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The Courtship of Morrice Buckler: A Romance
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Doomed to hang from the gallows, Sir Julian Harnwood has only one hope of saving his life –...
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Keep Clear: My Adventures With Aspergers
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A wonderfully bittersweet, funnystrange account of living unwittingly with Asperger's syndrome. ...
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Poisoned Pawn
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Caleb Jacobs is a man with a past. After serving on a failed dark ops assignment in Afghanistan, he...
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2086 KP) rated A Baker Street Wedding in Books
Jun 10, 2019
Those familiar with this series know about the fun premise, the letters that people send to Sherlock Holmes get Reggie involved in mysteries. That’s true here again, although how that comes together I will leave for you to discover. I did feel the beginning was a little slow. Yes, it was set up, but it still could have moved faster. I was certainly enjoying it, but about half way through it kicked into high gear and then I was really hooked. Only a few characters return from earlier books in the series, one of whom I wasn’t excited to see again, but the new characters definitely help pick up the slack and made me care about the outcome. Fans of the series will be happy with this latest entry.
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David McK (3222 KP) rated Brothers in Blood (Eagles of the Empire 13) in Books
Jan 30, 2019
The reason I bring that up is because this is the 13th entry in the Cato and Macro series that began way back in 2001 with [b: Under the Eagle|578428|Under the Eagle (Eagle, #1)|Simon Scarrow|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1315349321s/578428.jpg|565359] and, by now, you pretty much know what to expect!
Taking place not long after [b: The Blood Crows|18484220|The Blood Crows (Eagle, #12)|Simon Scarrow|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1380275584s/18484220.jpg|25144364], this is also set back in Brittania, with the culmination (?) of the campaign against Caratacus.
Somehow, however, I found this to be 'flatter' than the previous novels; just not as engaging as before. I don't know whether this is to do with the change in the circumstances between Cato and Macro or in the fact that I've been reading quite a few historical fiction novels recently or what, but this (I felt) was just not as good as the earlier entries in the series.
(Oh, and as an aside: my version came with a short story 'The Red Sail' included, with that story having two endings. All in all, I think I actually preferred the alternative ending - every hero, after all, needs his nemesis. Batman has the Joker, Superman has Lex Luthor, Sherlock Holmes had Moriarity .. )
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The Book of Forgotten Authors
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'I love it! A real gem' Joanne Harris 'Will have the inevitable effect of sending readers in search...
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Martin Clunes - the Biography
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Martin Clunes has been a familiar face on British television for almost two decades. During that...
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The Axeman's Jazz
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Inspired by a true story, set against the heady backdrop of jazz-filled, mob-ruled New Orleans, The...
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Small Data: The Tiny Clues that Uncover Huge Trends
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Martin Lindstrom, a modern-day Sherlock Holmes, harnesses the power of “small data” in his quest...
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