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Paramedics from the London Ambulance Service and London’s Air Ambulance provided emergency first aid to the woman, but she died at the scene. At the beginning I thought it was too much of the English countryside, but then it offered different atmospheres. AllThatSheCarried by Tiya Miles is an eye-opening social history of love and resilience, and an insightful testament to the people who are left out of the archives.
If you're looking for some light Christmas bedtime reading with a criminal bent, this could be the one for you. From a Santa Claus with a grudge to a cat who knows who killed its owner on Christmas Eve, these are stories to enjoy - and be mystified by - in front of a roaring fire, mince pie to hand.
TheNotebook by Roland Allen is a gorgeously illustrated cultural history of the humble notebook, from the bustling markets of medieval Florence to the quiet studies of our greatest thinkers. They may have improved if I had persevered but I had other books that I would rather be reading over the festive period.
There is a lovely story by Ellis Peters(The Trinity Cat),a rather sad one by Margery Allingham(On Christmas Day in the Morning),a closed room mystery by Julian Symons (the Santa Claus Club),a classic golden age one by John Dickson Carr (The Footprints in the Sky) and some stories by " newer" authors (Ian Ranking,Val Mcdermid. Loved that main character utilized the library and counted books in things he fantasized about for Christmas.My favourites are The Trinity Cat by Ellis Peters, about a cat that knows who killed its owner (perfect for any cat lover! From a Santa Claus with a grudge to a cat who knows who killed its owner on Christmas Eve, these are stories to enjoy - and be mystified by - in front of a roaring fire, mince pie in hand.
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 22-year-old woman was stabbed to death in south London. A fairly quick, easy read for anyone who’s a fan of this genre to get stuck into over the Christmas period (or anytime really). But hurry… It's Christmas Eve and if you don't find the murderer in time, you won't make it home in time to spend Christmas Day with your loved ones! I would recommend reading a whole short story in one sitting though as I tended to lose the thread if I stopped.However, just because many of the others are quite short doesn't mean that they fail as stories, just that they tend to focus on a relatively small element of the 'how could that have happened? Val McDermid has one of the most powerful tales with her contribution entitled 'A Wife In a Million'. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Val McDermid is a number one bestseller whose novels have been translated into more than forty languages, and have sold over eighteen million copies. Though there is a detective and his wife attend a murder mystery party, that has a MP who is trying to make it public who criminals, the detective clocks Santa.
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