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I reviewed Laurie Petrou’s debut, Stargazer, four years ago, pleased to have found a new Canadian writer published in the UK. I’d been attracted by its female friendship theme which also runs through her third novel, The Rayburn Affair, albeit with a twist. In the glow of the light, they appeared to Ruth’s eyes like
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As I mentioned in my first post on this theme, British bookshops are awash with fiction from the US, not so much from its neighbour. A shame, as I often enjoy Canadian writing when I do come across it. Here are five more favourites, four with links to my reviews, beginning with one by an
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August’s new fiction’s a bit of a mixed bag, beginning with an author whose debut was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize in 2023. Jacqueline Crooks’s Sky City is set in the eponymous north London housing estate where Jaycee lives after years in a homeless hostel. When she finds a clue that may help her best
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It was the theme of female friendship that drew me to Canadian author Laurie Petrou’s Stargazer. I was slightly dismayed to discover that it was published under a crime imprint but while there is a crime Petrou’s novel is a world away from the kind of police procedural I’m happy to watch on TV. Set
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Back from lovely Italy (more of which later in the week) with a disappointingly short June preview although I have read four of the eight that caught my eye so those come tried and tested beginning with the one that’s most likely to be on readers’ radars already. Miriam Toews’ Fight Night takes the form
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