Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2097 KP) rated The Truth We Hide in Books
Apr 12, 2023 (Updated Apr 12, 2023)
The series has taken a step away from the initial premise, but it is a natural step thanks to the growth we’ve been seeing in Betty. And I also appreciate how it allows Betty to focus on the case, which keeps the pacing strong. There are plenty of suspects who could have done it. I figured it out, but only a few pages before Betty made the same deduction I did. I did miss the supporting characters, who take a back seat here, but Betty is still a great main character, and the suspects are good. I was worried that this book was going to turn into a lecture, but I didn’t find any anachronistic attitudes when it comes to Edward. We do see plenty of negative attitudes, but they are treated as they should be without feeling out of character for our heroes or the time. There are a couple of interesting threads introduced here, and I can’t wait to see if they are continued in future books. As always, the period came fully to life as I read. If you are looking for a strong historical series, be sure to pick this one up. If you are new to the series, you are in for a treat.
Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated The Dark Art: My Undercover Life in Global Narco-Terrorism in Books
Mar 2, 2018
Edward Follis, a veteran undercover DEA agent, writes about his biggest drug busts in which major heroin, ecstasy and cocaine kingpins from across the globe, are apprehended using covert and exhaustive methods.
From learning Thai in order to intercede Khun Sa's major heroin drug routes, to befriending Afghan opium billionaire Taliban financier, Haji Juma Khan, Follis has had a long and fascinating career.
And at times, the bragging may feel over the top, however, it is completely understandable given what he has endured and some of the traumatic experiences included one of his own informants being brutally murdered. Obviously it is written with an American bias, so it's worth keeping that in mind.
One Hot Summer: Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, and the Great Stink of 1858
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A unique, in-depth view of Victorian London during the record-breaking summer of 1858, when...
The Lodgers (2017)
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1920, rural Ireland. Anglo Irish twins Rachel and Edward share a strange existence in their...
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David McK (3233 KP) rated Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) in Movies
Oct 7, 2019
For reason that are never fully explained, after the failure of the first Terminator to kill Sarah Connor in the 1980s, a second Terminator is sent back in time, this time to the early 1990s, in an effort to track down and kill John Connor (played, here, by a then unknown Edward Furlong).
As before, the Resistance are able to send back a lone protector through time ...
And, I have to say, now nearly 30 years after they were first seen, the 'liquid metal' T-1000 effects still hold up pretty well!
The West Wing - Season 1
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The West Wing is an American serial political drama television series created by Aaron Sorkin that...
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Best American Short Plays: 2012-2013
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For over 70 years, The Best American Short Plays has been the standard of excellence for one-act...
Three Houses
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As heard on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week. 'There is always in our minds the hope that we may find...
Seventyseven Clocks
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'The newspapers referred to it as the case of the seventy-seven clocks. There was quite a fuss at...