ANDY HEDGECOCK is entertained by a playful novel that embeds a fictional game at its heart
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GABRIELE NEHER draws attention to an astoundingly skilled Flemish painter who defied the notion that women cannot paint like men
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INDIAN SUMMER by Sara Sheridan (Constable, £8.99) continues the adventures of Brighton-based debt collector and amateur detective Mirabelle Bevan.
It’s now 1957 and Bevan, like so many, still misses the straightforward sense of purpose she knew during the war years, especially at a time when the previous generation’s struggle towards sexual equality seems to be paused.
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