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A great love story - insight into the Georgian period. Lovely prose. Lots of humour too

True life that reads like a great thriller. Incredible story of a criminal who became a war hero. The film "Triple Cross" (Christopher Plummer) does not do justice to the true story.

From the modern Queen of Crime, a non-fiction book on Forensics. Fascinating read - very informative. Helped me with my writing my police-procedural "DCI Harry Morgan: Casebook". Lovers of Lincoln Rhyme novels by Jeffery Deaver will like this book.

Book 1 of a great series, featuring the Tudor lawyer Shardlake. Great writing brings the period to life. Characters you grow to love and fear for.

Part of a trilogy featuring Thomas Cromwell. Unusual prose, then the penny drops, we're in the head of Thomas, his thoughts, observations, actions are shared with the reader intimately. Made a great TV series from it.

I read this before the TV series. It is amazing. I could not have imagined being enthralled by the story of man imprisoned in a Moscow hotel after the 1917 revolution but it grips at the heartstrings.

So much better than the movie. The tender story of a young girl growing up in harsh circumstances and the troubles she goes through.

Introducing Eddie Flynn - an non-conventional lawyer. Incredible plot twists. Great crime writer

Agatha Christie meets Joseph Conrad. Murder mystery. The first book by AM that I read and I became a fan, especially of his Sean Duffy NI detective stories set during the troubles. His latest novels are The Chain, and The Island, both massive bestsellers.

Espionage brought brilliant to life by the tv series starring Gary Oldman. The prose is amazing, the humour dark, the danger of double and triple-crossing. A great series of books.

Part of a trilogy. Not the easiest read - quite detailed on the horrors and atrocities of the drug lords in Central and South America. A pageturner all the same.

A great love story - insight into the Georgian period. Lovely prose. Lots of humour too

True life that reads like a great thriller. Incredible story of a criminal who became a war hero. The film "Triple Cross" (Christopher Plummer) does not do justice to the true story.

From the modern Queen of Crime, a non-fiction book on Forensics. Fascinating read - very informative. Helped me with my writing my police-procedural "DCI Harry Morgan: Casebook". Lovers of Lincoln Rhyme novels by Jeffery Deaver will like this book.

Book 1 of a great series, featuring the Tudor lawyer Shardlake. Great writing brings the period to life. Characters you grow to love and fear for.

Part of a trilogy featuring Thomas Cromwell. Unusual prose, then the penny drops, we're in the head of Thomas, his thoughts, observations, actions are shared with the reader intimately. Made a great TV series from it.

I read this before the TV series. It is amazing. I could not have imagined being enthralled by the story of man imprisoned in a Moscow hotel after the 1917 revolution but it grips at the heartstrings.

So much better than the movie. The tender story of a young girl growing up in harsh circumstances and the troubles she goes through.

Introducing Eddie Flynn - an non-conventional lawyer. Incredible plot twists. Great crime writer

Agatha Christie meets Joseph Conrad. Murder mystery. The first book by AM that I read and I became a fan, especially of his Sean Duffy NI detective stories set during the troubles. His latest novels are The Chain, and The Island, both massive bestsellers.

Espionage brought brilliant to life by the tv series starring Gary Oldman. The prose is amazing, the humour dark, the danger of double and triple-crossing. A great series of books.

Part of a trilogy. Not the easiest read - quite detailed on the horrors and atrocities of the drug lords in Central and South America. A pageturner all the same.

DCI Harry Morgan runs a team of detectives in the seaside town of Bournemouth. Their first case is a murder of a prostitute but there are factors to the murders that make it out of the ordinary. Tracking down the killer, who uses voodoo to rule his drug empire, puts Harry and one of his detectives in harm's way. With success, Harry is ordered to run a task force for serious crime and is sent out to investigate some high-end burglaries in the wealthy districts of Sandbanks and Canford Cliffs. The case proves more complex than it first seemed and Harry has to deal with the surprise. In the third case, the murder of a financial expert brings Harry back to Sangeeta, a woman he met during his first case and investigating the death in the company where she works. Along the way, Harry discovers truths about himself and his past that turns his world upside down.

Three stories make up DCI Harry Morgan's Casebook, a series of crimes in places in and around Bournemouth, depicting how each of of the crimes, burglaries and two murders, were solved. Keith is a local independent author who has received great feedback for this book.

It’s such a beautifully written book and I think it’s quite unique in its style, it mixes stunning imagery with mystery and suspense. For anyone looking for a fun but interesting read for autumn I couldn’t recommend this more

i love the romantasy genre, and this book grew up with me

The protagonist a man living a mundane life seeks what seems an impossible goal . His journey to reach that goal is fascinating and always with an underlying question mark about his past.

Harold’s determination to achieve his goal and his journey along the way. The book managed to keep its reader in suspense and intrigue throughout.

This series really kickstarted my reading journey this year and unashamedly has a chokehold on me! The dragons, character dynamics and cliffhangers have left me wanting more. Yes this book is not for everyone but I will recommend it, along with ACOTAR for those who want to explore Romantasy books for the first time or long standing fantasy fans.

Eileen is about 24 year old Eileen (shocker I know) who works as a secretary in a boys prison. She's just drifting through life until a woman named Rebecca arrives at her work and then it all spirals a bit. It's a good creepy, gross, isolated, wallowing, intense, intriguing electric sort of book.

The characters, their relationships to each other and their character developments are out of this world. If you love a fantady book with the found family trope you'll love this one. It's a catching story about injustices, love, friendship and a heist.

Dark Academia, mystery, found family, a murder, theatre and Shakespeare. It's an incredible book for everyone who enjoys those kind of topics.

Loved the two worlds/ sliding doors aspect to the story. How one choice can change the shape of our life. What ifs! Great narrative of friendship and relationships and how they form our lives.

Donna Leon's style finds the humanity in most people and the inhumanity in the few. Highly satisfying writing about Venice, its people buildings and architecture, and its food. Immensely satisfying reads.