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|title=Beyond Belief
|author=Mark Lingane
|reviewer=Ani Johnson
|genre=Crime
|summary=A partly comedic, partly SF/fantasy, entirely detective film noir genre-buster that gradually builds into something differently special, with a final twist to remember. Mark Lingane popped into Bookbag Towers to [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Mark Lingane|chat to us]].
|rating=4.5
|buy=Yes
|isbn=978-0987478603
|website=http://www.mark-mywords.co
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Joshua Richards isn't the most successful PI; clients aren't exactly lining up around the block but he lives in hope that one day his luck will change… and it does. Within a couple of weeks he has a sudden plethora of enquirers; the bad news is that none of them seem to live long enough to pay him. Meanwhile elsewhere, the Engine powering the world (literally) is dying, although the populous is blissfully oblivious. Is there a connection? Joshua Richards doesn't know, but there seems to be a huge part of himself he's not acquainted with either… at least not yet.
By the time I'd reached the end through some clever twists and turns, the final one being left for the last line (if you peek you're only cheating yourself as you'll miss out on so much), I was left with two wishes. The first is a wish to come across Joshua Richards again, the second being that I don't have to wait another 17 years to do so. Perhaps if we all ask nicely?
If you like your PIs to have a sense of quirk, meet [[Harry Lipkin, Private Eye: The Oldest Detective in the World by Barry Fantoni|Harry Lipkin]] and [[The Polka Dot Girl by Darragh McManus|Eugenie Auf de Maur]]. We think you'll also enjoy Lingane's [[Note to Self: An Education by Mark Lingane|Note to Self: An Education]].
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