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Kimmic (814 KP) rated Secret Child in Books

Sep 3, 2021  
Secret Child
Secret Child
Andrew Crofts, Gordon Lewis | 2015 | Biography
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
So I got this thinking that there would be a gut wrenching story about how he was hidden away and lived through hard times but it never happened... from what I could tell although he was at the lower end of the caste system of the 1950s he was actually fairly comfortable compared to most. The synopsis and the cover does enough to make you think that you are getting one thing, when you are actually getting a pretty normal and boring tale of a single mother in the 50s.
  
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David McK (3600 KP) rated The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) in Movies

Aug 26, 2025  
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
1999 | Drama, Mystery
6
7.2 (9 Ratings)
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1999 thriller starring a (very young) Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jude Law, with Damon playing the Mr Ripley of the title, a young man with a talent for mimicry, who is hired by a wealthy American businessman (in the late 1950s) to bring his errant son back home from his idyllic lifestyle in sun-drenched Italy.

Initially planning on doing just that, Ripley soon finds himself drawn further and further into their lifestyle, soon going to extreme lengths in order to live the life that he craves (and that they do).
  
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Deborah (162 KP) rated Resort to Murder in Books

Dec 19, 2018  
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Resort to Murder
T.P. Fielden | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Second of a series set (so far) in the late 1950s in coastal Devon. Main protagonist is a female reporter for a local newspaper but has a past life in wartime naval intelligence.

I read the first book in the series a couple of weeks back and this one I received via Goodreads.

I enjoyed both stories, but I didn't think they were really great either in the way they were written or in the construction of the mystery plot. They were enjoyable enough books, but not quite so good that I want to hang on to them to read again.