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Seeing What Others Don't: The Remarkable Ways We Gain Insights

Gary Klein

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Insights can change the world, but we also need insights into the everyday things that frustrate and...

Ross (3284 KP) rated The Change 6: Tokyo: Noriko's Story in Books

Nov 6, 2020

The Change 6: Tokyo: Noriko's Story

Guy Adams | 2017 | Science Fiction/Fantasy

7.0

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A decent self-contained post-apocalyptic novella

The (seemingly) final instalment in the Change series takes another turn and moves setting to the Japanese capital Tokyo. Where we have seen western cities pretty much out of control and descended into either Walking Dead style chaos or Mad Max style tribalism, we now have Tokyo. Everything is controlled by an AI called HA/HA. Noriko's story is told by a narrator, whose identity isn't revealed until late on and is a nice twist. She is on the run from the Electric Samurai, sentinel-like robots that police the city, just trying to get home. As with the rest of the series, she meets strange people along the way and sees unusual events.
Unlike with the previous books, this one has a satisfying ending. Sadly, it didn't close off the loose ends from the other books as I had hoped.

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Christen (28 KP) rated Before He Kills in Books

Dec 13, 2020

Before He Kills

Blake Pierce | 2016 | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

6.0

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A body is found in the middle of a cornfield in Nebraska. Detective Mackenzie White is on the case. All the men are intimidated by her. She is pretty and young. She is good at thinking outside the box and most of the men are older and are stubborn with their old school police work. Not only does she not have the support of her department, but her family also is a mess and doesn't really have anything to do with her and her boyfriend is a man child that doesn't want to move forward with life or the relationship. She believes this a serial killer so the FBI is called to help. It was a good read. Nothing to write home about. It's a typical murder mystery. I would recommend it to someone who wants a short read or is new to thrillers and murder mysteries.

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Hazel (2934 KP) rated Cruel Acts (Maeve Kerrigan #8) in Books

Sep 19, 2019

Cruel Acts (Maeve Kerrigan #8)

Jane Casey | 2019 | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

9.0

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Once again, I find myself enthusing about one of Jane Casey's books starring the unparalleled partnership of Detectives Maeve Kerrigan and Josh Derwent. This might be the 8th outing in this series, but it doesn't show and remains fresh and a riveting read from start to finish. I won't go into any of the plot as the blurb explains it well enough and to say more would give the game away but what I will advise is that you be prepared for twists and turns, tension and scenes of peril!

With fantastic characters, a gripping plot and enough back story so it can be read as a standalone, this is one not to be missed for all you fans of police-procedural/crime/suspense/thriller/etc/etc., lovers out there.

Thank you once again to the Publisher via NetGalley for my copy in return for an honest review.