Two Cars?

22 November 2020 No Comments

Maria parked on the outskirts of St. Rimou, in a side street, away from gossiping eyes. She took the GR221 up through the morning mist and pines and out onto the granite scattered scrub. It was a damp morning in the valleys, with a chill in the air. The end of summer, but not quite the beginning of winter. In the distance, though, through breaks in the drifting and…

The Five

28 August 2020 1 Comment

A book review of The Five, by Hallie Rubenhold. There have been many books written about Jack the Ripper, a nineteenth century serial killer who brutally murdered five women, mutilating four of them. But there have been very few, if any, written about the victims; popularly portrayed as prostitutes plying their trade in the dingy backstreets of the East End of London. The Five is a fascinating insight into…

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