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Hidden Harbours of Southwest Scotland
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Hidden Harbours of Southwest Scotland is a lively tour of small and infrequently visited harbours on...
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Danger in Plain Sight: A Callie James Thriller
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It took fourteen years to construct a safe world for her and her son--and only one night for her ex...
Crime Thriller
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The Scent of Murder
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First in a new series from national bestselling author Kylie Logan, The Scent of Murder is a...
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Jul 22, 2022
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Hazel (2934 KP) rated All That's Dead in Books
May 27, 2019
This instalment had a lot to live up to and, overall, it hit the mark with it's dark humour, the fantastic characters, the setting, the twists and all wrapped up in an excellent plot amongst the backdrop of domestic terrorism and the independence movement in Scotland which although results in a fair bit of English-bashing, does mirror Brexit (oh how I hate that word!) in many respects which makes it topical and current too!
I did have a few niggles that did irritate me somewhat ... one or two of the characters who were supposed to be Police Officers did not come across as very believable; they were overly childish and not very good at their jobs. In addition, I found the word "sooked" extremely annoying for some reason - not sure why but it just wound me up.
I am absolutely certain that it would be better to read the series in order, it does work as a standalone pretty successfully and although the niggles prevented me from awarding this a 5 star read, I would still recommend it.
Vivarium: Experimental, Quantitative, and Theoretical Biology at Vienna's Biologische Versuchsanstalt
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The Biologische Versuchsanstalt was founded in Vienna in 1902 with the explicit goal to foster the...
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House of Lords and Commons
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'Exquisite' (New Yorker), 'breathtaking' (Los Angeles Times), 'baroque and moon-lit' (Boston Globe)...
poetry
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Home on the Range
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A cowboy romance with a heart of gold, in Home on the Range author Ruth Logan Herne returns readers...
Romance Christian Fiction Family Fiction Double S Ranch Series
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 1
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The iconic police procedural series "Law & Order" is perhaps best known for its two-part structure....
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Jesters_folly (230 KP) rated Dead Island: The Book in Books
Jul 21, 2020
Dead Island: The Book is the novelisation of the video game of the same name (Dead Island).
The first couple of chapters introduce us to the four main protagonists of the game: Sam B, Logan and Purna meet on the plane one the way to Banoi and Xian Mei is the receptionist who books them in to the hotel. The we are treated to the first of many scenes that will be familiar the anyone who has played the game, a concert with Sam B as the main act, followed up by a zombie outbreak.
The story follows the four main protagonists and the people they meet as they travel around the island in search for help, a cure or a way off the island. On their way they must work out who they can trust and how to deal with those they can't.
Dead Island the book almost follows the first game but not riptide so the ending is slightly different, there also seemed to be more guns but that may just be because the narrative is more compressed in the novel as there are a lot less side quests.