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A Japanese scientist thwarts an international plot to release a deadly virus by mutating it to make people kinder, but something goes horribly wrong ... A darkly funny, mind-blowing speculative thriller from the 'most original writer in Britain' (Daily Express)...
`Utterly believable, dark and disturbing ... one of my books of the year  Trevor Wood
`Brilliantly original ... an alternative reality of the pandemic that's both terrifyingly plausible, relevant and timely  Sam Holland
`Clever, compelling, funny and it really makes you think: could it yet happen? Or did it happen already?  Daily Mail
`Idealism clashes with political cynicism in a scathingly pointed satire that serves as a reminder of how the pandemic brought out the best in people but also, in some instances, the very worst  Financial Times
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Compassion may be humanity's deadliest weapon...
The threat of nuclear war is no longer scary. This is much worse. It's invisible. It works quickly.
And it's coming...
The scourge has already infected and killed half the population in China and it is heading towards the UK. There is no time to escape. The British government sees no way out other than to distribute 'Dignity Pills' to its citizens: One last night with family or loved ones before going to sleep forever ... together. Because the contagion will kill you and the horrifying news footage shows that it will be better to go quietly.
Dr Haruto Ikeda, a Japanese scientist working at a Chinese research facility, wants to save the world. He has discovered a way to mutate a virus. Instead of making people sick, instead of causing death, it's going to make them... nice. Instead of attacking the lungs, it will work into the brain and increase the host's ability to feel and show compassion. It will make people kind.
Ikeda's quest is thoughtful and noble, and it just might work. Maybe humanity can be saved. Maybe it doesn't have to be the end.
But kindness may also be the biggest killer of all...
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`One of the best things I've ever read ... incredibly moving and hugely entertaining  Chris McDonald
`It's the author's black humour and thought-provoking observations on human nature and our society that ... take over your brain to the extent that you'll be thinking about it for weeks after  CultureFly
`When Carver switches into full sci-fi, everything that comes before is injected with even deeper and darker themes, adding new layers that make the unpacking of the novel's final conclusion all the more satisfying  SciFi Now
`His best yet. Carver just gets better and better  S.J. Watson
`First and foremost a scathing takedown of government responses to the coronavirus outbreak  SFX
`The final chapters will have you racing through the pages to find out what happens ... Carver manages to get the right balance of dark humour, touching moments and razor-sharp social commentary  Crime Fiction Lover
`Arguably the most original writer in Britain  Daily Express
`Insightful, sharp-minded, and fascinating ... a brilliant twist on a pandemic  Sarah Moorhead
`Thoughtful, challenging and unafraid to examine the impact huge events can have on the human condition ... his most important novel to date  The Madrid Review
`Unflinching, smart and entertaining ... as thought-provoking as it is brilliant  Isabelle Broom
`One of the most compelling and original voices in crime fiction  Alex North

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A chilling Icelandic thriller where the past refuses to stay buried.

When the chief suspect in the disappearance of Arora's sister is found dead, and Arora's new financial investigation leads to the street where her sister was last seen, she is drawn into a shocking case that threatens everything. A three-year-old claims she is the reincarnation of Arora's sister, Isafold, and knows details of her death that have never been made public. Is it a hoax, or could there be a more sinister explanation?


As Arora delves deeper, she uncovers a web of secrets and lies, forcing her to confront her own guilt and the possibility that she never really knew her sister at all. With the help of her boyfriend, Daniel, and her eccentric friend, Lady Gugulu, Arora must unravel the truth before it's too late. But as the lines between the past and present blur, Arora finds herself in a race against time to save not only herself but also the memory of her sister.


For fans of atmospheric Nordic Noir, complex female leads, and twisty plots.

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The twisty, BREATHTAKING sequel to the bestselling, addictive BLACK REED BAY

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Fresh from the scandal at Hampstead County PD, Detective Sergeant Casey Wray works a complex double-homicide that points to a killer on a murderous rampage and a shattering series of discoveries that could end her career ... The shocking sequel to the addictive, twisty Black Reed Bay...
Hampstead County Police Department is embroiled in scandal after corruption at the top of the force was exposed. Cleared of involvement and returned to active duty, Detective Sergeant Casey Wray nonetheless finds herself at a crossroads when it becomes clear not everyone believes she's innocent.
Partnered with rookie Billy Drocker, Casey works a shocking daytime double-homicide in downtown Rockport with the two victims seemingly unknown to one another. And when a third victim is gunned down on her doorstep shortly after, it appears an abusive ex-boyfriend holds the key to the killings.
With powerful figures demanding answers, Casey and Billy search for the suspect, fearing he's on a murderous rampage. But when a key witness goes missing, and new evidence just won't fit, the case begins to unravel. With her career in jeopardy, Casey makes a shattering discovery that threatens to expose the true darkness at the heart of the murders... with a killer still on the loose...

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Lennox, Vonnie and Ava head to Greenland to meet up with Heather, Sandy and the Enceladons, commencing an epic showdown that will change everything ... The emotive, devastating yet ultimately life-affirming conclusion to the bestselling Enceladons Trilogy, as seen on BBC2's Between the Covers...
`An affecting and thought-provoking read. Johnstone's worldbuilding is top notch in this pacy eco-alien tale of peril and hope  Tendai Huchu
`Doug Johnstone has emerged as the unholy, octopoid lovechild of David Attenborough and Michael Crichton ... a thrilling, action-packed adventure  Callum McSorley
`Forget what you think you know about science fiction ... pick up this book if you want to explore what it means to be human, with all the hopes and fears, loves and losses that brings  something Johnstone has done in so many of his novels, but rarely as beautifully as he does in this trilogy  Scotsman
`Surprising, compelling and out of this world  Ann Morgan
`Johnstone brilliantly plays out the tensions between competing groups and their response to the peaceful aliens off the coast of Greenland. But will they survive? Johnstone is a born storyteller whatever the subject  Mirror
`A delight! We need more novels that take on human exceptionalism with such gusto  Ever Dundas
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It's been eighteen months since the Enceladons escaped the clutches of an American military determined to exterminate the peaceful alien creatures.
Lennox and Vonnie have been lying low in the Scottish Highlands, Ava has been caring for her young daughter Chloe, and Heather is adjusting to her new life with Sandy and the other Enceladons in the Arctic Ocean, off the coast of Greenland. But fate is about to bring them together again for one last battle.
When Lennox and Vonnie are visited by Karl Jensen, a Norwegian billionaire intent on making contact with the Encedalons again, they are wary of subjecting the aliens to further dangers. But when word arrives that Ava's daughter has suffered an attack and might die without urgent help, they reluctantly make the trip to Greenland, where they enlist the vital help of local woman Niviaq.
It's not long before they're drawn into a complex web of lies, deceit and death. What is Karl's company really up to? Why are sea creatures attacking boats? Why is Sandy acting so strangely, and why are polar bears getting involved?
Profound, ambitious and immensely moving, The Transcendent Tide is the epic conclusion to the Encedalons Trilogy  a final showdown between the best and worst of humanity, the animal kingdom and the Encedalons. The future of life on earth will be changed forever, but not everyone will survive to see it...
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`A powerful, poignant, and devastating finale to the Enceladons Trilogy, a series that has consistently blurred the lines between sci-fi, eco-thriller and character-driven drama ... a gut-punch of a read, serving up a tense, high-stakes plot that's as emotionally resonant as it is action-packed. It culminates as a bold and heartrending conclusion that resonates with profound themes and leaves an indelible impression  SciFi Now
`The gripping conclusion to his Enceladons trilogy  exploring first contact, humanity's relationship with our planet, and the possibility of alien civilisations  Daily Express
`A brilliant novel, handling complex themes ... a timely meditation on man's destructive nature  Ambrose Parry
`Wonderfully drawn ... a serious critique of the state of the world today in a tense thriller anchored in the lives of ordinary people  James Oswald
`One of the best writers of his generation  CrimeTime
`The perfect end to the perfect trilogy  Michael Wood
`Powerful, profound, prescient and pacy  Lyndsey Croal

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John Sherman & Dhoya, novella and story, are among the earliest of W.B. Yeats's published compositions, begun at his father's prompting when the young poet was living in London in 1888. John Sherman is a poignant and delightful narrative that dramatizes the predicament of a young man in love, troubled by his senses. It is complexly autobiographical, projecting the poet's Self and Anti-self through the contrasted personalites of Sherman and Howard, exalting a yearned-for Sligo in the west of Ireland at the expense of an alien English metropolis. Dhoya is a wonder tale of the heroic age, also set in Sligo, blending Irish mythology with local legend, and anticipating the Celtic Twighlight stories of 1893 and the late Byzantium poems. Published first in 1891 and again in 1908, John Shermand & Dhoya last appeared in America in 1969. This text followed that of the first edition and is accompanied by an Afterword by Eve Patten.

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A Parisian Bourgeois' Sunday and Other Stories

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A collection of stories by one of France's greatest short-story writersathe long title piece never having been available in English before.

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Bright Bewildering Green is a vivid, harrowing tale  told from the emotional security of middle age  of an impoverished childhood in rural Northern Ireland during the 1950s and early '60s. In its detailed evocation of the realities of life for an orphan family on an Armagh hill-farm, the sentimentality of the family pig is bled to death. William vents his frustrations on John, his sensitive youngest brother, and severe beatings lead to the boy's collapse and treatment for epilepsy until he escapes to Coventry. Inherited pluck and fortitude sustain him in a strange city, and from an achieved tranquillity the author allows himself to reflect upon the horrors, and occasional joys, endured as a child and faces them with dispassion. This compelling narrative is the record of a survivor.

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A Fairy Tale of New York is a funny, lusty, and sad novel of comic genius. Returning from study abroad, Cornelius Christian enters customs with his luggage and his dead wife. His first encounter in New York is with a funeral director, with whom he reluctantly takes employment to pay for the burial expenses. In the course of his duties he meets the beautiful Fanny Sourpuss over her millionaire husband's dead body. However, his over-enthusiastic handling of his first corpse lands him in court. Cornelius Christian wanders through the great sad cathedral that is New York, examining the human condition in all its comic pathos and lonely absurdity. Whether lingering in the Automat drinking from half empty coffee cups and stealing baked beans from the plates of customers who go looking for ketchup, or finding love on a street corner only to end up fighting his way out of a hooker's fists, Cornelius Christian, heroic anti-hero, sings of life's goodness in the wake of disaster.

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When two teenagers are found brutally murdered on the island of Lidingo , dressed in white tunics and wearing crowns of candles, former French police officer Mai a Rehn joins local Commissioner Aleksander Storm to unravel a mystery with a shockingly dark heart. The highly anticipated sequel to the international bestselling gothic mystery, Yule Island.

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Charlotte Bronte's first ever book is a love story full of feeling and emotion told from a male viewpointa must read for Bronte fans
Thinly veiling her personal experiences, Bronte uses a male narrator in this autobiographically inspired romantic love story, making this a fascinating and unique read. With the action played out in dark boarding-school classrooms and windy streets, she weaves a tale of emotion, one that foresees the longer, better-known saga Villette that was to follow many years later. Fresh out of Eton, orphaned William Crimsworth finds himself in an unenviable situationa clerk to his caddish mill-owner brotheruntil opportunity presents itself for a complete change of fortune. Crimsworth is offered a job in Brussels as a teacher in an all-girls boarding school, run by a M Pelet. Later headhunted to a better position by the beguiling Zoraide Reuter, Crimsworth believes himself slightly enamored with his new employer, only to discover her secretly and perfidiously engaged to M Pelet. His new position almost intolerable, Crimsworth finds solace in teaching Frances Henri, a young Swiss-English seamstress teacher with promising intelligence and ear for language. Mlle Reuter though, jealous of the young professor's obvious partiality, dismisses Frances from her position. Crimsworth, in despair, is forced to resign from the school and takes up a ghostly existence in Brussels, roaming the streets in the hopes of finding his Frances. An often neglected classic, this compellingly written novel is fascinating in its concern with gender issues, religion, and social class, making it a book still studied today.

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Bologna, 1944. World-weary Comandante De Luca is tasked with investigating three brutal murders, with the lives of ten Italian hostages on the line. The pitch-black prequel to the Inspector De Luca quartet, by the master of Italian Noir.
'A brutal evocation of a dystopian past, a stunning winter portrait of the debris and human detritus of wartime Bologna, and a gripping and complex trio of murders' Peter May
'Imbued with the cruel compromises of a city on the brink of collapse, immersive, evocative and as opaque as the soot-stained snow, this is historical crime fiction at its finest' Tom Benjamin
'A truly insightful, penetrating and raw portrait of a man and a city ravaged by bloody conflict and the terror of fascism and war' Paul Burke, European Literature Network
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In November 1944, in the worst winter ever known in Bologna, in the depths of the war, the bomb-scarred streets are home to starving refugees who have fled the advancing Allies. The Fascist Black Brigades, the officers of the S.S. and the partisans of the Italian Resistance compete for control of the city streets in bloody skirmishes.
Comandante De Luca, who has proved himself "the most brilliant investigator" in Bologna, but who is now unwillingly working for the Political Police in a building that doubles as a torture facility, finds himself in trouble when three murders land on his desk: a professor shot through the eye, an engineer beaten to death, and a German corporal left to be gnawed on by rats in a flooded cellar.
De Luca must rapidly unravel all three cases with ten lives on the line: ten Italian hostages who will face a Nazi firing squad if the corporal's killing is not solved to the German command's satisfaction.
As he navigates a web of personal and political motivations  his life increasingly at risk  De Luca will not stop until he has uncovered the dangerous secrets concealed in the frozen heart of his city.
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'One of Italy's most acclaimed crime authors' Barry Forshaw
'The unravelling of the three cases is fraught with hazard and takes the reader on a dark journey into the terrible place that Bologna has become ... not just a gripping whodunnit, but also a glimpse into the grim winter where this murder mystery is set' Historical Novel Society
'Tasked with an impossible job in a world in turmoil for which the "noir" adjective seems almost inadequate, De Luca must survive on his wits and beyond in a tense race against time in a world of torn loyalties, both political and personal. The return of a much-tortured but believable character' Maxim Jakubowski, CrimeTime
'A stripped-down historical thriller loaded with tension' La Repubblica
'The Darkest Winter paints the portrait of a city devastated by war, scarred by bombs and with its poorest inhabitants living in desperation. The result is a living fresco, a snapshot of an era. The quality of Lucarelli's research, in-depth analysis and narrative style put him in a league of his own' Corriere della Serra
'Lucarelli has proven yet again that he is an extraordinary writer, navigating with ease the murky waters between crime fiction, historical novel and social commentary' La Nuova
'Lucarelli's best work' La Lettura
Praise for Carlo Lucarelli
'A fresh and exciting new voice in Italian crime fiction' Booklist
'A stunning tour de force' Sunday Telegraph
'A compact and powerful masterpiece' Guardian
'Full of the tensions and atmosphere Lucarelli is so adept at creating' The Times

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As the clock ticks towards the millennium  and the threat of a potentially new apocalyptic reality  Jonny Murphy is sent to investigate the discovery of a child's body on a deserted swamp island, fifty miles from London. What he finds is more than just a tragedy, it's a warning. Something big is coming ... Can Jonny stop it? Should he?

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Quere taro, mi inspiracio n, es producto de una pasio n por la historia de Me xico, de Quere taro en particular. El autor es Felipe Fernando Maci as Olvera, Presidente Municipal de Quere taro, nacido en el estado e involucrado la mayor parte de su vida con el acontecer pu blico y privado de la entidad. e l ha escrito un valioso documento en que narra la historia de Quere taro entrelazada a episodios de su vida y a su experiencia como servidor de la comunidad. Su visio n particular le ha permitido guiar al lector en un recorrido que inicia con los grabados en piedra en el a rea de Los Pilones, con alrededor de 6000 an os de antigu edad. De ahi , se pasa a analizar a las distintas naciones indi genas que ocupan la zona que hoy es Quere taro y se presentan los principales hechos histo ricos que preceden a la conquista del territorio por los espan oles y sus tribus aliadas. La fundacio n de la ciudad es retratada a partir de protagonistas como Coni n y Pe rez de Bocanegra. Se abordan episodios fundamentales como la e poca colonial, con su desarrollo a nivel urbano y rural en las a reas principales; las justas formadoras y reformadoras de siglo XIX en que Quere taro fue incluso capital de Me xico.

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Skelligs Sunset, a posthumous volume of work in English by Michael Kirby, is the final part in his trilogy of memoir, storytelling and poetry begun with Skelligside (1990) and Skelligs Calling (2003). This remarkable writer, farmer-fisherman and painter was born in May 1906 and died in April 2005. Aside from a three-year sojourn in the United States where he worked on the railroads during the Great Depression, he spent his lifetime in County Kerry. He also wrote eight books in Irish under the name Micheal Ua Ciarmhaic, and from his eyrie in Ballinskelligs bore witness to a world that changed so radically, from the age of the transatlantic cable to the era of the Internet. His lyric poems evoke the sea, wind and landscape of south Iveragh in all its natural beauty. The memoirs, beginning with his schooldays and concluding in his garden, describe characters from fellow storyteller Sean O Conaill to Dan of the Roads, and record night hauls at sea, superstitions, wedding customs, games, pastimes and petty sessions in the Portmagee courts. Folklore and tall tales of courtship, fortune-seeking, gypsy magic and homecoming depict characters from the peninsula and resonate with a piquant humour and imagination. Deep knowledge and a love of the local pervade Michael Kirby's writings. They remind the reader of the wonders and simpler joys in a life that he celebrated with such spirit.

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Como se desmantelo la democracia en Mexico y que hacer para recuperarla

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Anatomi a de una regresio n. La democracia mexicana, conquistada tras de cadas de lucha contra un re gimen de partido hegemo nico, demostro ser una construccio n fra gil. El desencanto con un pluralismo que no resolvio problemas ende micos como la corrupcio n o la violencia se convirtio en el caldo de cultivo para un proyecto que prometi a una refundacio n nacional, pero que ocultaba una profunda pulsio n autoritaria. Con herramientas anali ticas de la historia y de la ciencia poli tica, Fernando Rodri guez Doval documenta en El poder desmedido la meto dica erosio n de las instituciones que acotaban al poder presidencial. Este ensayo expone co mo, bajo una narrativa de transformacio n histo rica, se ha atacado a los o rganos auto nomos, se ha militarizado la vida pu blica y se ha capturado el Poder Judicial, restaurando un presidencialismo sin contrapesos que se crei a superado. Ma s alla de la cro nica de la regresio n, esta obra es un llamado a la accio n ci vica. El autor traza los posibles caminos para una >, analizando con lucidez los actores, los riesgos y las estrategias para revertir el autoritarismo.

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A Parisian Bourgeois' Sunday and Other Stories

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One hundred and forty-four poems were selected by the editor from the two hundred or so displayed on DART carriages between 1987 and 1994: short enough for passengers to read without missing their stops, resonant enough to inspire reflection, disquietude or delight. Three were written especially for Dublin's train travellers, and about half of them are by Irish poets. Featuring poetry by Yeats, Dickinson, Larkin, Eliot, Synge, Auden, Heaney, Beckett, Blake, Frost, Muldoon, Shakespeare, Hardy, Montague, Wilde, Joyce, Milton, Coleridge, E.E. Cummings, Tennyson, Rossetti, Flann O'Brien, Longley, the Bronte sisters, and many more.

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El he roe olvidado que forjo Me xico La historia oficial mexicana ha relegado a Agusti n de Iturbide, el he roe que realmente consumo la independencia de Me xico. Marco A. Mendoza presenta una biografi a histo rica que reivindica a Iturbide como el extraordinario poli tico que logro en meses los que once an os de guerra sangrienta no pudieron. En una Nueva Espan a desgarrada, con el movimiento insurgente en un punto muerto, era esencial una solucio n poli tica que trascendiera la fuerza y unificara lo irreconciliable. El Plan de Iguala emergio como una obra maestra de negociacio n. Iturbide demostro un pragmatismo poli tico superior al unir a insurgentes y realistas, clero y liberales, criollos y peninsulares bajo el proyecto nacional de las tres garanti as: Religio n, Independencia, Unio n. Su genio residio en entender que la verdadera independencia requeri a consenso, no conquista. Mendoza ofrece una perspectiva fundamental para comprender co mo nacio realmente Me xico como nacio n, rescatando a esta figura clave del olvido injusto. Es una lectura indispensable para entender los ori genes poli ticos de la patria.

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When Ben Kitto discovers the body of a young woman, buried near the ruins of an old isolation hospital on the island of St Helen's, he is convinced the killer is hiding in plain sight ... and determined to take more lives. The breathtaking, gripping new instalment in the Isles of Scilly Mysteries series...
`A classy, edge-of-the-seat thriller which will keep you guessing throughout!  B.A. PARIS
`An absolute master of pace, plotting and character  ELLY GRIFFITHS
`Rhodes does a superb job of balancing a portrayal of a tiny community oppressed by secrets with an uplifting evocation of setting  Sunday Express
`Dark, intense, and expertly crafted  RACHEL ABBOTT

DI BEN KITTO RETURNS...
A SACRED ISLAND
Winter storms lash the Isles of Scilly, when DI Ben Kitto ferries the islands' priest to St Helen's. Father Michael intends to live as a pilgrim in the ruins of an ancient church on the uninhabited island, but an ugly secret is buried among the rocks. Digging frantically in the sand, Ben's dog, Shadow, unearths the emaciated remains of a young woman.
A SHOCKING MURDER
The discovery chills Ben to the core. The victim is Vietnamese, with no clear link to the community  and her killer has made sure that no one will find her easily.
A KILLER ON THE LOOSE
The storm intensifies as the investigation gathers pace. Soon Scilly is cut off by bad weather, with no help available from the mainland. Ben is certain the killer is hiding in plain sight. He knows they are waiting to kill again  and at unimaginable cost.
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Praise for Kate Rhodes
`Beautifully written and expertly plotted, this is a masterclass  Guardian
`Kate Rhodes directs her cast of suspects with consummate skill, keeping us guessing right to the heartbreaking end  LOUISE CANDLISH
`A vividly realised protagonist whose complex and harrowing history rivals the central crime storyline  SOPHIE HANNAH
`Expertly weaves a sense of place and character into a tense and intriguing story  METRO
`Rhodes does a superb job of balancing a portrayal of a tiny community oppressed by secrets with an uplifting evocation of setting  Sunday Express
`The whole book tingles with tension. I hope it does for the Scilly Isles what Ann Cleeves did for Shetland  MEL MCGRATH
`Evocative, immersive, twisty  SARAH VAUGHAN
`Gripping, clever and impossible to put down  ERIN KELLY
`A twenty-first century Agatha Christie  JULIA CROUCH
`Chillingly compelling and expertly assembled  B. P. WALTER
`Terrifying and tense, as unpredictable as it is compelling  LESLEY KARA
`Kate Rhodes is approaching pole position in the crime writing stakes with her beautifully plotted and elegantly written thrillers  Financial Times
`Terrifying  Crime Monthly
`Tense and properly chilling  Fabulous Magazine
`Clever, atmospheric and compelling  Woman's Weekly

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Game hunting is one of Ireland's most time-honoured activities. In this lovingly assembled scrapbook, Eric Craigie looks back across seventy years with horse, gun and rod, vividly recreating a fast-vanishing milieu a stag-hunting with the Ward Union, shooting duck on Wexford's sloblands, salmon-fishing on the Owenduff, Boyne and Blackwater. With sympathetic ear and eye he evokes places and people of the Irish countryside: Jamesie Geraghty of Belmullet, Frank McManamon of Ballycroy, Count John McCormack, George V. Malcomson, Toddy O'Sullivan and others, are some of a memorable cast. Part social history, part record of country life, this invaluable, sparkling memoir by Eric Craigie warmly conveys the humour and the sorrows, and the unfailing celebrations, that is the lot and privilege of the sportsman.