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James Koppert (2698 KP) rated The Day The Rain Came in Books

Oct 25, 2020

The Day The Rain Came

Emma Mason | 2020 | Crime, Thriller

8.0

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Dont judge a book by its cover

I thought I was really clever and sussed a twist but I was absolutely wrong. Emma Mason has bravely attempted a colloquial style novel, very hard to achieve well and yet achieves it with aplomb. Brilliant twisty narrative about twins and resentment leading to murderess blood lust. There are so many crime books it's refreshing to read something a little different. An incredible debut.

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Mindhunter: Inside the FBI Elite Serial Crime Unit (Now A Netflix Series)

John Douglas

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FBI Special Agent and expert in criminal profiling and behavioural science, John Douglas, is a man...

crime murder profiler

A Regicide

Alain Robbe-Grillet and John Calder

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Set in an unspecified island kingdom, A Regicide tells the story of the statistician Boris who,...

The Sea Detective

Mark Douglas-Home

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The first mystery in a truly unique crime series. 'There comes a time when a novel raises the bar...

Wilde Lake

Laura Lippman

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Winner of the eDunnit Award (Best Crime Novel in e book) 2017'WILDE LAKE is a knockout, you should...

Lie with Me

Sabine Durrant

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THE UNPUTDOWNABLE RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK AND SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERLonglisted for...

David McK (3425 KP) rated Spider-Man: Hostile Takeover in Books

Jul 21, 2019

Mention the words Spider-man, and I'm sure the first thing most people think of is the Marvel comics.

Maybe closely followed by the 70s TV series or 90s cartoon, and the more recent big-screen outings.

What I'm pretty sure is not commonly thought of, however, is a Spider-Man prose novel, which is exactly what this is, alongside being a prequel tie-in to the really-rather-enjoyable 2018 PS4 game.

That game - and, by extension - this novel, sees Peter Parker roughly already 7 or 8 years into his career as Spider-man, with the novel serving to set up the entry levels into the game in which (no spoilers) Spider-Man takes on Wilson Fisk aka The Kingpin of Crime, and showing how he got to have his contact in the police force Yuri Wattanabe (sp?)