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Murder in Old Bombay : By - Nev March I was surprised at exactly the amount I enjoyed this historical crime novel, set in 1892 British India. 30 year old Captain Jim Agnihotri, child of an obscure English dad and an Indian mother who left him with a church before she died, has been convalescing in a medical clinic, from wounds that happened over a year ago. During the engagement that killed everyo...

Call of the Raven : By -  Wilbur Smith The right of the cat over the mouse, of the strong over the weak. The natural law of existence.' mungo St John, a falcon flies the son of a wealthy plantation owner and a doting mother, mungo St John is accustomed to the wealth and luxuries his privilege has afforded him. That is until he returns from University to discover his family ruined, his inherit...

The Awakening : The Dragon Heart Legacy Book 1 : By - Nora Roberts Mists, shimmering silver fingers, rose over the pale green water of the lake. They twined and twisted toward a sky quietly gray, while in the east, over the hills, a pink blush waited, like a held breath, to waken. Breen Kelly had always been a rule follower. So, when her father left when she was twelve years old, promising to retu...

These Violent Delights : By - Chloe Gong Perfect for fans of The Last Magician and Descendant of the Crane , this heart-stopping debut is an imaginative Romeo and Juliet retelling set in 1920s Shanghai, with rival gangs and a monster in the depths of the Huangpu River. The year is 1926, and Shanghai hums to the tune of debauchery. A blood feud between two gangs runs the streets red, leaving the ci...

The Survivors : By - Jane Harper Kieran Elliott's life changed forever on a single day when a reckless mistake led to devastating consequences. The guilt that haunts him still resurfaces during a visit with his young family to the small coastal town he once called home. Kieran's parents are struggling in a community which is bound, for better or worse, to the sea that is both a lifeline and a thre...

A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire (Blood and Ash Book 2) Is Love Stronger Than Vengeance? A Betrayal… Everything Poppy has ever believed in is a lie, including the man she was falling in love with. Thrust among those who see her as a symbol of a monstrous kingdom, she barely knows who she is without the veil of the Maiden. But what she does know is that nothing is as dangerous to her as him. The Dark On...

From Blood and Ash : By - Jennifer L. Armentrout Captivating and action-packed, From Blood and Ash is a sexy, addictive, and unexpected fantasy perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Laura Thalassa. A Maiden… Chosen from birth to usher in a new era, Poppy’s life has never been her own. The life of the Maiden is solitary. Never to be touched. Never to be looked upon. Never to be spoken to. Never to...

Plain Bad Heroines : By - Emily M. Danforth Story begins in 1902, at the Brookhants School for Girls. Flo and Clara, two impressionable students, are obsessed with each other and with a daring young writer named Mary MacLane, the author of a scandalous bestselling memoir. To show their devotion to Mary, the girls establish their own private club and call it the Plain Bad Heroine Society. They meet...

The Guest List : By - Lucy Foley While picking The Guest List, I ran over a couple of depictions that contrasted this book with those by Agatha Christie. This book, however, is no classic murder mystery; in fact the true identity of the victim is uncovered just 90% in the book. What this book is, however, is an excellent thrill ride! Website : https://gobookmart.com/book-review Facebook : https://...

End of Watch (The Bill Hodges Trilogy) : By - Stephen King Brady's back in End of Watch . Also, on the off chance that you'd asked me whether the information on Brady being back was exciting, I would've replied with a 'meh'. However, then we found out that getting half his head beaten in with the happy slapper some way or another gave him supernatural abilities and things got much more interesting...

A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom : By - Brittany K. Barnett Brittany K. Barnett was only a law student when she came across the case that would change her life forever—that of Sharanda Jones, single mother, business owner, and, like Brittany, Black daughter of the rural South. A victim of America’s devastating war on drugs, Sharanda had been torn away from her young daugh...

Dumb Jokes For Smart Folks : By - Jessica Delfino Dumb Jokes For Smart Folks delivers a grown-up spin on the quintessential children's joke book. Website : https://gobookmart.com/book-review

Rhythm Roger - The Secrets of Electon : By - Himanshu Rai Rhthym Roger is a science fiction novel. The story is about a electro magnetic waves. The protagonist of the story is Rhthym who made a telephone call on the world and on the very night he met a man with blue light, who said that he was from an alternate world called Electon, a world made with electro magnetic waves. A similar kid in that w...

Elsewhere : By - Dean Koontz "Elsewhere" is a science-fiction thriller in a contemporary setting, with an emphasis on family ties. website : https://gobookmart.com/elsewhere-by-dean-koontz/ Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/GoBookMart1/

Girl in White Cotton : By - Avni Doshi I couldn’t help but compare this book (Girl in white cotton) with a delightful book that I read toward the start of the year – 'The Far Field'. The two books cover totally various subjects and thoughts, however there was one thing the two of them attempted to address in its particular manner. The stressful connection between a mother and a daughter. and i sho...

Ready Player Two : By – Ernest Cline - Novel Review Podcast Ready Player Two starts from the point where ready player one ends. Subsequent to dominating the match, Parzival (Wade’s OASIS alter ego) finds that he automatically begins once again. In light of an additional life, he is given the choice of playing through the game once more, despite the fact that there are no surprises, simply to add u...

Deadly Cross : By - James Patterson - Novel Review This is the 28th instalment in the Alex Cross series of novels. I am satisfied that Patterson has kept up the nature of his composition, so often when you get this far things appear to be predictable. This truly wasn't the situation with the Deadly Cross. It had a unique storyline and based on characters that Patterson has developed to cherish thr...

The Mists of Brahma is the top pick out of all of Christopher Doyle's books. It is the ideal mixture of imagination, folklore and innovation and I can't really believe that I completed it in only a few days!

Son of Bhrigu is the first book of The Pataala Prophecy by Christopher C. Doyle will leave you dumbfounded, stupefied and thunderstruck. The language used by Doyle is suitable, he has conveyed so many things, so many details through limited words, a unique characteristic among writers. Website : https://gobookmart.com/book-review Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/GoBookMart1/

A Promised Land : By - Barack Obama A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making-from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy. Website : https://gobookmart.com/book-review Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/GoBookMart1/

Along Came a Spider : By - James Patterson When two children from well-known families are kidnapped from an elite school in the capital city, Detective Cross, an established criminal psychologist, is brought in. But he is not happy about it. It appears that nobody cares about the three unsolved murders of a poor black family he is already investigating. The rich, politically connected white childr...

The Wicked Deep : By - Shea Ernshaw - Novel Review Two centuries ago in a small town in Oregon, three sisters were drowned in the ocean, suspected of being witches. Every summer since, they've emerged from the shadowy depths, stealing the bodies of weak-hearted girls and using them to lure boys to the harbour where they will meet their deaths. Like most locals, Penny Talbot has accepted the fate o...

The Ickabog : By - J K Rowling - Novel Review Author J.K. Rowling returns to children’s literature for the first time in more than a decade. Between Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and The Ickabog, Rowling has written several novels for adults under a pen name. This latest release shows how much the world of children’s literature could benefit from her return to it.

Orphan X : By - Gregg Hurwitz - Novel Review Gregg Hurwitz' Orphan X presents an easily likable and relate-able lead character that is both larger than life and sympathetic."Orphan X" begins with familiar, stock premise of modern thrillers: A highly-skilled assassin, after murdering many international bad guys for the government, discovers that he actually has a conscience and decides to quit the...

The Family Upstairs : By - Lisa Jewell - Novel Review Twisty and engrossing story of betrayal and redemption . Reminiscent of Donna Tartt in scope and quality