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Author:Rob

Born in 1966 in the Netherlands, now living abroad and reading primarily in English. I do prefer history, fantasy and suspense books. My reviews are not books on it's own but short, to the point and honest.

Six Nations: Full Contact

Posted on September 3, 2024September 3, 2024 by RobCategories:Netflix, Sports, Streaming & TV

“Six Nations: Full Contact” is a compelling documentary series that dives deep into the raw and exhilarating world of rugby union, specifically focusing on the prestigious Six Nations Championship.

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Griselda

Posted on September 2, 2024November 28, 2024 by RobCategories:History, Netflix, Streaming & TV, Thriller

A Gripping Portrait of Power and Resilience The Netflix series “Griselda” invites viewers into the tumultuous life of Griselda Blanco, a notorious figure in the Colombian drug trade who reshaped the landscape of organized crime in the 1970s and 1980s.

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The Beholders by Hester Musson

Posted on August 13, 2024 by RobCategories:Fourth Estate, General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

June, 1878. The body of a boy is pulled from the depths of the River Thames, suspected to be the beloved missing child of the widely admired Liberal MP Ralph Gethin.

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Calico by Lee Goldberg

Posted on August 13, 2024August 13, 2024 by RobCategories:Fantasy, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Sci Fy, Severn House, Thriller

There’s a saying in Barstow, California, a decaying city in the scorching Mojave desert . . .
The Interstate here only goes in one direction: Away.

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The Girl in the Eagle’s Talons by Karin Smirnoff

Posted on August 7, 2024 by RobCategories:Mystery, Quercus Books, Thriller

The untapped natural resources of Sweden’s far north are sparking a gold rush, with the criminal underworld leading the charge. But it’s not the prospect of riches that brings Lisbeth Salander to the small town of Gasskas.

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The Book That Wouldn’t Burn by Mark Lawrence

Posted on August 7, 2024August 7, 2024 by RobCategories:Fantasy, HQ -Harper Collins, Sci Fy

All books, no matter their binding, will fall to dust. The stories they carry may last longer. They might outlive the paper, the library, even the language in which they were first written.

The greatest story can reach the stars . . .

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The Stranger

Posted on July 31, 2024September 3, 2024 by RobCategories:Fiction, Mystery, Netflix, Streaming & TV, Thriller

Netflix’s “The Stranger,” adapted from Harlan Coben’s bestselling novel, is a gripping thriller that captivates from the very first episode. With a blend of mystery, psychological tension, and compelling character arcs, it successfully keeps viewers on the edge of their seats until the very end.

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The Fury of Kings by R.S. Moule

Posted on April 20, 2024 by RobCategories:Fantasy, Sci Fy, Second Sky

In the shadow of Eryispek—a mountain said to have no summit—a dark power is stirring. Storms rage in the frozen heights. Unexplained disappearances shake the kingdom below. And old enemies are sharpening their swords…

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The Wilderness Retreat by Jennifer Moore

Posted on April 20, 2024 by RobCategories:General Fiction, HQ -Harper Collins, Mystery, Thriller

As Bella drops her son off at university, she’s devastated. It’s been the two of them ever since Asher was born. The only thing helping her through is an upcoming week-long wilderness retreat in Sweden, a surprise gift from her sister and Asher.

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Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs

Posted on April 20, 2024April 20, 2024 by RobCategories:Fantasy, General Fiction, Mystery, Random House UK, Sci Fy, Thriller

Joanna Kalotay lives alone in the woods of Vermont, the sole protector of a collection of rare books; books that will allow someone to walk through walls or turn water into wine. Books of magic.

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Lady MacBethad by Isabelle Schuler

Posted on April 14, 2024 by RobCategories:Bloomsbury Publishing, General Fiction, Historical Fiction

Daughter of an ousted king, a descendant of ancient druids, as a child it is prophesied that one-day Gruoch will be queen of Alba.

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The Library Suicides by Fflur Dafydd

Posted on April 14, 2024 by RobCategories:Hodder & Stoughton, Mystery, Thriller

Twins Ana and Nan are lost after the death of their mother. Everyone knows who drove Elena, the renowned novelist, to suicide – her long-term literary critic, Eben. But the twins need proof if they’re going to get revenge.

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My Father’s House by Joseph O’Connor

Posted on April 14, 2024April 14, 2024 by RobCategories:Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Random House UK, Thriller

September 1943: German forces occupy Rome. SS officer Paul Hauptmann rules with terror. The war’s outcome is far from certain.

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A Life for a Life by Carol Wyer

Posted on April 14, 2024 by RobCategories:Amazon, General Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

When a young man is found lying on a station platform with a hole in his head, DI Kate Young is called in to investigate the grisly murder.

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The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

Posted on April 10, 2024April 10, 2024 by RobCategories:Fantasy, General Fiction, Macmillan-Tor/Forge, Sci Fy

When the world’s best magicians are offered an extraordinary opportunity, saying yes is easy. Each could join the secretive Alexandrian Society, whose custodians guard lost knowledge from ancient civilizations.

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Three Assassins by Kotaro Isaka

Posted on April 10, 2024April 10, 2024 by RobCategories:General Fiction, Mystery, Random House UK, Thriller

Suzuki is just an ordinary man until his wife is murdered. When he discovers the criminal gang responsible he leaves behind his life as a maths teacher and joins them, looking for a chance to take his revenge.

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Bullet Train by Kotaro Isaka

Posted on April 10, 2024 by RobCategories:General Fiction, Mystery, Random House UK, Thriller

Satoshi looks like an innocent schoolboy but he is really a viciously cunning psychopath.

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The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley by Sean Lusk

Posted on April 10, 2024 by RobCategories:General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Random House UK

Raised amongst the cogs and springs of his father’s workshop, Zachary Cloudesley has grown up surrounded by strange and enchanting clockwork automata.

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The Betrayals by Bridget Collins

Posted on March 31, 2024 by RobCategories:General Fiction, HQ -Harper Collins

At Montverre, an ancient and elite academy hidden high in the mountains, society’s best and brightest are trained for excellence in the grand jeu—the great game—an arcane and mysterious competition that combines music, art, math, poetry, and philosophy.

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The Replacement by Melanie Golding

Posted on March 31, 2024March 31, 2024 by RobCategories:General Fiction, HQ -Harper Collins, Mystery, Thriller

When a small child is found wandering alone, the local shopkeepers call the authorities immediately. Twenty minutes later, the girl’s mother turns up, panicked and distraught.

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Theatre of Marvels by Lianne Dillsworth

Posted on March 31, 2024March 31, 2024 by RobCategories:General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Random House UK

Zillah’s star turn as the Great Amazonia has taken her from the slums of St Giles to headline billing at Crillick’s Variety Show on Drury Lane. She’s proud of her Black and British roots but if audiences discover she is fooling them each night, her existence will be shattered.

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The Echo Man by Sam Holland

Posted on March 31, 2024March 31, 2024 by RobCategories:General Fiction, HQ -Harper Collins, Thriller

Across England, a string of murders is taking place. Each is different in method, but each is horrifying and brutal. But the killer is just getting started…

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Powers and Thrones by Dan Jones

Posted on March 31, 2024 by RobCategories:Head of Zeus, History

Dan Jones’s epic new history tells nothing less than the story of how the world we know today came to be built. It is a thousand-year adventure that moves from the ruins of the once-mighty city of Rome, sacked by barbarians in AD 410, to the first contacts between the old and new worlds in the sixteenth century.

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Medici ~ Legacy by Matteo Strukul

Posted on March 31, 2024 by RobCategories:General Fiction, Head of Zeus, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

Fontainebleau, 1536. Francis II, Dauphin and heir to the French throne, is dead. Poisoned. And the royal court believe Catherine de’ Medici to be the murderer. Catherine’s husband Henry will now be the next King of France – and the Medici are known to stop at nothing in the pursuit of power.

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A Corruption of Blood by Ambrose Parry

Posted on March 29, 2024March 29, 2024 by RobCategories:Canongate Books, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

Dr Will Raven is a man seldom shocked by human remains, but even he is disturbed by the contents of a package washed up at the Port of Leith. Stranger still, a man Raven has long detested is pleading for his help to escape the hangman.

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Over My Dead Body by Jeffrey Archer

Posted on March 29, 2024 by RobCategories:HQ -Harper Collins, Mystery, Thriller

In London, the Metropolitan Police set up a new Unsolved Murders Unit – a cold case squad – to catch the criminals nobody else can.

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The Queen’s Spy by Clare Marchant

Posted on March 29, 2024 by RobCategories:General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction

1584: Elizabeth I rules England. But a dangerous plot is brewing in court, and Mary Queen of Scots will stop at nothing to take her cousin’s throne.

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Scorpion by Christian Cantrell

Posted on March 29, 2024 by RobCategories:Fantasy, General Fiction, Mystery, Penguin UK, Sci Fy, Thriller

Around the world, twenty-two people have been murdered. The victims fit no profile, the circumstances vary wildly, but one thing links them all: in every case the victim is branded with a number.

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The President’s Daughter by Bill Clinton and James Patterson

Posted on March 29, 2024March 29, 2024 by RobCategories:Mystery, Random House UK, Thriller

Matthew Keating, a one-time Navy SEAL and a former US President, has always defended his family as fiercely as he has his country.

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The Ming Storm An Assassin’s Creed Novel by Yan Leisheng

Posted on March 28, 2024 by RobCategories:Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Sci Fy

China, 16th century. The Assassins are gone. Zhang Yong, the relentless leader of the Eight Tigers, took advantage of the emperor’s death to eliminate all his opponents, and now the Templars hold all the power.

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About Me

– ROB –

Born in 1966 in the Netherlands, now living abroad and reading primarily in English.
I do prefer history, fantasy and suspense books.

My reviews are not books on it’s own but short, to the point and honest.

So far I’ve read and reviewed 204 books for this site.

 

 

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Professional Reader Reviews Published 2016 NetGalley Challenge 80% 100 Book Reviews

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  1. The Sundial LLC on A Little Hatred (Book One) by Joe AbercrombieJune 23, 2021

    ❤

  2. Ben Dixon on The Marriage Pact by Michelle RichmondFebruary 27, 2021

    Looks chilling!

  3. A.C. Salter - word slinger ⚔️ on A Little Hatred (Book One) by Joe AbercrombieFebruary 18, 2021

    An awesome read 😀

  4. A L Butcher on Beyond Sanctuary by Janet MorrisJuly 31, 2019

    Great book, I love the Beyond Series.

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