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===[[Falling Short by Lex Coulton]]===
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Lex Coulton's debut novel is a story about mistakes, failures, and relationships. The main protagonist, Frances Pilgrim, is a sixth form English teacher who has recently fallen out with her best friend Jackson, a work colleague, and is grappling with the increasingly eccentric behaviour of her mother. This relationship is complicated by the fact that Frances's father disappeared at sea when she was five years old. [[Falling Short by Lex Coulton|Full Review]]
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===[[The Con Artist by Fred Van Lente]]===
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Comic-Cons are a place of wonder and sanctuary for many people, and when Comic book artist Mike Mason arrives at San Diego Comic-Con, he's looking for both that and sanctuary with other fans and creators, plus the chance of maybe, just maybe reuniting with his ex. However, when his rival is found dead, Mike is forced to navigate every dark corner of the con in order to clear his name – from cosplay flash mobs and intrusive fans to zombie obstacle courses – Mike must prove his innocence and, in doing so, may just unravel a dark secret behind a legendary industry creator. [[The Con Artist by Fred Van Lente|Full Review]]
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It's Christmas Eve and Mum has arranged everything. All she now has to do is await the arrival of the relatives and the food shopping delivery. Little does Mum know that those two elements alone have the potential to ruin everything. [['Twas the Fight Before Christmas: A Parody by Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees|Full Review]]
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|summary=For all those who think tragedy plots are too restricted and prescribed, read on. In these pages you too will see that Romeo had lots of options en route to hitting the bottle. Likewise, she could have turned away from her predestined path at no end of junctures. And to what result? Well, happy marriage and a kid called Ben, because the leads have just banged people's heads together and stopped the quarrelling, or Death by Tybalt (him) or a long life running an establishment curing murderous women, such as a Lady M (her).
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===[[The Virgin Mary's Got Nits by Gervase Phinn]]===
Christmas in our house is the time we tend to get on a plane and head to either sun or snow, anywhere that is far, far away from the madness at home, last minute dashes to the shops on Christmas Eve, and food cupboard stockpiles that would imply supermarkets are shutting for a month, nor a mere 36 hours. But I do remember the feeling of Christmas when I was younger, back when it was magical, and back when you knew exactly what the season would bring with carol concerts and school nativities and Christmas parties. This book is an anthology of those moments, and it took me right back to the wonder of Christmas as a child. [[The Virgin Mary's Got Nits by Gervase Phinn|Full Review]]
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Well, happy marriage and a kid called Ben, Ibecause the leads have just banged people'd never encountered Gray Jolliffe eithers heads together and stopped the quarrelling, but I'm or Death by Tybalt (him) or a convert to his skills long life running an establishment curing murderous women, such as a cartoonist Lady M (if not to the idea of Christmasher) after reading this collection of Christmas-themed cartoons from his archive.[[Romeo and/or Juliet by Ryan North|Full Review]] |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1445663503</amazonuk!-- Crowley -->}}{{newreview|-|authorstyle=Jonathan Pugh"width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|title=Pugh's New Year's Resolutions|rating=4[[image:Crowley_Shoot.5jpg|genrelink=Humour|summary=If there's one thing that's for certain, it's that the world is changinghttp://www. 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Alien Louie follows fisherman Billy Morton home one day, and he and his family quickly come to love the playful alien. But when Louie starts using their computer to hack into government and corporate networks, stealing millions from banks to give to others, they realise that Louie and his friends mean trouble. As Billy and his family begin a roller coaster ride of fame and fortune, as well as a ranking high on the FBI's most wanted list, the Government soon decides that these aliens are terrorists, and must be eliminated. Whilst the aliens are playing games they hope will help humans to see the insanity of the American political, economic and military systems, they soon come to realise that the Powers that Be don't play games[[image: they make war4star. jpg|amazonuklink=<amazonuk>1785651757</amazonuk>Category:{{{rating}}}{{newreviewStar Reviews]] [[:Category:Crime|author=Rod Green|title=Only Fools and HorsesCrime]], [[:Category: The Peckham ArchivesHumour|rating=4Humour]]|genre=Entertainment |summary=We are in the world I make something of one a habit of the country's most famous and well-loved sitcoms – even if it was sort-of killed off for Christmas 2003. Yesbeing late to discover good writers, there have been specials since, and more repeats in this case getting to clog up the BBC schedules than Crowley after he is really pukka, but very few people failed to succumb to its charms at one time or anotherno longer with us. IThe result is that what is billed as 'm sure there have been books before now celebrating the stony-faced reception of 'an F.X. Shepherd mystery'that'' drop through with all the open bar hatch, and ''that'' chandelier scene, but this is much optimism of there being more meaty. Purporting to be come has the family archives, found dumped in Nelson Mandela Housepoignancy of being, if not the documents here were passed from pillar to postlast of a short line, from certainly one council worker in of a department with a clumsy acronym to another, from them to the police – and now here they are being published for their social history worthfew. Will enough readers find them of worth, as the series quietly celebrates its 35th birthday?[[Shoot by Kieran Crowley|Full Review]] |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849909245</amazonuk!-- DO NOT REMOVE ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE -->}|}
