“A young skallway joins forces with a pawnbroker of secrets.
Reasonable enoughand the idea seems good but doesn’t deliver to its potential.
Score 6/10
Date read August 2007
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The Black Book of Secrets by F.E. Higgins
2007
08.22
08.22
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Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld
2007
05.05
05.05
“No 1 best seller which I struggled to stay with.
Jung and Freud play their part whilst on lecture tour in New York 1910. Believed to be based on a true story.
Took me ages to read it which is a sure sign I wasn’t enjoying it…and because of this I didn’t really follow the plot.
Score 5/10
Date read May 2007
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Vampirates by Justin Somper
2007
04.12
04.12
“Twins are split up a sea after their poor father has died.
Each is picked up, one by Pirates and the other…you guessed it a Vampirates ship.
For a teen read this is great stuff…not sure how a real teenager would like it, still its selling.
Score 7/10
Date read April 2007
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The Great Stink by Clare Clark
2007
03.14
03.14
“Set at a pivotal point in the history of Victorian London as plans are finalised for the overhaul of the capitals sewers.
The hero of the plot works as an engineer for Bazalette, he is haunted by events from the Crimean war and is a self harmer.
This is an intelligent and gripping murder mystery – the story is moving and involving.
I met the author (long after I’d given it a score) and she did plenty of research, including a tour of the sewers!
Score 8/10
Date read March 2007
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