The Doctor Dissected: A Cultural Autopsy of the Burke and Hare Murders
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A series of bizarre disappearances filled the citizens of early nineteenth-century Scotland with...
Sherlock Holmes: the Novels
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All four of Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary Sherlock Holmes novels, collected in a unique Graphic...
The Dead House
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'Chilling, atmospheric and so gripping it hurts. The Dead House is a masterpiece. You won't read a...
The Yard: Book 1
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A gripping debut from Alex Grecian, The Yard evokes London in the wake of Jack the Ripper. Victorian...
Fictions
Jorge Luis Borges and Andrew Hurley
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The most popular anthology of Jorge Luis Borges's short stories, Fictions is a wildly original and...
Wolfhound Century
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A thousand miles east of Mirgorod, the great capital city of the Vlast, deep in the ancient forest,...
An Inspector Calls: and Other Plays
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Previously published as Time and the Conways and Other Plays, J.B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls...
Odd People: Hunting Spies in the First World War
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First World War espionage was a fascinating and dangerous affair, spawning widespread paranoia in...
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2165 KP) rated Billy Boyle in Books
Jun 19, 2020
I’ve heard about this series several times over the years, but it was a friend recommending it to me recently that pushed me to finally start the series. I’m glad I did. I’ve always loved World War II, and I already learned something I didn’t know about it thanks to this book. The author has obviously done his research; unfortunately, sometimes that slows down the story. I’m torn on that because I did love the characters, and I loved seeing how everything from this time was impacting them. Most of the characters are fictional, but they feel like they could be real. Billy was especially wonderful, and I hope we see more of several of the characters as the series progresses. While not a cozy, the book does keep the language and violence to a minimum, which I appreciated. I also loved Billy’s restraint with the women he met – I found that very refreshing. The tone mixes some humor with more serious themes for a richer book. Now that I’ve met Billy, I have a long way to go to catch up, and I’m looking forward to the journey.
An Unlikely Union: The Love-Hate Story of New York's Irish and Italians
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They came from the poorest parts of Ireland and Italy and met as rivals on the sidewalks of New...