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Elaine Thomson reveals title of next book [2]

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In March 2026, Elaine Thomson revealed that the third of her series of ghostly novels will be called 'Witchwood'. Witchwood is a s...

[Review] Nick Harkaway: 'Karla's Choice'

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The real name of Nick Harkaway is Nicolas Cornwell, the son of David John Moore Cornwell (1931–2020), better known as John le Carré. With ...

Agatha Christie and Thallium poisoning

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Agatha Christie (1890-1976) is often blamed for bringing thallium sulphate (Tl 2 SO 4 ) to the attention of would-be poisoners. In 1961, she...

E. S. Thomson: 'Kissing the Shuttle' - A Short Story

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For 200 years, Stanley Mills used the power of the River Tay. Its workers, many of them women, endured long hours and dangerous conditions. ...

The Resurrection of Desmond Bagley

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Desmond Bagley (1923-1983) was an English journalist and novelist known mainly for a series of bestselling thrillers. He and fellow British ...

[Review] Elaine Thomson: 'Hawthorn'

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In 1871, the Ordnance Survey is charting Scotland's most remote north-easterly county, a bleak landscape of endless moorland and lonely ...

[Recensie] Anita Terpstra: 'De Hoop van Holwerd'

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Ooit lag Holwerd, net als Harlingen, aan zee, maar opeenvolgende bedijkingen en inpolderingen zorgden ervoor dat het plaatsje van zijn leven...

Elaine di Rollo on 'Bleakly Hall'

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Elaine di Rollo (later known as Elaine Thomson) is the author of the heart-warming novel, ' Bleakly Hall '. Set at a hydropathic in ...

[Recensie] Anne-Goaitske Breteler: 'De laatste dagen van de dorpsgek'

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In 'De laatste dagen van de dorpsgek' onderzoekt Breteler hoe plattelanders eeuwenlang zijn omgegaan met geestelijke gezondheid. Ze ...

Elaine Thomson reveals title of next book [1]

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Amazon stated on 4 July 2025 that Elaine Thomson's second Scottish ghost story would be published on 18 June 2026. Which was even a sur...

[Review] Giles Milton: 'Nathaniel's Nutmeg'

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Giles Milton’s 'Nathaniel's Nutmeg' with its somewhat expansive subtitle, 'How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of H...

[Review] Mark Stay: 'The Crow Folk'

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While World War II rages in Europe, another sort of war is erupting in and around Woodville, a quiet village in rural Kent. Faye Bright al...

[Review] Stuart Douglas: 'Death at the Dress Rehearsal'

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Many of us fondly remember the British sitcom 'Dad's Army' about some bungling members of the United Kingdom's Home Guard du...

[Review] Alexandra Benedict: 'The Christmas Jigsaw Murders'

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On 19 th of December, renowned puzzle setter, lonelyness expert, and Christmas hater Edie O’Sullivan finds a hand-delivered present on her ...

Elaine Thomson and her thesis on women in medicine

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Elaine Thomson came to Edinburgh University in 1987 to study English Literature but switched to History after a year. By the time she left t...

[Recensie] Anne-Goaitske Breteler: 'De traanjagers'

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Noem tegenwoordig de walvisvaart en menigeen zal negatief of walgend reageren. Niet dat walvissen aaibaar zijn, maar 'het kan niet meer...

Unknown Bram Stoker story rediscovered

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While browsing the archives of the National Library of Ireland in October 2023, Brian Cleary, an amateur historian discovered a long-lost sh...

Elaine Thomson: The Creation of Jem Flockhart

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I’d always wanted to be a writer. I read a lot as a child, and wrote loads of stories at primary school – long rambling things, usually base...