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===[[Rosewater by Tade Thompson]]===
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Rosewater is a town on the edge. A community formed around the edges of a mysterious alien biodome, its residents comprise the hopeful, the hungry and the helpless - people eager for a glimpse inside the dome or a taste of its rumoured healing powers. Kaaro is a government agent with a criminal past. He has seen inside the biodome, and doesn't care to again - but when something begins killing off others like himself, Kaaro must defy his masters to search for an answer, facing his dark history and coming to a realisation about a horrifying future[[image:4star. jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[Rosewater by Tade Thompson:Category:For Sharing|Full ReviewFor Sharing]]
 Something's gone horribly wrong. It's Christmas Eve and everything is very busy in Santa's grotto. The presents are all ready and waiting to be loaded onto the sleigh and the reindeer are itching to get going. But Santa? Santa is just not in the mood. He is tired of delivering the latest toys to children who only play with them for five minutes. He wishes people would remember what Christmas is really about - a time for families to come together for love and friendship and goodwill to one another. [[Santa Goes on Strike by Jem Vanston|Full Review]]<!-- von Doviak Keeley -->
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===[[Charlesgate Confidential by Scott Von Doviak]]===
[[image:3star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] ==[[:Category:Crime|Crime]], [[:Category:Crime (Historical)|Crime (Historical)The Coming of the Spirits by Rob Keeley]]===
In 1946 a gang of criminals pull off an audacious art heist, making off with priceless works of art from a Boston Museum[[image:4star. These missing art works are never found. In 1988, a student finds himself caught up in the mystery of the missing art and hot on the trail of the multi-million-dollar reward. In 2014, the art is still missing and now dead bodies are turning up at the eponymous Charlesgate, filled with alumni celebrating their 25th reunion. As the body count rises, will we discover the truth behind the art theft decades earlier? jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[Charlesgate Confidential by Scott Von Doviak:Category:Confident Readers|Full ReviewConfident Readers]]
 In Victorian England, young Edward Fitzberranger is about to be infected with scarlet fever and die. Further back still in time, Sir Francis Fitzberranger is about to marry Tina, the love of his life. In the modern day, Henry and Luke are getting on with life. And in an alternate timeline, Ellie is working for a resistance movement and struggling under a Britain ruled by the Nazis... [[The Coming of the Spirits by Rob Keeley|Full Review]]<!-- Minette Walters Wilson -->
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===[[The Turn of Midnight by Minette Walters]]===
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At the beginning of 1349 there is a glimmer of a hope that the ravages of the Black Death might be passing[[image:4star. In Devilish in Dorset the population is well, because of Lady Anne's strict rules about quarantine, which are regarded as heresy as they go against the strict rules of the churchjpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]], but their stores of food are dwindling and they know that when they are exhausted they will have no choice but to leave. What will they find on the outside? Are they the only survivors? [[The Turn of Midnight by Minette Walters:Category:Teens|Full ReviewTeens]]
Jago doesn't like Clementine. He knows there is something different about her and he doesn't like it. And he never lets her forget it. Clementine knows she's different too, and that the difference is magic. And as much as she tries to ignore it, Clementine's magic is getting stronger. So when Jago's bullying gets too much, it's not really surprising that Clem loses control of it and gets herself suspended from school. [[Snowglobe by Amy Wilson|Full Review]]<!-- Hendrix Haig -->
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===[[We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix]]===
[[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] ==[[:Category:Horror|Horror]], [[:Category:Thrillers|ThrillersThe Truth Pixie by Matt Haig and Chris Mould]]===
The night manager of a Best Western[[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]], Kris Pulaski is washed up and unhappy[[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]] Poor old Truth Pixie. Few know of her past as guitarist of 90She's Heavy Metal band Dürt Würk – a band once tipped for greatness, but destined to obscurity after lead singer Terry Hunt embarked on a solo career, rocketing to stardom as ''Koffin'cursed! She can'. When a shocking act of violence turns Krist speak unless it's life upside down – she is forced to look back to a past she has tried to forget – and to a deal Hunt made that may have sabotaged more than just tell the bandtruth. In You might think this is a journey that will take Kris from good thing because telling lies is bad, right? But sometimes the truth isn't nice and sometimes a dusty hotel to a hellish music festival, shewhite lie is okay and sometimes it's determined better to face say nothing at all. You might not want to attract the attention of the man who ruined her life. But with dark forces rising school bully by calling him mean and threatening everything Kris holds dearnasty, for example, will Kris be able or you might not want to defeat the odds? Or will Hell truly be unleashed on the Earth…? tell someone that you think their brand new haircut looks awful. [[We Sold Our Souls The Truth Pixie by Grady HendrixMatt Haig and Chris Mould|Full Review]]
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===[[A Tiding Jess Castle and the Eyeballs of Magpies: A Birder Murder Mystery Death by Steve BurrowsM B Vincent]]===
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DCI Domenic Jejeune's most celebrated case was his rescue Dr Jess Castle, the self proclaimed failure of the Home Secretary's daughter when she was kidnapped. It's always been his deep regret that he failed prestigious Castle family has returned home to rescue the man who was kidnapped with sleepy, idyllic chocolate box town of Castle Kidbury. Rather than being delighted, her family are suspicious, especially her and this has all resurfaced now that father, the case is being reviewedjudge. Long-buried secrets are bound Luckily for Jess, she doesn't have to come try too hard to light, even though the officer reviewing the case, DC Desdemona Gill, is dodge her family's suspicions as a fan series of his to the extent gruesome local murders are taking place and that it's almost embarrassingall anyone is talking about. The review isn't Jess accidentally finds herself in the thick of the only problem he has though: a body has been found on some waste groundinvestigation, but it's so badly burned and to her delight finds that identification is difficult - she can actually be useful. But with the small population dwindling and made more difficult by the indecision sense of the Medical Examiner. danger moving ever closer to home, has Jess made a grave mistake getting involved? [[A Tiding Jess Castle and the Eyeballs of Magpies: A Birder Murder Mystery Death by Steve BurrowsM B Vincent|Full Review]]
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===[[The Darkness Around Her Nothing Lasting by Neil WhiteLaura Solomon]]===
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Lizzie Barnsley was escaping from her abusive boyfriend when she was murdered on We never know the canal towpath on New Yearman's Evename but let's call him ''Boyo''. It obviously wasn't the boyfriend as he was still being held by Lizzie's friends at the pubwhat his mother used to call him, but before long Peter Box was arrested and chargednot least because he found it annoying. HeWhen we first meet Boyo his mother is alive, if not ''living''d sought treatment at the local hospital for an injury to his head which was the same shape as the heel of Lizzie's shoe - most people would understand it. She spends her days watching daytime television and her blood was on the shoedrinking. Dan Grant was called in to represent Box, but there's Housework is a problemforeign country. Box wonWhen she dies she't talk - wons not missed, firstly because she't talk d spent a couple of years in a mental hospital, but mainly because her ghost continues to the police or haunt Boyo. She wants him to Grant, so how achieve something in his life: what she has in mind is he to represent the man? And had Box killed Lizzie? It was obvious that he hadn't known her - so why would he kill her? could be a famous arsonist. [[The Darkness Around Her Nothing Lasting by Neil WhiteLaura Solomon|Full Review]]
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===[[Broken Things by Lauren Oliver]]===
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[[image''This is the problem with words and even stories:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Teens|Teens]] there is never one truth''
Summer, Mia and Brynn are obsessed with a novel called ''The Way into Lovelorn''When Tom Allenby. They begin to believe it is real, that the 14 year-old boy who can control the elementsworld of Lovelorn is really materialising around them, sees metal objects and cars rising into the air one night he knows he is facing a powerful enemystart writing their own fan-fiction sequel. The trail leads to stolen magnetic stones One day, sinister experiments Summer is violently murdered in an old country house the woods where they all played and a village hiding a secreteveryone thinks Mia and Brynn did it. As each of his friends faces challenges of their own, can Tom fight a force which knows all about them?''[[Broken Things by Lauren Oliver|Full Review]]
Of course he can! [[ Blue Sky Black by John Connors |Full Review]] <!-- Melissa Leet Albertelli -->
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===[[Landslide What if It's Us by Melissa LeetBecky Albertelli and Adam Silvera]]===
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The area where Jill and Susie lived wasn't highly populated so it was fortunate that they became such good friends, despite the fact that Susie was a year older than Jill. Susie lived with her mother, an alcoholic, and Jill lived with ''her'' mother, who dedicated herself to her gardenI believe in love at first sight. Jill's father was Jay TutleFate, the photographeruniverse, but he spent much all of his time working away - often for months on endit. In reality there was little difference between the two families: Mrs SmithBut not how you's alcoholism caused serious illness whilst Susie was still youngre thinking. Joy I don't mean it in the our souls were split and tragedy would visit Jillyou's homere my other half forever and ever sort of way. I just think you're meant to meet some people. I think the universe nudges them into your path.'Landslide'' is the story of how what happened determined the course of Jill's life and how great tragedy can breed resilience and hope. [[Landslide by Melissa Leet|Full Review]]
''What If It's Us'' is one of those books that just gives you a boost when you need it. A feel good, fun and easy read. I was surprised at the collaboration of Silvera and Albertalli – one known for happy endings, the other for tragedy – but they really work together well. Each takes a character and their voices are so distinct, so real, that you are immediately sucked in. [[What if It's Us by Becky Albertelli and Adam Silvera|Full Review]] <!-- Pearse Quentin Bates -->
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===[[The House Across the Street Cold Breath (Gunnhildur Mystery) by Lesley PearseQuentin Bates]]===
[[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Crime|Crime]], [[:Category:Thrillers|Thrillers]]
Have you ever found yourself staring out the window slightly longer than needed Gunna wasn't too keen when she was taken off police duties to see what your neighbours are up to? This is become a common occurrence for Katy Speed who regularly watches bodyguard. It wasn'The House Across t just the Street' as a frequent stream sheer inconvenience of women are brought there in it - away from home for however long the same black hummer job took and seen leaving a short while later. Although slightly unusual, not much is said aside from your typical neighbourhood gossip, that is until Katy is woken up in with no contact with the family - she wasn't the early hours only one morning to find out that have doubts about the same house has been burnt man she was guarding. Invited to Iceland by prominent politician Steinunn Strand, Ali Osman was either a saint who devoted himself to helping refugees escape the groundcarnage in their Middle Eastern homeland, along with the woman who lives thereor a money-laundering gunrunner. This situation is made The truth was probably a whole lot worse for Katy when her father is arrested for starting combination of the fire. What follows is an engrossing depiction of Katytwo, but whichever or whatever was correct, there's quest to prove her fathermoney on Osman's innocence whilst dealing head and this is the reason why he and Gunna are holed up in an isolated house outside Reykjavik, with Gunna toting a gun under her unbearable mother fleece and ultimately having the safety with a group of many people's lives armed police in her handsa nearby house. [[The House Across the Street Cold Breath (Gunnhildur Mystery) by Lesley PearseQuentin Bates|Full Review]]
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===[[A Gathering of Ghosts by Karen Maitland]]===
[[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] ==[[Dear Evan Hansen:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]], [[:Category:Thrillers|Thrillers]], [[:Category:Historical Fiction|Historical FictionThe Novel by Val Emmich]]===
Witchcraft[[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Teens|Teens]] Evan Hansen spends a lot of time indoors by himself. This worries his mother, who has engaged a therapist to try to help Evan with his extreme anxiety issues. Evan's therapist assigns him the supernatural and the will task of writing a daily letter to survive at all costs collide in himself as a story that never shies away from way of getting Evan to think more constructively about himself and the darker side of human natureworld around him. The land is unhappyBut Connor Murphy, a rather scary boy at school, finds one of Evan's letters and gets the old spirits want revenge and famine is kindling a resurgence wrong end of the old faith. As fear risesstick because Evan has mentioned Zoe, it is increasingly difficult for Prioress Johanne to ignore that something rotten the girl he has taken root. The sacred well a crush on and who is tainted, its healing waters run red with blood and strangers are blowing in on a wind of changeConnor's sister. [[A Gathering of Ghosts Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel by Karen MaitlandVal Emmich|Full Review]]
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===[[The Monsters We Deserve Agatha Raisin and the Dead Ringer by Marcus SedgwickM C Beaton]]===
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Two hundred years agoSt Ethelred's Church in the idyllic Cotswold village of Thirk Magna has a team of dedicated bell ringers, bad weatherwith the keenest being twins Mavis and Millicent Dupin and when we first meet them they're preparing for the bishop's visit. Now you might be expecting an older, bad company (wellperhaps rather grey man, the kind that but this bishop is also mad, and dangerous to know), a spooky reading list little different. One description is 'sex on legs' and even Agatha Raisin is a few chance topics little smitten - at first - but there's the merest whiff of discussion all led a young woman to start writing her first, and definitely her most famous ever, bookscandal about the bishop. The narrator It's the mystery of this novel has brought himself to a remote Alpine building, in the centre of that first novelbishop's worldex-fiancee, to revisit it in honour of its bicentenary. He hates itlocal heiress Jennifer Toynby, for he sees it as badly written who disappeared very suddenly and with some unwelcome biasesneither she nor her body have ever been found. He seems to only be there [[Agatha Raisin and doing this for the publisher to whom he addresses a lot of the script we read. But what if some greater force wanted him there too? [[The Monsters We Deserve Dead Ringer by Marcus SedgwickM C Beaton|Full Review]]
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===[[The Relentless Tide (DCI Daley) Louisiana's Way Home by Denzil MeyrickKate DiCamillo]]===
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The site was rumoured It is the middle of the night when twelve year old Louisiana Elefante's granny wakes her up to have been tell her that the day of reckoning has arrived and they must leave home immediately. Granny is prone to middle of Viking warlord Somerled the night ideas so the discovery initially Louisiana is not too worried by Professor Francombe this but then gradually she realises that this time it is different. This time Granny intends that they will never return. Separated from her friends, Raymie and Beverly and her team of archaeologists of the graves of three women initially caused great excitementcat, Archie, which rapidly turned to horror when they realised Louisiana is devastated and desperate. She is determined that the women had died just over twenty years agoshe will find her way home somehow. The graves would bring some closure though - these were But as her life becomes entwined with the bodies of the three missing victims of people living in a small Georgia town Louisiana starts to worry about the 'Midweek Murderer' who operated in Glasgow in the early to mid nineties. It was also an opportunity for DCI Jim Daley to confront a failure in his past. Hecurse'd been on the original case and the murderer had never been found. He'd also lost a close friend Granny told her was upon her head and made some enemies, one of whom would return to taunt him when Police Scotland's Cold Case Unit arrived on the scenefears that she is destined only for goodbyes. [[The Relentless Tide (DCI Daley) Louisiana's Way Home by Denzil MeyrickKate DiCamillo|Full Review]]
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Yuval Noah HarariIf gave us Angela Chadwick''Sapiens'', which told s debut novel explores the history possibility of mankind two women being able to produce a baby girl through a process called Ovum-to-Ovum fertilisation. It centres around Rosie and then ''Homo Deus'' which looked at mankind's future. Now we Jules who take part in the first ever clinical trial that would allow them to have ''21 Lessons a child of their own without the need for a sperm donor or any other male intervention. What follows is a story that shows the 21st Century'' which looks harshness and at times disgraceful behaviour of the challenges we currently face media, and it's enlighteningthe general public, thought-provoking and occasionally just when faced with a little bit frightening. It's unlikely controversial technique that mankind will face what - eighty years ago - would have been thought of as a traditional war, with armies, navies and air forces fighting it out hand could lead to hand. It's much more likely that the threats we'll face will be relatively new. Harari looks at them in some depthdemise of men. [[21 Lessons for the 21st Century XX by Yuval Noah HarariAngela Chadwick|Full Review]]
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===[[Aftershocks by A N Wilson]]===
[[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] ==[[:Category:Literary Fiction|Literary Fiction]]Mr Tiger, [[:Category:General Fiction|General FictionBetsy and the Blue Moon by Sally Gardner]]===
In a country very much like New Zealand, but at the same time most avowedly not, two women will find love. Strong love too, for our narrator will say that her first attraction for her partner was the only thing to make sense of all those exaggerated songs she'd heard, and books and poems she'd read, and plays she'd acted in – works of art that had until then seemed sheer hyperbole. It was entirely unrequited love for quite some time, but it does burgeon, or so we're promised from the off, because of something quite drastic – a major earthquake very much like the one that hit Christchurch, but at the same time most avowedly not. This book then is the combined exploration of the lovers and the story of the quake[[image:5star. jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[Aftershocks by A N Wilson:Category:Confident Readers|Full ReviewConfident Readers]]
Betsy K Glory lives a rather wonderful life on a peaceful island where nothing horrible ever happens. Her father, Alonso, makes the most wonderful ice cream in every flavour you could imagine. Her mother, Myrtle, is a mermaid and comes to visit regularly, although she still lives in the sea. Betsy dreams of two things: firstly, about the circus owned by a tiger and whether it would ever come to her island and secondly, about a magical ice cream made from the berries of the Gongalong bush. One scoop of this ice cream can make wishes come true. And then Mr Tiger and his circus arrive. And a journey is planned...[[Mr Tiger, Betsy and the Blue Moon by Sally Gardner|Full Review]] Tweet scheduled for 9.15clare@headofzeus.com <!-- Torday Davies -->
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===[[The Lost Magician Tirzah and the Prince of Crows by Piers TordayDeborah Kay Davies]]===
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In This is a world ravaged by the horrors quiet but remarkable story, written in a style reminiscent of the Second World WarE. M. Forster, two boys ''[Tirzah and two girls move to the countryside to stay with Prince of Crows'' has no great and stirring action but rather small ripples that make a professorhuge impact. They find Tirzah is a young girl of sixteen raised in a small Welsh town in the 1970s by highly religious parents as part of a secret door and then strict religious community. The book follows Tirzah though a strange tumultuous year as she tries to decide who she wants to be, and enthralling world where they are needed, what she wants to play a major role in an epic battledo with her life. Sound familiar? [[The Lost Magician Tirzah and the Prince of Crows by Piers TordayDeborah Kay Davies|Full Review]]
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===[[Modern Patchwork Home: Dynamic Quilts and Projects for Every Room by Vivika DeNegre (Editor)]]===
===[[The Amber Maze by Christopher Bowden]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:General FictionCrafts|General FictionCrafts]]
Hugh Mullion goes away The problem with a craft which is largely based on traditional designs is that what results from your labours is also traditional, or - depending upon what light you shine on it - old-fashioned. Vivika DeNegre has curated a collection of patterns from today's top designers. As a word of warning, if you read ''Modern Patchwork Magazine'' you may well find that there's nothing new in the book, but if you're new to Dorset for the weekend and, while waiting for his wife magazine this could well prove to arrive, finds be a mysterious key down delightful collection from the back of an antique chair. The grubby and torn label to which is attached reads..catalogue. [[The Amber Maze Modern Patchwork Home: Dynamic Quilts and Projects for Every Room by Christopher BowdenVivika DeNegre (Editor)|Full Review]]
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===[[Worzel goes for a Walk. Will you come too? The Chaos of Now by Catherine Pickles and Chantal BourgonjeErin Lange]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]], [[:Category:Pets|Pets]]
When we [[Worzel says hello! Will you be my friend? by Catherine Pickles and Chantal Bourgonjeimage:4.5star.jpg|last met Worzel Woolfacelink=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]][[:Category:Teens|Teens] he was a rather frightened dog who had difficulty meeting people. He's a bit better now and something which he really enjoys is going for a walk. It's not just a case of attaching a lead and heading for your favourite spot - there are a lot of other things to think about first. ], [[Worzel goes for a Walk. Will you come too? by Catherine Pickles and Chantal Bourgonje:Category:Crime|Full ReviewCrime]]
Eli, a talented hacker, is one of those people who manage to fly below the radar. When new friends offer him the chance to enter a prestigious competition he soon realises this golden opportunity has a sting in its tail. How many people can hand on heart say that they have not made mistakes? Most people are fortunate not to have a permanent online reminder, the very presence of which refuses to allow you to adapt, to change, to grow. Eli has a few mistakes skulking online, moments of madness that if discovered would change his life forever. [[The Chaos of Now by Erin Lange|Full Review]]
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===[[Bellewether The Reckoning by Susanna KearsleyClar Ni Chonghaile]]===
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Flitting between As the present day and mid 16thcenturyblurb says, ''Bellewether'' tells the fascinating tale of the Wilde House and all its inhabitants. In the present tense aspectsa cottage in Normandy, the Wilde House Lina Rose is being turned into a museum due writing to the legacy left by Captain Benjamin Wilde. It is told from the perspective daughter she abandoned as a baby''…the whole of Charley, the museum curator, who is intrigued by the ghost who haunts the house and their story; a tale that ends in tragedy involving Benjamin WildeChonghaile's sister, Lydia, and second novel is a French-Canadian lieutenant, Jean-Philippe who was sent series of letters addressed to live thereDiane. The perspective of the book Lina is continuously shifted between Charley, then Lydia now in her seventies and Jean-PhilippeDiane is a mother herself. They have met just once since Lina gave her up for adoption. The latter two tell the truth about what It was happening during this chaotic time in history, just as Charley is beginning to unravel it herselfnot a good meeting. [[Bellewether The Reckoning by Susanna KearsleyClar Ni Chonghaile|Full Review]]
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===[[The Legend of Kevin: A Roly-Poly Flying Pony Adventure Moving Blade (Legend of Kevin 1Detective Hiroshi 2) by Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyreMichael Pronko]]===
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Meet Kevin. He's The funeral is a good time to rob a flying pony, house in Tokyo - and heeven better when they's a little on the plump sidere famous as most people will be there. He loves biscuits too much is why, but he's happily living in the middle Bernard Mattson had been famous - one of nowhere, in the wild, wet hills of the Outermost West. Now meet Max. He's a simple human being, not flying anywhere, great political thinkers - and wishing renowned for a pet to share his time support of the American bases in Japan. One of the great tragedies of his top-floor flat murder was that he was just a few days short of meeting up with, something his Byronically goth sister and parents dondaughter Jamie: they hadn't agree with. One night, howeverbeen estranged, but when Mattson and her mother divorced she took the teenager to the wild USA and wet hills are wilder father and wetter than usualdaughter just drifted apart. Jamie and her mother came back for the funeral, and an enormous storm blows Kevin out of his nestbut her mother departed as soon (or even before) she decently could, and on leaving Jamie to the balcony outside Maxsettle her father's windowaffairs. The two are bound only problem is that an awful lot of people seem very interested in Bernard Mattson's legacy - and they're prepared to become friends, but they might not be able violent to relax just yet, for the bad weather has not finished… get their hands on it. [[The Legend of Kevin: A Roly-Poly Flying Pony Adventure Moving Blade (Legend of Kevin 1Detective Hiroshi 2) by Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyreMichael Pronko|Full Review]]
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===[[Storytelling: The Murder of Harriet Monkton Presenter's Secret Weapon by Elizabeth HaynesJohn Clare]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Business and Finance|Business and Finance]] I was a little bit nervous when I picked up ''Storytelling: The Presenter's Secret Weapon''. After all, the majority of presentations which I've seen or given were in a business context and what was required was absolute professionalism, not an act put on for light entertainment. I needn't have worried though: the book is an essential guide to preparing and giving your presentation, with or without what has now come to be known as The Dreaded PowerPoint. I've been making presentations successfully (but I'll say more about this later) in various professional situations for some forty or more years and I did wonder if the book would be able to teach me anything. It did.  <!-- Priestley -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1408873109.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1408873109/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] 
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''But that's just it'', she said. ''It's ''not'' Harriet, is it? Not our Harriet. It's some manufactured creature, that exists only for this blessed inquest: something to be summed up like a spirit, to be examined and pored over, to be sneered at and judged. Harriet deserves to be remembered as she was to us, not picked at like carrion.''===[[Treasure of the Golden Skull (Maudlin Towers) by Chris Priestley]]===
And that was the problem[[image: it seemed that there were two Harriets4.5star. There was jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]] (If multiple categories use the one her friends - a fellow teachersame format, her would-be lover, her seducer separated by comma + space)Sponge and Mildew are not the man who was her landlord who was also her lover - knew. Some spoke biggest fans of her as kindlytheir school, virtuous Maudlin Towers. Who would be? It's run down. It's gloomy. You can't move for gargoyles and pious, but that was before her body was found behind 's discounting the chapel which she regularly attended in Bromleyteachers. SheBut when they find out that there'd been poisoned - or had taken her own life. After s no money left and the inquest was opened another Harriet would emergeschool might close they realise that, one who was about six months pregnant tatty and who had obviously not been living morose as the chaste life expected of Maudlin Towers is, it is ''home''. So they set their minds on a young, unmarried woman in 1843rescue mission... [[The Murder Treasure of Harriet Monkton the Golden Skull (Maudlin Towers) by Elizabeth HaynesChris Priestley|Full Review]]
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