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What Will Survive by Joan Smith – Review
What Will Survive by Joan Smith
In August 1997, a woman as famous for her beauty as for her devotion to humanitarian causes dies in a mysterious car accident. At first, she looks set to pull through, but within hours she is gone. A rapacious media descend upon her family; under the strain of their intrusions, her son punches a member of the pack. The dead woman is not the Princess of Wales, although Diana does unwittingly play a role in the action, but a model and campaigner called Aisha Lincoln.
Review: What Will Survive by Joan Smith | Books | The Observer.
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Mr. Shivers by Robert Jackson Bennett – Review
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Mr. Shivers by Robert Jackson Bennett Mr. Shivers is a bit of an odd ball book. It beings as a simple quest and murder story set in the depression era of America (readers will be reminded of the HBO TV series Carnivale as it’s set in the same era but Mr. Shivers is a bit
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins – Review
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Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games) by Suzanne Collins I feel like CATCHING FIRE was a much more emotionally-charged read than THE HUNGER GAMES. I’ll try to tell you why without any direct spoilers, but I can’t promise that I won’t imply certain things about the first book. I don’t think you
The Enemy by Charlie Higson – Review
about 8 months ago - No comments
The Enemy by Charlie Higson While not a wholly original concept, what makes The Enemy stand out is the constant feeling that a big brown comet is about to hit the fan; it’s a relentless tension uniting the escapades of the various characters as time runs out and the adults start displaying symptoms of a
Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child – Review
about 1 year ago - No comments
Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child Cemetery Dance is flawed to some degree as well. I found the portrayal of many of the law enforcement and city official bureaucrats played too heavily on incompetence or corruption to allow certain situations to develop and evolve. Even some of our main characters go solo at
Reliquary by Lincoln Child & Douglas Preston – Review
about 1 year ago - 1 comment
Reliquary (Pendergast, Book 2) by Lincoln Child & Douglas Preston RELIQUARY opens with a scene intense enough to have you grabbing for a bottle of Valium. A new police diver is sent to recover a brick of heroine for his virgin scuba diving recovery mission. The water of the Harlem River – dark, muddy, and
Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child – Review
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Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child CEMETERY DANCE combines these several mysteries perfectly. There is so much to dwell on and be confused about that you will not be able to put the book down, even when it exhausts you with its tense action scenes. Everything the authors attempt is pulled off brilliantly
Relic by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child – Review
about 1 year ago - 2 comments
Relic (Pendergast, Book 1) by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child If there was ever a must-read series, this is it. It takes a little time to get into the story, but once you do you will not want to stop. The background presented in the first chapters are integral to the rest of the series
Killer Tease by Danny Hogan – Review
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Killer Tease by Danny Hogan Killer Tease is real pulp fiction, a penny dreadful with a weird menace heart. It’s a sledgehammer to the guts, bludgeoning your squishy insides until you submit to its charms. Eloise’s brutal and ugly temperament drives the narrative. She’s a caveman in the modern world. A malicious weed in a
Foolish Mortals by Jennifer Johnston – Review
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Foolish Mortals by Jennifer Johnston Henry O’Connor wakes up in hospital badly injured after a car accident and suffering from partial amnesia. His first wife Stephanie is by his side, as are their children, from whom he has been estranged since his divorce. Tentatively, his daughter Ciara begins to try to get to know him
Man in the Dark by Paul Auster – Review
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Man in the Dark: A Novel by Paul Auster An elderly man lies awake in the dark, unable to sleep. Elsewhere in the house are his daughter, Miriam, and granddaughter, Katya, each with her own reasons for lying awake and watchful in the long Vermont night. The man, August Brill, is a writer, so to