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{{newreview
|author=Leonie Fox
|title=Up Close and Personal
|rating=2.5
|genre=Women's Fiction
|summary=I had high hopes for a bright and breezy bonkbuster from Leonie Fox's third novel, having read some favourable reviews of her first two books. The title, cover art and blurb suggest a frothy, fun, flirty and sexy read, so I was very disappointed to find this is anything but.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141037059</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=James Robertson
|summary=D I Stacey Collins is beginning to wonder if it was such a good idea to introduce her teenage daughter to the father she's longed for all her life. Professional Standards at the Met are wondering about her links with the underworld and telling them that Jack Stanley, a major figure in the criminal world, is Sophie's father might well end her police career for good. She gets away with what she says on this occasion, but finds herself side-lined in the next major case – and dong jobs which could well have been handled by a rookie constable. And what a case it is. Three headless corpses have been found in a parked car in a London street and as their hands have been removed too the first major problem is identification.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141030119</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Nicola Barker
|title=Burley Cross Postbox Theft
|rating=5
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=When a bag of twenty seven undelivered letters was recovered from behind a hairdresser's in Skipton it fell to two local policemen to investigate what would become known as Burley Cross Post Box Theft, for it was in the village of Burley Cross, just before Christmas, that the Post Box was forced open and the mail stolen. P C Roger Topping, of the Ilkley force, took over the case from his old school friend Sargeant Laurence Everill without any great hope of success, but the village was in turmoil and something had to be done.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007355009</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell
|title=Wyrmeweald: Returner's Wealth
|rating=4.5
|genre=Teens
|summary=If you could imagine the frontier world of the Wild West transported to the Highlands of Scotland, you would have the setting for this first book in a new trilogy by the creators of the [[The Immortals (Edge Chronicles) by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell|Edge Chronicles]]. Micah, a poor farmhand, longs to make his fortune so he can marry the wealthy Seraphita, so he sets off for the Wyrmeweald, where riches beyond your wildest dreams can be had – if you survive. It is a harsh and unforgiving land, full of dangerous dragon-like creatures called wyrmes, but Micah soon learns that when it comes to violence and deceit, it is humans he needs to fear most.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>038561733X</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Rachel Hore
|title=A Place Of Secrets
|rating=4
|genre=Women's Fiction
|summary=A collection of 18th century books offers Jude an opportunity to combine work and a visit to her family in Norfolk. She works as a valuer at a London auction house, and it has been a while since she went home.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847391427</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Ken MacLeod
|title=The Restoration Game
|rating=5
|genre=Science Fiction
|summary=Lucy Stone works for a videogame company in Edinburgh. She enjoys the job - particularly being one of the boys - and it's given her a sense of belonging that she'd craved but never had. And then her mother calls. A CIA spook, Amanda wants Lucy's firm to rewrite their upcoming game to feature the mythology of a small ex-Soviet republic. Krassnia is where Lucy was born, where she lived for her first seven years, and where she spent the scariest day of her life. Amanda wrote a seminal work on Krassnian mythology and Lucy uses this to reshape the game, knowing that it's likely to be used as a tool in a hoped-for colour revolution.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1841496472</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Adam Blade
|title=First Hero (The Chronicles Of Avantia)
|rating=3.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=There's a land under threat from an evil man leading a well-drilled, lethal army. And there's a boy, and his companion, and his destiny is to save the land from the evil man, who will only get more evil if he gets what he wants, which is currently in four pieces. If this sounds like a well-worn template, don't blame me. [[:Category:Adam Blade|Adam Blade]] writes as if by committee, and that's because he is one - it's a pseudonym for a cabal of pre-teen fantasy churners. But enough of him - we should be talking of Tanner, the lad in this book.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408307472</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Kevin J Anderson
|title=The Map Of All Things (Terra Incognita)
|rating=4
|genre=Fantasy
|summary=After years of religious war between the Aidenists and the Urecari, with multiple atrocities on both sides, the known world has been divided. For each loss there is a retaliation, an upscale of the damage until the war becomes a crusade. In the centre of all this is Ishalem, a city that bridges the divide. Captured by the Urecari, who are now building a wall to defend it, the Aidenists want it back, no matter what the cost.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1841496596</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie
|title=Wicked: Resurrection
|rating=4
|genre=Teens
|summary=The eagerly-awaited conclusion to Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguié's ''Wicked'' series is finally here. After over three years of wondering and waiting to find out how this enthralling supernatural series will end, readers can finally dive straight into the war between good and evil with Resurrection and discover the answers to the secrets that have been kept from them.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847387373</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Sandra Heath
|title=Counterfeit Kisses
|rating=3
|genre=Women's Fiction
|summary=Stephen Holland was gullible and certainly no match for the Duke of Exton who was a proficient cheat at cards when there was something which he wanted. In this instance what he wanted was the Holland Tiara and despite all that Sir Gareth Carew could do, Holland, in his cups to the point of being unable to get himself home, lost the tiara. When Carew took the drunk home Holland blamed Carew for the loss and Susannah Holland swore that she would regain the tiara and have her revenge on Carew. Such is the fate of those who do good turns.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0709089961</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Mary Carter
|title=My Sister's Voice
|rating=4
|genre=Women's Fiction
|summary=
Twenty-eight year old Lacey Gears is a fiercely independent deaf artist living in Philadelphia with her boyfriend Alan and her puggle Rookie. Lacey is proud to be deaf and has no desire to become hearing. When she finds a note in her mailbox telling her she has an identical twin called Monica, Lacey dismisses it as a joke but curiosity gets the better of her when she sees a picture of Monica, and she soon finds herself confronting Margaret, her orphanage house mother who confirms Monica’s existence and their separation twenty-five years ago.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0755348389</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Caro Ramsay
|title=Dark Water
|rating=4
|genre=Crime
|summary=
This is a big, meaty and satisfying read from the pen of Caro Ramsay. I haven't read any of her previous books to date but I will certainly look them out now. The location is in and around the city of Glasgow so lots of Scottish humour and a nice line in the local dialect from several characters. This all helps to get the reader involved early on. And I was.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141044349</amazonuk>
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