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Thank you Choccy - just downloaded 'World War 1 - An Unkept Promise'

Just finished The Twelfth Card by Jeffery Deaver,Geneva Settle 16 is under threat of death, reason not known. Lincoln Rhyme a quadriplegic criminalist and Amelia Sachs his partner are on the case. A very good book with many twists and turns and a lot of background American history.

I have just downloaded the book you mentioned Choccy....thanks :-)

Have just downloaded this one - it's free today and sounds interesting

World War 1 - An Unkept Promise by Frederick Coxen

'Some historians stated the story was fascinating!

The London Imperial War Museum said the journal entries of the wartime accounts to be full of interest, and his descriptions of serving with the Royal Field Artillery contain many excellent details which researchers will undoubtedly find of historical value.

The story is a non-fictional account of four friends who served in the Royal Field Artillery. Together they make a promise before their first battle, the Battle of Mons.
The first one is killed in the Battle on the Aisne, and his death is documented in Captain Fred G. Coxen's war journal.
After four years of war only Fred Coxen survived and he failed to fulfill his commitment, until his grandson, the author, begins a journey to locate a relative of each fallen soldier to fulfill his grandfather's century old promise.

The compelling journal entries will transport you into the realism of war seldom experienced in other novels'


One reviewer says - 'This is a book for serious historians and also for those who want to know more about this period of history or to work through the bureaucracy of searching any database for relatives'

Currently reading "The Art Of Racing In The Rain" by Garth Stein.

The story is told by Enzo, the family dog who has come to the end of his days and recounts his life story.

I will forever wonder about dogs after this.
Do they know more than we give them credit for?

Echoes of Marley and Me, except it's told from dog's perspective.

Absolutely loving this book and a must for all those who love their dogs <3

Now that sounds like my type of book Ann.....Ive just looked it up thank you :-)

Just finished A moment like forever by Martina Reilly. Andrea & Lexi thought they would be friends for ever until they were involved in a bad accident. Andrea was left scarred & Lexi was nowhere to be found.

I loved this book which towards the end has a really surprising twist. A really good read.

Sounds familiar BC but can't remember, have read a couple of hers though and liked them

Having cast aside several kindle books I have started, I have taken the recommendation on this thread and begun Just One Damned Thing after Another. So far am thoroughly enjoying it. Anyone read Deborah Moggach's 'Heartbreak Hotel'? Was toying with downloading it.

Happy Reading <3

Just finished Predator (hmmm sort of apt that) by Patricia Cornwall. Not my usual reading but I quite enjoyed it. :-)

Wow DET thats alot of reading :-) ;-)

Emms I hope you enoy :-D <3

Spell it out : the singular story of English spelling by David Crystal - recommended in the most recent Lost Cousins Newsletter.

Well, I shall be soon, it is on reservation in the library.

Just finished the Kindle version of ‘7 Deadly Thrills’ . It’s a download of 7 full books under one title. Individually they are :-

IRREPARABLE HARM
Someone's using a smartphone app to bring down commercial airliners and only attorney Sasha McCandless and the federal air marshal she's teamed with can prevent more disasters. When the madman's killing spree takes a personal turn, Sasha will need both her legal skills and her Krav Maga training to stop him.

CRUEL JUSTICE
Three gruesome murders have Inspector Lorne Simpkins looking for the connection when a grisly surprise points to a vicious serial killer on a rampage. She'll have to put the distractions of her failing marriage and a new boss aside to catch the macabre murderer before she becomes his next victim.

WRECKER
Jane thought a loveless marriage was as bad as it could get. Steve thought life was perfect with a hired man to do his chores. They were both wrong. As her marriage crumbles around her, Jane uncovers a horrible secret: more than chance brought the hulking, mysterious handyman into their world.

OUT OF TIME
When an accident transports Professor Simon Cross and his assistant, Elizabeth, to 1920s Manhattan, he runs straight into proof of the supernatural he's been searching for and a romantic entanglement he's been avoiding. Then a local kingpin with a dark secret sets his sights on Elizabeth, putting them in a fight for their lives.

SECTOR C
A pair of seemingly unrelated outbreaks -- a rise in human stroke-like cases and a rapidly spreading animal disease -- lead a CDC analyst and a veterinarian to a shocking discovery at a big-game compound. But even if they can escape with the secret of Sector C, it may already be too late.

BREAKERS
In New York, Walt is about to lose his girlfriend. In Los Angeles, Raymond and Mia are about to lose their house. Within days, it won't matter. A flu virus kills billions, reducing New York to an open grave and LA to chaos. Now the colonists who sent it are ready to finish the job -- and the survivors may be too weak to resist.

IMPLANT
Neurosurgeon Julia Nolan uses brain implants to record visual and auditory data from field operatives. When Ian Westhelle suffers a psychotic break and kills his handler before he can be recovered, Julia tracks Ian to a CIA asylum that warehouses "security risks." It's a costly discovery when agents target her for elimination.
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The only one I got fed up with was OUT OF TIME. Although the premise of travelling back in time was a good one, there was more emphasis on will they/won’t they resist the urge to give in to their mutual attraction than there was on describing life in 1920 NYC in the months leading up to the Wall Street Crash. I’m don’t like ‘romance’ novels which this seemed to be.

The other books could be classified as Adventure/Mystery/Thriller novels. Yes – Sci Fi does play a part in a couple of them, but only to place the action in the next 10 years or so.

Finished reading The White Princess by P Gregory,
enjoyed this one also.

Started Gift from the Gallowgate, forgot all about it till
you mentioned Doris Davidson, thanks Mersey <3 :-)

Ive just looked that up Emms thanks, its on me hit list :-) <3

Her autobiography Mersey is supposed to be very good.
It's called Gift from the Gallowgate...she was born in 1922,
in Aberdeen.

Emma :-)

That one sounds good Mersey.

I have just finished a book on my kindle called ex Pats by Chris Pavone. CIA and FBI amongst other things, I enjoyed it. :-)

I have just finished Brow of the Gallowgate - Doris Davidson.....

I really enjoyed it, infact im going to try one of her other books "Jam and Jeopardy"

The brow of the Gallowgate is where Albert Ogilvie buys his property in 1890 - the shop he has dreamed of for years, and above it, a house with nine rooms to accommodate the large family he and his beloved wife, Bathie, desire. As their babies are born - there will be eight in all - Albert employs three sisters, one after another, as nursemaids. Bathie finds Mary and Jeannie Wyness more than satisfactory, but Bella, the youngest, is troublesome and sly, and creates a set of distressing circumstances resulting in her dismissal. The years go by, with their joys and sorrows, and war splits up the close-knit Ogilvies, some of whem eventually emigrate to New Zealand. And it is there that Bella Wyness, her resentment of the family grown to black hatred, will wreak her terrible revenge...
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At 59p I might get that one then. Thanks :-D

SuffolkVera’s recent selection looks good; Something to keep an eye out for. Thank you.

I’ve just finished ‘The Detective’s Daughter’ by Lesley Thomson.
Stella’s father has died. When clearing out his house she finds copies of the case work for an unsolved murder committed 30 years ago. She decides to solve the case.
To be honest, Stella didn’t endear herself to me, seeming to have no personality endearments. This isn’t a reflection on the author, rather that of Stella as she is portrayed. Come to think of it, most of the main characters are ‘damaged’ in someway!

There are a several mysteries going on in this book, the author cleverly leading the reader up blind alleys before eventually revealing ‘who did it’ and were the other suspects fit into the story.

Would I recommend it to readers who enjoy detective type stories? Probably not, but at 59p on Kindle it’s worth trying.