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|title=Black Chalk
|author=Christopher J Yates
|rating=4.5
|genre=Crime
|summary=I think I have finally understood why it is that over the last few years, authors have increasingly insisted on non-linear structures for their novels. It is a deliberate and possibly conscious ploy to try to make them un-filmable. The Hollywood rights are certainly lucrative, but if my theory doesn't leak like the Jumblies' boat then our complex-structure-loving writers are not just being too clever for their own good, they are trying to be true to the great works of literature that they aspire to emulate.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099581620</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|title=Bitterwash Road
|summary=We first met Stella Darnell in [[The Detective's Daughter by Lesley Thomson|The Detective's Daughter]] - a book which seemed to take everyone by surprise. I didn't expect to meet her again but a year after her father's death Stella hasn't moved on. She's still visiting his house regularly and cleaning it as though he could return any day. Cleaning is what she does best - and she runs her own cleaning company. Her father was Terry Darnell, Detective Chief Superintendent at Hammersmith police station and there's a folder of photographs in his darkroom. They're all unlabeled and they're of deserted streets. Is a crime involved - and why are the photographs at Terry's home?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781857679</amazonuk>
}}
