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The Devil's Workshop

Donnally Miller

10.0 (2 Ratings) Rate It

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The Devil's Workshop is a metaphysical extravaganza for adults. It explains the origins of love and...

Eternals

Neil Gaiman

8.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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During the 1970s, comics legend Jack "King" Kirby returned to the House of Ideas with perhaps his...

Hazel (2934 KP) rated Good Cop Bad Cop in Books

Nov 7, 2021

Good Cop Bad Cop

Simon Kernick | 2021 | Crime, Thriller

9.0

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Simon Kernick never disappoints and here we have yet another nail-biting, tense and enthralling thriller from one of my favourite authors.

Just what did happen on that fateful day 14 years ago and what part did DC Chris Sketty have in it? Is he the hero everyone thinks he is or is he the ultimate betrayer?

Written in flashbacks and in the present, this book goes behind the headlines into the murky world of cops investigating cops, gangs and terrorism and what really happened on that fateful day BUT who can you trust? Is Sketty spinning a yarn or is he just dreadfully unlucky?

With a great plot, fast paced and great characters, although not many are particularly likeable, this is a book that I devoured in quick time such was the pull of the story and my need to find out just what the heck happened and I wasn't disappointed in the slightest.

From start to finish, this is a winner for me and I must thank Headline via NetGalley for my advance copy in return for an honest, unbiased and unedited review.

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The East Indian

Brinda Charry

9.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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Meet Tony: the first Indian to set foot on American soil. Among the settlers, slaves, and...

Historical fiction

Shaun Collins (3 KP) rated Lethbridge-Stewart: Beast of Fang Rock (#3) in Books

Jan 12, 2018

Perhaps it's my love of lighthouses and lighthouse culture, perhaps it's my overwhelming nostalga for the original televised story Horror Of Fang Rock, perhaps it's just the amazing talent that is Andy Frankham-Allen. Perhaps all three. Whatever it is, Beast Of Fang Rock is a return to form for the Lethbridge-Stewart series. It manages to be a Scooby-Doo style mystery, a classic base under siege story, and an intricate time travel tale simultaneously, not to mention an all-around great yarn. These characters are fully formed and fleshed out, and each brings something marvelous to the party. (And makes one wonder if Frankham-Allen has some sort of inside track to the BBC, what with season 9 episodes turning out to have similar threads!)

My only complaint (and it's a small one) is the Brigadier himself is pushed back so slightly in this one in favor of Anne Travers. But, thats as it should be. This is her story, her time to shine, and Lethbridge-Stewart seems content to back her characterization until he's needed to be the man of action during the thrilling third act. As I said, its a SMALL complaint.

Definitely give this one a read kids!