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A former prostitute and drug addict, who seemed to have been turning her life around, is found dead in a squat with the body of her 6 year old daughter. Next to her body is a credit card belonging to a multi-millionaire who had died in a plane crash 6 months earlier.

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Interview, October 2006
Beyond the window, I can see three kites hanging in the air over Bute Park.

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There are a surprising number of books with this title. This one is quiet with a pace both leisurely and conveying urgency, echoing the collision of the way time is reckoned on the mainland with the way it runs on the island. Overall, I enjoyed this novel and was glad to have the audiobook to help me with the Welsh pronunciations. In the end, it left me wanting, which is apt but unsatisfying.

A beautiful, grim story of atmosphere and characters in dire straits. The ending was strange and unexpected. #shortyseptember2024

Wonderful. Sparse sensitive writing. Historical fiction at its best makes the characters real and come alive. The protagonist learns about the trickery of strangers. I can see the straightforward ease of rural life, not for the work, but for the familiarity of the people

Submarine was a recommended read at the end of a Penguin book that I had just finished. I was a bit dubious when a reviewer described it as 'Brilliant, laugh out-loud, funniest etc': it is rarely if ever that I have laughed out-loud when reading a book. Ever the optimist I purchased Submarine along with 'The Catcher in the Rye which was also recommended but I still have to read. I was so unimpressed with the first 50% of submarine that I bailed.

So good! I loved every minute of this follow up to The Last Party except for the end where it ended on a cliffhanger. And the next one isn‘t out yet. But it was a solid mystery, had great character development, and a fast pace and I‘ll look forward to the next one eagerly. #BookspinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

Really getting into some books set in Wales. This is the 2nd book in the Ffion Morgan series and I might have liked it more than the 1st!

This one has a reality tv show set up in the mountains and a contestant goes missing. While they‘re trying to find the missing contestant, the show runner is murdered.

This was a good mystery, but I really liked the relationships!