted on 3 May 2014 | By Fence | Leave a response
Some kind of fairy tale
Twenty years ago Tara Martin went missing. She simply went out one day and never came home. Her boyfriend at […]
Posted on 12 April 2014 | By Fence | 8 responses
The Hundred and One Dalmatians
Life for Mr and Mrs Dearly and their dogs, Pongo and Misses, is going well. They live near Regent’s Park […]
Posted on 29 March 2014 | By Fence | 6 responses
Year of wonders
The year is 1665 and Anna Frith is a widow at only 18 years of age. She has two young […]
Posted on 15 March 2014 | By Fence | 4 responses
Wolves
I totally agree with that old saying “never judge a book by its cover”, but more often than not it […]
Posted on 22 February 2014 | By Fence | 6 responses
A Pelican at Blandings
Blandings Castle #11 Clarance, the ninth Earl of Emsworth is enjoying life. The pride of his life, Empress of Blandings […]
Posted on 2 February 2014 | By Fence | 2 responses
Michael Rosen’s Sad Book
illustrated by Quentin Blake This book opens with a picture of the author, smiling. The words tell a different story. […]
Posted on 26 January 2014 | By Fence | 2 responses
The man in the picture
Part of my RIP VIII reading. Oliver is visiting his old Oxford tutor when Theo begins to tell him a […]
Posted on 19 September 2013 | By Fence | 2 responses
An uncertain place
Translated by Sian Reynolds. An Inspector Adamsberg novel #6 Adamsberg is in England at a European policing convention, discussing immigration […]
