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The Bridge (Detective Louise Blackwell #6)
The Bridge (Detective Louise Blackwell #6)
Matt Brolly | 2023 | Crime, Thriller
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
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What a great book! Although this is number 6 in the series, I think it can be read as a standalone quite successfully.

The story starts with the discovery of a young woman's body in a shipping container. Initial thoughts are this is a tragic case of human trafficking gone wrong but when a camera is discovered and the investigation delves deeper, the case turns into something else altogether and when more people start to go missing, Detective Blackwell and her team know they are running out of time.

Written at a good pace, with fantastic characters, a great storyline full of tension, this is a great addition to the series and I must thank the author, Amazon Publishing UK, Thomas & Mercer and NetGalley for enabling me to read and share my thoughts of The Bridge.
  
The Secret of Secrets (Robert Langdon #6)
The Secret of Secrets (Robert Langdon #6)
Dan Brown | 2025
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
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I think the last Dan Brown book I read was Origin, back in 2017, whilst I was on vacation in the setting of said book (Barcelona).

By coincidence, that was also the prior book in his Robert Langdon series that consists of , in order: Angels & Demons, The Da Vinci Code, The Lost Symbol, Inferno, Origin and now this, all following Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon who seems to have an amazing and uncanny knack for finding himself caught up in the throes of various mysteries!

This time, the main setting is Prague (been there), with the novel - in particular - focusing heavily on the legend of the Golem of said city, and with it positing the question "where does the conscious mind reside? In the body, or somewhere outside?"

If you've read any of the previous novels, you'll know what to expect of this!