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summer 1945

A new novel by John Lucas looks back in search of explanations for two sudden deaths occurring in an English village just after World War Two

By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, fiction, year 2017 0 • Tags: books, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs

plotting-9781910996065

Thomas Ovans gets to grips with an intriguing novel by John Lucas which deals with a small-town jazz musician’s rather complicated love life.

By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, fiction, jazz, year 2016 0 • Tags: books, jazz, music, Thomas Ovans

gavrilov

Thomas Ovans finds it easy to get into the spirit of a post-Cold War thriller by Maggie Hamand

By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, fiction, year 2015 0