Category: Book Reviews
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Books – Review of The New Kingdom by Wilbur Smith – 2021 – Beautiful Series
Book Review – The New Kingdom by Wilbur Smith & David Churchill – A Beautiful Series continues… My Rating – 3.5 out of 5 Plot Summary – The New Kingdom Over the years, as the 88-year-old Wilbur Smith dug deeper into ancient history, particularly the Ancient Egypt series, a beautiful world opened up for his…
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Books – Review of Enemy at the Gates by Kyle Mills – 2021 – Kickass Sequel
Book Review – Enemy at the Gates by Kyle Mills – Absorbing Sequel My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary – Enemy at the Gates For all fans of Mitch Rapp and Vince Flynn, the untimely demise of Vince hasn’t left a hole as big as was initially thought, only because Kyle Mills…
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Books – Review of Forgotten in Death by J D Robb – 2021 – Scintillating Mystery
Book Review – Forgotten in Death by J D Robb – Absorbing Tale My Rating – 3.5 out of 5 Plot Summary – Forgotten In Death Though this is the 53rd book in the Eve Dallas series (yes! you read that right, 53rd!!), this is my second one of the series (the first being ‘Faithless…
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Books – Review of The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny – 2021- Impressive Story
Book Review – The Madness of Crowds – Impressive Story My Rating – 3.5 out of 5 Plot Summary – The Madness of Crowds Once in a while, you read a book which impresses and affects you for reasons other than the genre would lead you to expect. The Madness of Crowds is one such…
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Books – Review of A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins – 2021 – Captivating Novel
Book Review of A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins – Captivating Novel My Rating – 3.5 out of 5 Plot Summary – A Slow Fire Burning Six years after 2015’s runaway hit “The Girl on a Train“, comes Paula Hawkins‘s third novel – A Slow Fire Burning. It is obvious that does start off…
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Books – Review of Private Rogue by James Patterson and Adam Hamdy – 2021 – Delightful Sequel
Book Review – Private Rogue – James Patterson and Adam Hamdy – Interesting Read My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary – Private Rogue The Private series moves into the 16th edition of the series and what a pulse-pounding addition to the series this is! Before Private Moscow, the series was kind of…
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Books – Review of Bloodless by Preston and Child – 2021 – Exciting Novel
Book Review – Bloodless by Preston & Child – Exciting Novel My Rating – 3.5 out of 5 Plot Summary – Bloodless One thing I noticed about this series, that the last names of most characters are rather unusual – Pendergast, Coldmoon, Delaplane, Sheldrake, etc. Now coming back to the book, Pendergast, his ‘ward’ Constance,…
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Books – Review of Blind Tiger by Sandra Brown – 2021 – Intense Read
Book Review – Blind Tiger by Sandra Brown – Lively Read My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary – Blind Tiger A languid tale of entrepreneurship, perseverance, love, and crime from the eminent Sandra Brown, set in 1920’s America. It sets off with a now-familiar tale of War induced PTSD and its devastating…