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Grande dame in all but name

<i>Obituary</i>: Naguib Mahfouz

Nasty bath surprise for 'annoying' Sharon Stone

Jim Eagles: Word perfect tropical worlds

The second-best thing to do when the icy winds howl from the south and the rain pours down is to turn up the heating, make yourself a pina colada and settle down to a book set in the tropics.

<i>Storm Boy</i> author dies

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Lost story of the lone Ranger

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Fairytale writer gives the treasure hunters few clues

<i>Paul Thomas:</i> Celebrity tell-alls and tricks put fiction on bottom shelf

Stacking the odds for treasure-trove down in the depths

<i>Edward Nawotka:</i> Silence of 'lambs' exposed

It's couplets at dawn as literati seek poetic justice over memoir of youth

<i>Jim Eagles:</i> Dream your dream then do it

<i>Big Chill</i> destined to be unforgettable

<i>Paul Thomas and Sharda Ugra:</i> John Wright's Indian Summers