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===[[Storytelling: The Presenter's Secret Weapon by John Clare]]===
[[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] ==[[:Category:Business and Finance|Business and FinanceSanta Goes on Strike by Jem Vanston]]===
I was a little bit nervous when I picked up ''Storytelling[[image: The Presenter's Secret Weapon''4star. 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 thoughjpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category: 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.For Sharing|For 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]]<!-- Priestley Keeley -->
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===[[Treasure The Coming of the Golden Skull (Maudlin Towers) Spirits by Chris PriestleyRob Keeley]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]]  
[[image:4In Victorian England, young Edward Fitzberranger is about to be infected with scarlet fever and die.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]] (If multiple categories use the same formatFurther back still in time, Sir Francis Fitzberranger is about to marry Tina, separated by comma + space)Sponge and Mildew are not the biggest fans love of their school, Maudlin Towers. Who would be? It's run down. It's gloomyhis life. You can't move for gargoyles and that's discounting In the teachers. But when they find out that there's no money left and the school might close they realise thatmodern day, tatty Henry and morose as the Maudlin Towers isLuke are getting on with life. And in an alternate timeline, it Ellie is ''home''. So they set their minds on working for a resistance movement and struggling under a rescue missionBritain ruled by the Nazis... [[Treasure The Coming of the Golden Skull (Maudlin Towers) Spirits by Chris PriestleyRob Keeley|Full Review]]<!-- Bolton Wilson -->
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===[[The Syndicate by Guy Bolton]]===
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Set in Post War America, with a society finding its feet again, this thriller weaves its way through the glitz of Hollywood, the dirt of Mob rule and the birth of an American institution[[image:4star. Whilst most of this book is set in Hollywood the whole story sits in the shadow of the birth of Las Vegas. We open with the murder of a high level Mob boss and when the Police and FBI refuse to properly investigate, his associates decide to bring in their own detective. Retired legend, Jonathon Craine, only wanted a quiet life away from the Studios, the Policejpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]], and most of all The Mob but they wouldn't let him have that. From the shocking start to the dramatic conclusion this is a great and compelling read. [[The Syndicate by Guy Bolton: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]]<!-- Rossner Haig -->
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===[[The Sisters of the Winter Wood by Rena Rossner]]===
[[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] ==[[:Category:Fantasy|Fantasy]], [[:Category:Teens|TeensThe Truth Pixie by Matt Haig and Chris Mould]]===
Raised in a small village surrounded by woodland on the border of Moldova and Ukraine[[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]], sisters Liba and Laya have lived a sheltered life - although there are whispers of troubling times ahead for Jews[[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]] Poor old Truth Pixie. When their grandfather takes ill, their parents must leave She's cursed! She can't speak unless it's to tell the sisters behind while they travel to his sickbed, but life for Liba and Laya truth. You might think this is a good thing because telling lies is about to drastically change. Before their parents leavebad, Liba discovers that right? But sometimes the fairy tales she heard as truth isn't nice and sometimes a child are in fact true as she learns that her Tati can turn in to a bear white lie is okay and her Mami in sometimes it's better to a swansay nothing at all. Liba must carry this secret in order You might not want to help protect her sister, but attract the arrival of a mysterious group attention of men in the village carries more danger as Laya is dragged under their spell. Both sisters must stick together if they are school bully by calling him mean and nasty, for example, or you might not want to survive what is happening around them and they soon realise tell someone that you think their brand new-found magical heritage may be what saves themhaircut looks awful. [[The Sisters of the Winter Wood Truth Pixie by Rena RossnerMatt Haig and Chris Mould|Full Review]]
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===[[Sweep: The Story Jess Castle and the Eyeballs of a Girl and her Monster Death by Jonathan AuxierM B Vincent]]===
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Nan is a climberDr Jess Castle, the best chimney sweep in Londonself proclaimed failure of the prestigious Castle family has returned home to the sleepy, idyllic chocolate box town of Castle Kidbury. She is growing fastRather than being delighted, her family are suspicious, so what will happen to especially her when father, the judge. Luckily for Jess, she gets doesn't have to try too big hard to climb, when people realise she is dodge her family's suspicions as a girl? Everything changes, when she series of gruesome local murders are taking place and that's all anyone is stuck talking about. Jess accidentally finds herself in a chimney, set on fire, and saved by a golem. A story the thick of outcasts, and friendships, told through two tales, the girl and the sweepinvestigation, and the girl and to her monster. Both intertwined beautifully, so delight finds that you have a fairy tale within a fairy taleshe can actually be useful. Moments But with the small population dwindling and the sense of sadness slip easily into glorious happinessdanger moving ever closer to home, then swiftly into heart-breaking tragedy. This is has Jess made a heart-warming and engaging read for both young and old. grave mistake getting involved? [[Sweep: The Story Jess Castle and the Eyeballs of a Girl and her Monster Death by Jonathan AuxierM B Vincent|Full Review]]
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===[[Come and Find Me (DI Marnie Rome Book 5) Nothing Lasting by Sarah HilaryLaura Solomon]]===
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ThereWe never know the man's name but let's call him ''Boyo''. It's no reason what his mother used to think that Lara Chorley and Ruth Hull have anything in commoncall him, other than a rather strange infatuation with writing to Michael Vokey, a sadistic inmate of Cloverton Prisonnot least because he found it annoying. They crave When we first meet Boyo his attention and canmother is alive, if not ''living't believe that he's as evil as his trial suggestsmost people would understand it. She spends her days watching daytime television and drinking. Housework is a foreign country. It might not have become important was it When she dies she's not for the riot at the prisonmissed, which ended up with Vokey killing two inmatesfirstly because she'd spent a couple of years in a mental hospital, blinding and maiming more - and escaping under cover of the smoke from the fire he causedbut mainly because her ghost continues to haunt Boyo. Not surprisingly staff and inmates at Cloverton are unwilling She wants him to talk about where they think Vokey might achieve something in his life: what she has in mind is that he could be hiding out - they have wives, children and friends who might be at riska famous arsonist. [[Come and Find Me (DI Marnie Rome Book 5) Nothing Lasting by Sarah HilaryLaura Solomon|Full Review]]
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===[[Dead End (D I Kelly Porter) Broken Things by Rachel LynchLauren Oliver]]===
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The seventh earl of Lowesdale was found hanging in his study by his teenage grandson, Zachary. Initially everyone assumed that the nonagenarian, hard-partying aristocrat had finally realised that the glories of his youth were long past and had decided to take the quick way out. When forensics discovered signs of foul play DI Kelly Porter was called in. It's not 'This is the only problem she has thoughwith words and even stories: two young hikers have gone missing on the fells near Ullswater and she there is in charge of the search. When theynever one truth''re not found within a couple of days her team uncover links to two other unsolved disappearances - and the girls all look startlingly similar. [[Dead End (D I Kelly Porter) by Rachel Lynch|Full Review]]
Summer, Mia and Brynn are obsessed with a novel called ''The Way into Lovelorn''. They begin to believe it is real, that the world of Lovelorn is really materialising around them, and start writing their own fan-fiction sequel. One day, Summer is violently murdered in the woods where they all played and everyone thinks Mia and Brynn did it. [[Broken Things by Lauren Oliver|Full Review]] <!-- Davidson Albertelli -->
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[[image:3star''I believe in love at first sight.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Art|Art]]Fate, [[:Category:Biography|Biography]]the universe, [[:Category:Travel|Travel]], [[:Category:Reference|Reference]]all of it. But not how you're thinking. I don't mean it in the our souls were split and you're 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.''
''Oh Joy for me!What If It's Us'' is one of those books that just gives Coleridge credit 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 being ''the first person to walk happy endings, the mountains alone, not because he had to other for tragedy – but they really work, as together well. Each takes a miner, quarryman, shepherd or pack-horse driver, but because he wanted to for pleasure character and adventure. His rapturous encounters with their natural beautyvoices are so distinct, and its literary consequencesso real, changed our view of the world''that you are immediately sucked in. [[O Joy for me! What if It's Us by Keir DavidsonBecky Albertelli and Adam Silvera|Full Review]]
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===[[The Ember Blade Cold Breath (Gunnhildur Mystery) by Chris WoodingQuentin Bates]]===
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A land under occupation. A legendary sword. A young manGunna wasn's journey t too keen when she was taken off police duties to find his destinybecome a bodyguard. Aren has lived by the rules all his life. He's never questioned it; that It wasn's t just the way things are. But then his father is executed sheer inconvenience of it - away from home for treason, however long the job took and he and his best friend Cade are thrown into a prison mine, doomed with no contact with the family - she wasn't the only one to work until they drop. Unless they can somehow break free . . But what lies beyond have doubts about the prison walls is more terrifying stillman she was guarding. Rescued Invited to Iceland by prominent politician Steinunn Strand, Ali Osman was either a man saint who hates him yet is oath-bound devoted himself to protect himhelping refugees escape the carnage in their Middle Eastern homeland, pursued by inhuman forces, Aren slowly accepts that everything he knew about his world was or a liemoney-laundering gunrunner. The rules are not there to protect himtruth was probably a combination of the two, but whichever or his people, but to enslave them. A revolution is brewingwhatever was correct, there's money on Osman's head and Aren this is being drawn into it, whether the reason why he likes it or not. The key to the revolution is the Ember Blade. The sword of kings, the Excalibur of his people. Only with the Ember Blade in hand can their people be inspired to rise and Gunna are holed up . . . but it's locked in an impenetrable vault isolated house outside Reykjavik, with Gunna toting a gun under her fleece and with a group of armed police in the most heavily guarded fortress in the land. All they have to do now is steal it..a nearby house. [[The Ember Blade Cold Breath (Gunnhildur Mystery) by Chris WoodingQuentin Bates|Full Review]]
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===[[Crisis by Felix Francis]]===
[[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] ==[[Dear Evan Hansen:Category:Thrillers|ThrillersThe Novel by Val Emmich]]===
By training Harrison Foster is [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Teens|Teens]] Evan Hansen spends a lawyerlot of time indoors by himself. This worries his mother, but hewho has engaged a therapist to try to help Evan with his extreme anxiety issues. Evan's working therapist assigns him the task of writing a daily letter to himself as a crisis manager for a London firm. He was called way of getting Evan to Newmarket after a fire in a stable killed six very valuable horses, including think more constructively about himself and the Derby favouriteworld around him. On the surface it looked like But Connor Murphy, a simple firerather scary boy at school, but it wasnfinds one of Evan't long before Harrison discovered that all was not as it seemed, not least because there were human remains along with s letters and gets the charred bodies wrong end of the horses. As all the staff were accounted forstick because Evan has mentioned Zoe, who was the human victim? Harrison was completely new to the world of thoroughbred racing: in fact girl he knew little about horses has a crush on and positively disliked themwho is Connor's sister. [[Crisis Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel by Felix FrancisVal Emmich|Full Review]]
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===[[Rosewater Agatha Raisin and the Dead Ringer by Tade ThompsonM C Beaton]]===
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Rosewater is a town on St Ethelred's Church in the edge. A community formed around the edges idyllic Cotswold village of Thirk Magna has a mysterious alien biodometeam of dedicated bell ringers, its residents comprise with the hopeful, the hungry keenest being twins Mavis and Millicent Dupin and the helpless - people eager when we first meet them they're preparing for a glimpse inside the dome or bishop's visit. Now you might be expecting an older, perhaps rather grey man, but this bishop is a taste of its rumoured healing powerslittle different. Kaaro One description is 'sex on legs' and even Agatha Raisin is a government agent with little smitten - at first - but there's the merest whiff of a criminal pastscandal about the bishop. He has seen inside It's the mystery of the biodome, and doesnbishop't care to again s ex- but when something begins killing off others like himselffiancee, Kaaro must defy his masters to search for an answerlocal heiress Jennifer Toynby, facing his dark history who disappeared very suddenly and coming to a realisation about a horrifying futureneither she nor her body have ever been found. [[Rosewater Agatha Raisin and the Dead Ringer by Tade ThompsonM C Beaton|Full Review]]
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===[[Charlesgate Confidential Louisiana's Way Home by Scott Von DoviakKate DiCamillo]]===
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In 1946 a gang It is the middle of criminals pull off an audacious art heist, making off with priceless works of art from a Boston Museum. These missing art works are never found. In 1988, a student finds himself caught the night when twelve year old Louisiana Elefante's granny wakes her up in to tell her that the mystery day of the missing art reckoning has arrived and hot on the trail they must leave home immediately. Granny is prone to middle of the multi-million-dollar rewardnight ideas so initially Louisiana is not too worried by this but then gradually she realises that this time it is different. In 2014This time Granny intends that they will never return. Separated from her friends, the art Raymie and Beverly and her cat, Archie, Louisiana is still missing devastated and now dead bodies are turning up at the eponymous Charlesgate, filled with alumni celebrating their 25th reuniondesperate. As the body count rises, She is determined that she will we discover find her way home somehow. But as her life becomes entwined with the truth behind people living in a small Georgia town Louisiana starts to worry about the art theft decades earlier? ''curse'' Granny told her was upon her head and fears that she is destined only for goodbyes. [[Charlesgate Confidential Louisiana's Way Home by Scott Von DoviakKate DiCamillo|Full Review]]
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At Angela Chadwick's debut novel explores the beginning possibility of 1349 there is two women being able to produce a glimmer of baby girl through a hope process called Ovum-to-Ovum fertilisation. It centres around Rosie and Jules who take part in the first ever clinical trial that the ravages would allow them to have a child of their own without the Black Death might be passingneed for a sperm donor or any other male intervention. In Devilish in Dorset the population What follows is well, because of Lady Anne's strict rules about quarantine, which are regarded as heresy as they go against a story that shows the strict rules harshness and at times disgraceful behaviour of the churchmedia, but their stores of food are dwindling and they know the general public, when faced with a controversial technique that when they are exhausted they will have no choice but could lead to leavethe demise of men. What will they find on the outside? Are they the only survivors? [[The Turn of Midnight XX by Minette WaltersAngela Chadwick|Full Review]]
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[[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] ==[[:Category:Horror|Horror]]Mr Tiger, [[:Category:Thrillers|ThrillersBetsy and the Blue Moon by Sally Gardner]]===
The night manager of a Best Western, Kris Pulaski is washed up and unhappy[[image:5star. Few know of her past as guitarist of 90'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''. When a shocking act of violence turns Kris'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 the band. In a journey that will take Kris from a dusty hotel to a hellish music festival, she's determined to face the man who ruined her life. But with dark forces rising and threatening everything Kris holds dear, will Kris be able to defeat the odds? Or will Hell truly be unleashed on the Earth…? jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix: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 <!-- Steve Burrows Davies -->
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===[[A Tiding Tirzah and the Prince of Magpies: A Birder Murder Mystery Crows by Steve BurrowsDeborah Kay Davies]]===
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DCI Domenic JejeuneThis is a quiet but remarkable story, written in a style reminiscent of E. M. Forster, 's most celebrated case was his rescue '[Tirzah and the Prince of the Home SecretaryCrows's daughter when she was kidnapped. It's always been his deep regret that he failed to rescue the man who was kidnapped with her has no great and this has all resurfaced now stirring action but rather small ripples that the case is being reviewedmake a huge impact. Long-buried secrets are bound to come to light, even though the officer reviewing the case, DC Desdemona Gill, Tirzah is a fan young girl of his to sixteen raised in a small Welsh town in the extent that it's almost embarrassing1970s by highly religious parents as part of a strict religious community. The review isn't the only problem he has book follows Tirzah though: a body has been found on some waste groundtumultuous year as she tries to decide who she wants to be, but it's so badly burned that identification is difficult - and made more difficult by the indecision of the Medical Examinerwhat she wants to do with her life. [[A Tiding Tirzah and the Prince of Magpies: A Birder Murder Mystery Crows by Steve BurrowsDeborah Kay Davies|Full Review]]
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===[[The Darkness Around Her Modern Patchwork Home: Dynamic Quilts and Projects for Every Room by Neil WhiteVivika DeNegre (Editor)]]===
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Lizzie Barnsley was escaping The problem with a craft which is largely based on traditional designs is that what results from her abusive boyfriend when she was murdered your labours is also traditional, or - depending upon what light you shine on the canal towpath on New Yearit - old-fashioned. Vivika DeNegre has curated a collection of patterns from today's Evetop designers. It obviously wasnAs a word of warning, if you read ''t the boyfriend as he was still being held by LizzieModern Patchwork Magazine's friends at the pub, but before long Peter Box was arrested and charged. He'd sought treatment at the local hospital for an injury to his head which was the same shape as the heel of Lizzieyou may well find that there's shoe - and her blood was on nothing new in the shoe. Dan Grant was called in to represent Boxbook, but thereif you's a problem. Box won't talk - won't talk re new to the police or magazine this could well prove to Grant, so how is he to represent be a delightful collection from the man? And had Box killed Lizzie? It was obvious that he hadn't known her - so why would he kill her? back catalogue. [[The Darkness Around Her Modern Patchwork Home: Dynamic Quilts and Projects for Every Room by Neil WhiteVivika DeNegre (Editor)|Full Review]]
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===[[The Chaos of Now by Erin Lange]]===
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[[image:4starEli, 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.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:TeensThe Chaos of Now by Erin Lange|TeensFull Review]]
''When Tom Allenby, the 14 year-old boy who can control the elements, sees metal objects and cars rising into the air one night he knows he is facing a powerful enemy. The trail leads to stolen magnetic stones, sinister experiments in an old country house and a village hiding a secret. As each of his friends faces challenges of their own, can Tom fight a force which knows all about them?'' Of course he can! [[ Blue Sky Black by John Connors |Full Review]] <!-- Melissa Leet Clár Ní Chonghaile -->
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The area where Jill and Susie lived wasnAs the blurb says, ''t highly populated so it was fortunate that they became such good friendsIn a cottage in Normandy, despite Lina Rose is writing to the fact that Susie was daughter she abandoned as a baby''…the whole of Chonghaile's second novel is a year older than Jillseries of letters addressed to Diane. Susie lived with Lina is now in her mother, an alcoholic, seventies and Jill lived with ''her'' Diane is a mother, who dedicated herself to . They have met just once since Lina gave her garden. Jill's father was Jay Tutle, the photographer, but he spent much of his time working away - often up for months on endadoption. In reality there It was little difference between the two families: Mrs Smith's alcoholism caused serious illness whilst Susie was still young. Joy and tragedy would visit Jill's home. ''Landslide'' is the story of how what happened determined the course of Jill's life and how great tragedy can breed resilience and hopenot a good meeting. [[Landslide The Reckoning by Melissa LeetClar Ni Chonghaile|Full Review]]
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===[[The House Across the Street Moving Blade (Detective Hiroshi 2) by Lesley PearseMichael Pronko]]===
[[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 The funeral is a good time to see what your neighbours are up to? This is rob a common occurrence for Katy Speed who regularly watches house in Tokyo - and even better when they'The House Across re famous as most people will be there. Bernard Mattson had been famous - one of the Street' as a frequent stream great political thinkers - and renowned for his support of women are brought there the American bases in Japan. One of the same black hummer and seen leaving great tragedies of his murder was that he was just a few days short while later. Although slightly unusualof meeting up with his daughter Jamie: they hadn't been estranged, not much is said aside from your typical neighbourhood gossip, that is until Katy is woken up in but when Mattson and her mother divorced she took the early hours one morning teenager to find out that the same house has been burnt to the ground, along with the woman who lives thereUSA and father and daughter just drifted apart. This situation is made a whole lot worse for Katy when Jamie and her father is arrested mother came back for starting the fire. What follows is an engrossing depiction of Katy's quest funeral, but her mother departed as soon (or even before) she decently could, leaving Jamie to prove settle her father's innocence whilst dealing with her unbearable mother and ultimately having the safety affairs. The only problem is that an awful lot of many peopleseem very interested in Bernard Mattson's lives in her legacy - and they're prepared to be violent to get their handson it. [[The House Across the Street Moving Blade (Detective Hiroshi 2) by Lesley PearseMichael Pronko|Full Review]]
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===[[A Gathering of Ghosts Storytelling: The Presenter's Secret Weapon by Karen MaitlandJohn Clare]]===
[[image:5star4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:ParanormalBusiness and Finance|Paranormal]], [[:Category:Thrillers|Thrillers]], [[:Category:Historical Fiction|Historical FictionBusiness and Finance]]
WitchcraftI was a little bit nervous when I picked up ''Storytelling: The Presenter's Secret Weapon''. After all, the supernatural and the will to survive at all costs collide majority of presentations which I've seen or given were in a story that never shies away from business context and what was required was absolute professionalism, not an act put on for light entertainment. I needn't have worried though: the darker side of human nature. The land book is unhappyan essential guide to preparing and giving your presentation, the old spirits want revenge and famine is kindling a resurgence of the old faithwith or without what has now come to be known as The Dreaded PowerPoint. As fear rises, it is increasingly difficult I've been making presentations successfully (but I'll say more about this later) in various professional situations for Prioress Johanne some forty or more years and I did wonder if the book would be able to ignore that something rotten has taken rootteach me anything. The sacred well is tainted, its healing waters run red with blood and strangers are blowing in on a wind of change It did. [[A Gathering of Ghosts by Karen Maitland|Full Review]]
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===[[The Monsters We Deserve by Marcus Sedgwick]]===
[[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] ==[[:Category:Teens|Teens]], [[:Category:Horror|HorrorTreasure of the Golden Skull (Maudlin Towers) by Chris Priestley]]===
Two hundred years ago, bad weather, bad company [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]] (well, If multiple categories use the kind that is also madsame format, and dangerous to knowseparated by comma + space), a spooky reading list Sponge and a few chance topics Mildew are not the biggest fans of discussion all led a young woman to start writing her firsttheir school, and definitely her most famous ever, bookMaudlin Towers. Who would be? It's run down. The narrator of this novel has brought himself to a remote Alpine building, in the centre of that first novelIt's world, to revisit it in honour of its bicentenarygloomy. He hates it, You can't move for he sees it as badly written gargoyles and with some unwelcome biasesthat's discounting the teachers. He seems to only be But when they find out that there 's no money left and doing this for the publisher to whom he addresses school might close they realise that, tatty and morose as the Maudlin Towers is, it is ''home''. So they set their minds on a lot of the script we readrescue mission... But what if some greater force wanted him there too? [[The Monsters We Deserve Treasure of the Golden Skull (Maudlin Towers) by Marcus SedgwickChris Priestley|Full Review]]
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