Category Archives: Random Things Tours (Anne Cater)

“The Woman On The Bridge” by Sheila O’Flanagan – Book Review

Posted on May 17, 2023 by Fictionophile

Sheila O’Flanagan has accomplished what many have tried and few have been successful at doing. She has put a human face on Ireland’s history while making all the myriad allegiances, battles, uprisings, rebellions, and suffering understandable to the lay reader. … Continue reading →

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“Isaac And The Egg” by Bobby Palmer – Book Review

Posted on April 25, 2023 by Fictionophile

How do I review a book that is simultaneously heartrendingly sad AND hilariously funny? Twenty-nine year old Isaac Addy is unmoored, adrift, and suicidal. His beloved wife, Mary, has died. He cannot fathom a life without her in it. Just … Continue reading →

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“The Walled Garden” by Sarah Hardy – Book Review

Posted on March 27, 2023 by Fictionophile

Oakbourne Hall – a once grand Suffolk Manor House. Oakbourne is now dilapidated and needs much in the way of restoration after being requisitioned by Canadian soldiers for the last five years of WWII. There is no money for repairs, … Continue reading →

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“So Pretty” by Ronnie Turner – Book Review

Posted on January 13, 2023 by Fictionophile

A young man arrives in a small town, hoping to leave his past behind him, but everything changes when he takes a job in a peculiar old shop, and meets a lonely single mother… Whoever described this novel as a … Continue reading →

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“Red As Blood” by Lilja Sigurðardóttir – Book Review

Posted on October 19, 2022 by Fictionophile

Áróra has returned to her birthplace, Iceland, to find her missing sister, Ísafold. Now, she has come to realize that she is probably looking for her sister’s body. Áróra, who lived in Edinburgh, is a financial investigator, though to make … Continue reading →

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“Life, Slightly” by Nigel Cooper – Book Review

Posted on October 10, 2022 by Fictionophile

Jackie – is a good listener. She listens to those who are damaged by what life has thrown at them. She wants to be needed. But what happens when someone listens to her? Gavin – Conflicted about his sexual preference, … Continue reading →

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“The Wilderness” by Sarah Duguid – Book Review

Posted on July 26, 2022 by Fictionophile

Anna and David are a long married couple who have two sons in their early twenties. They have recently become empty-nesters and as a result their marriage is in flux, under scrutiny by both parties.   When they receive word that … Continue reading →

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“Night Shadows” by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir – Book Review

Posted on July 19, 2022 by Fictionophile

Night Shadows is the third novel in the FORBIDDEN ICELAND series The Icelandic Police team of criminal investigators include: Hörður Höskuldsson – leader of the Akranes Criminal Investigation Division. With many local connections, he is in charge of the entire … Continue reading →

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“Quicksand Of Memory” by Michael J. Malone – Book Review

Posted on April 1, 2022 by Fictionophile

Luke – lost his beloved partner, Lisa, to cancer. Now he is raising Lisa’s six-year-old son Nathan on his own, with the occasional help of Lisa’s mother, Gemma. He adores the boy. Luke is an ex-con. He served time for … Continue reading →

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“Faceless” by Vanda Symon – Book Review

Posted on March 23, 2022 by Fictionophile

Bradley – a married man who is the father to two pre-school girls. His personal life presents pressures of kids, a huge mortgage, and a wife who disparages him at every turn. He works as an accountant at an insurance … Continue reading →

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