Tag: book-review
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The Twist #10: The Trial Part One
Before I get onto just why my novel What Goes Around found its way into this trial, I think it best to tell of the developments, both positive and worrying, for Don in the lead-up to his first appearance at Cork’s Circuit Criminal Court in Cork city in November 2008. On the positive side, his…
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Crime Fiction: The genres within the genre
I was once asked why I had chosen to write crime fiction out of all the genres that were available to me. It took me a while to figure out an answer as it hadn’t occurred to me that I was writing crime fiction at that time. My reasons for writing my first novel What…
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A Writer’s Best Friend
We all need a good friend, someone to support and encourage but also someone who will be unflinching when the time comes to tell us that we need to reconsider our attitudes or what we are doing. For a writer, in the first instance, it may be a partner or a colleague who shares a…
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The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
There are many unsung heroic people around the world doing their best to change things for the better. Just using the word ‘change’ is often a challenge to those in authority – who have shaped the world to best suit themselves and their peer groups, and those who seek change are mostly those who have…
Ralph Robb 