The Vanishing Girl (The Vanishing Girl #1)
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Every night after Ember Pierce falls asleep, she disappears. She can teleport anywhere in the...
Have You Seen Her
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Bonfire Night. A missing girl. Anna only takes her eyes off Laurel for a second. She thought Laurel...
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Death Logs Out
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Is Alex Nicholas really dead? Two years since the brutal shooting of Alex Nicholas, a gambling...
The Spaces In Between
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There is Truth and there are Lies; there is Fiction and there is Fact; there is Life and there is...
Indiana Jones and the Peril at Delphi
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For sixteen centuries the Order of Pythia has awaited the reappearance of the ancient oracle of...
Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated Behind Closed Doors in Books
Sep 25, 2021
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Behind Closed Doors
By B A Paris
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Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace. He has looks and wealth, she has charm and elegance. You might not want to like them, but you do.
You’d like to get to know Grace better.
But it’s difficult, because you realise Jack and Grace are never apart.
Some might call this true love. Others might ask why Grace never answers the phone. Or how she can never meet for coffee, even though she doesn’t work. How she can cook such elaborate meals but remain so slim. And why there are bars on one of the bedroom windows.
Sometimes, the perfect marriage is the perfect lie.
Absolutely chilling! The whole book I just couldn’t put it down! It’s 1:37am and I just had to finish it! This is not a book if normally pick up but so glad I did! I had this knot in my stomach that hurt so much till o knew he was dead!! And what a fitting death. Highly recommend!
David McK (3496 KP) rated Sharpe's Assassin in Books
Oct 10, 2021
In chronological order, that was then, novel # 11 of 23 (including short stories in that count).
While Cornwell continued on with his 'Saxon Stories / Last Kingdom' series starring Uhtred of Bebbanburg (read those. Enjoyed those), I've always held a soft spot for the soldier-up-from-the-ranks of Richard Sharpe, so I was quite happy to hear that he would be returning to that character.
This is that return, chronologically novel # 23 of 24, taking place almost immediately after the Battle of Waterloo (worth reading Sharpe's Waterloo again - you don't need to, but it gives context). There's no historical battle (for the setting) this time around; instead we have Sharpe getting caught up in/foil an a plot to assassinate the Duke of Wellington - who, here, seems to have mellowed somewhat towards Sharpe - and the returning King Louis XVIII, with a large portion of the novel set in and around the environs of Paris (in particular The Louvre).
Good to have Sharpe and Harper back together!
Her Dark Angel (Her Angel: Bound Warriors #1)
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Centuries in Hell have taken their toll on Apollyon. Tired of guarding the Devil, he longs to break...
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Dancing in the Ring
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Detroit in the 1920s proved to be the Paris of the West for many – including Catherine McIntosh...
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David McK (3496 KP) rated John Wick. Chapter 4 (2023) in Movies
Jun 18, 2023
Even if, by this point, all the assassins are operating at a level just below that of superheroes: bouncing off cars, falling out upper storey windows (and then getting up and dusting themselves off), shrugging off wounds that would incapacitate you or me ...
I also have to say, just where is the police when all this is going on?!
Anyway, that's all by the by: here, John is still out for revenge on the High Table that branded him 'excommunicado', with the bounty on his head growing ever and ever larger all the time. This film also moves that action - largely - away from New York, instead relocating to Japan (Osako) and France (Paris), with the last hour or so pretty much an extended action scene as John (fist)fights, shoots, brawls, stabs and crawls his way to a dawn appointment for a duel like something out of the 18th century that he hopes will finally close his ledger.