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Zero Fighter by Akira Yoshimura
The Blurb (from the back of the book) “This techno-history, a genre invented by the author Akira Yoshimura, is the history of the production, and use of, the famous Zero Fighter; the finest dogfighter in the air for much of World War II. Superbly written with an offer eye for detail and to the poignant […]
The Darker Arts by Oscar De Muriel (Frey & McGray: Book 5)
May 13, 2020
The Storyline It begins mere weeks after we left our heroes dejected and broken, from their last adventure in Loch Maree up in the Highlands. Frey, suffering a huge loss, is back in England in the beautiful county of Gloucestershire, whilst McGray is in Edinburgh, equally at a loss after recent events. But soon, they […]
Loch of the Dead by Oscar De Muriel (Frey & McGray: Book 4)
May 13, 2020
The Storyline After their last encounter in The Mask of Shadows, our heroes, Inspectors Frey and McGray, are called upon to help protect a boy who’s life may be in danger, due to death threats. Heading to Loch Maree in the Highlands of Scotland, McGray already there visiting his poor Sister, Pansy; and with great […]
The Damage Done & The Burning by James Oswald (DI McLean: Book 6)
Apr 5, 2020
The Storyline A bungled raid on a suspected brothel, and a suspicious death, sends Detective Inspector Tony McLean down a path of conspiracy and cover-ups, fighting superiors and shadowy figures along the way, even getting help from surprising quarters… And then there is the mysterious woman, whom McLean is sure he has met before, but […]
The Trees by Ali Shaw
Mar 29, 2020
The Storyline One day, Adrien Thomas wakes to find his wife has gone, and that trees have grown all around him and his neighbourhood, and the entire country. The United Kingdom has become one big forest and returned to nature once again. With no idea if the rest of the world is the same, or […]
Taken for Dead by Graham Masterton (Katie Maguire: Book 4)
Mar 26, 2020
The Storyline Detective Superintendent Katie Maguire of An Garda Síochána in Cork, Ireland, has dealt with a lot recently, and now she is dealing with a group of viscous and brutal thugs calling themselves The High Kings of Erin. This group kidnaps and tortures its victims; those they believe have caused their country damage, in […]
Blood Sisters by Graham Masterton (Katie Maguire: Book 5)
Mar 26, 2020
The Storyline The story begins with an investigation into the mass death of horses. Why were they killed? For money, or something far more sinister? And then, In a nursing home on the outskirts of Cork, an elderly nun has been found dead, suffocated in her sleep. It looks like a killing of mercy, to […]
A Mask of Shadows by Oscar De Muriel (Frey & McGray: Book 3)
Mar 25, 2020
The Storyline This one begins with a production of The Scottish Play at London’s Lyceum Theatre in late 1889. The stars of the play are the renowned Henry Irving and Ellen Terry, ably assisted by one Bram Stoker. Something horrific is about to enter their lives that will follow them from London to Edinburgh, Its […]
A Fever of the Blood by Oscar De Muriel (Frey & McGray: Book 2)
Mar 25, 2020
The Storyline It begins with a hanging of a suspected witch in Lancaster in 1624 on All Hallows’ Eve, during the infamous Witch Trials and then to 1882 and 1883 where we visit two of the regular characters pasts. In 1889, Inspectors Frey and McGray are called to the asylum where the latter’s Sister resides, […]
Prayer for the Dead (DI McLean book 5) by James Oswald book review
Mar 23, 2020
Storyline The fifth in the DI Tony McLean series by James Oswald, this story starts when a man is kidnapped and seemingly offered up for a sacrifice in Gilmerton Cove, a series of passageways and chambers long associated with the Covenanters as a refuge, and also a smugglers’ lair. It’s also linked to the supernatural […]
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Caliburnus Rises 
Nov 19, 2020
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