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On the upside no animals died this week. And a new 6.5 year old Aussie Terrier arrived so no publishable reviews, unless you want some observations of how much wee 3 ex-breeding / not house trained dog's can produce in a few days whilst territorial issues are resolved. (Lots...)

 

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Dragon's Eye, A.C. Edwards

Dragon's Claw, A.C. Edwards

Dragon's Back, A.C. Edwards

What Happened to Nina?, Dervla McTiernan

Bone Lands, Pip Fioretti

 

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The Beacon, P.A. Thomas

 

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BOOK INFORMATION
Author
ISBN
9781760688622
Year of Publication
BLURB

Jack Harris, the disgraced son of Australia’s most powerful business tycoon, has just been exiled to Byron Bay as a junior journalist at his father’s smallest regional newspaper, The Beacon. His arrival coincides with the disappearance of the newspaper’s editor, Patrick O’Shaughnessy, while out on his morning surf. When Patrick’s body is discovered in the ocean, with a severed leg, it appears certain that he’s fallen victim to a shark attack.

But when rumours emerge that Patrick was about to publish an explosive article – its subject unknown – Jack begins to suspect his death is not what it seems.

Although police aren’t buying his murder theory, Jack joins forces with Patrick’s daughter and investigates anyway, taking a sometimes less than lawful dive into the newspaperman’s past. Together they discover plenty of Byron locals with a motive to kill, including a bioholistic dentist with a secret, a naturist with an undisguised grudge, and even the mayor of Northern Rivers Shire. But has Jack bitten off more than he can chew?

BOOK INFORMATION
ISBN
9781529090222
Year of Publication
BLURB

TWO HOURS TO VANISH
Ten people have been carefully selected to Beta test a ground-breaking piece of spyware. Pioneered by tech-wunderkind Cy Baxter, FUSION can track anyone wherever they are on earth. But does it work?

ONE CHANCE TO ESCAPE
Each participant is given two hours to 'Go Zero' – to go off-grid and disappear - and then thirty days to elude the highly sophisticated Capture Teams sent to find them. Any Zero that beats FUSION will receive $3million in cash. If Cy's system prevails, he wins a $90 billion-dollar contract with the CIA to develop FUSION and revolutionize surveillance forever.

ZERO ALTERNATIVES
For contestant Kaitlyn Day, the stakes are far higher than money, and her reasons for entering the test more personal than Cy could have ever imagined. Kaitlyn needs to win to get what she wants, and Cy will stop at nothing to realize his ambitions. They have no choice but to finish the game and when the timer hits zero, there will only be one winner…

BOOK INFORMATION
Author
ISBN
9780646859392
Year of Publication
Series
Book Number (in series)
1
BLURB

A woman wants her errant husband tracked, an undocumented Cambodian girl is found dead, the city’s two biggest criminal societies vie for power, a loan shark wants his money back, and a corrupt cop is pulling strings from the shadows. It’s just another day in Hong Kong.

Former cop Galahad Jones’ struggling business as a private investigator was on life-support. With no friends to speak of and a gambling debt that, if called in, could see him floating face down in Hong Kong harbour, things weren’t good.

Reluctantly taking a job to investigate a cheating husband, Galahad is suddenly catapulted into the deadly world of Hong Kong’s criminal underbelly. Conspiracy and betrayal reign as he finds himself in a life and death chase through the mean streets of Kowloon and The Island to bring down a human trafficking ring and, hopefully, keep his head on his shoulders in the process.

With the help of his apprentice, Joey Loh, and mysterious girlfriend Angel Yeung, Galahad must confront his past, Hong Kong triads and official corruption to free the girls and clear his murdered father’s name. Dark forces are arrayed against him and Galahad is never quite sure who is friend and who is foe.

One thing is for certain... Galahad Jones will do whatever it takes, no matter the personal cost.

BOOK INFORMATION
Author
ISBN
9780645867312
Year of Publication
Series
Book Number (in series)
2
BLURB

A VIP Protection job goes wrong, the brutalised body of a young man is found in the jungle, a triad wants its $2.5 million back, a girl goes missing and a friend is murdered. Galahad Jones’ world is about to tilt.When a simple VIP Protection job goes horribly wrong, Galahad Jones is troubled by the circumstances and launches an investigation that drags him back into the seamy world of Hong Kong politics, triad influence and official corruption.Meanwhile, a young man is viciously murdered on a remote hiking trail, and as more victims emerge, it is soon clear a serial killer is stalking the streets of Hong Kong. But Galahad has the more immediate problem of staying one step ahead of a violent triad enforcer who is hunting for stolen millions in triad cash and is prepared to kill to find it.With the return of a dark spectre from the past, Galahad is drawn into the chase to find and stop the serial killer before he strikes again – this time closer to home.With the clock ticking, and his life spiralling out of control, Galahad is on a desperate manhunt that can only end one way – in blood. The question who is the hunter and who is the hunted?

BOOK INFORMATION
Author
Year of Publication
Series
Book Number (in series)
3
BLURB

A husband and father is betrayed, a son chases a ghost through the decades, a Russian arms dealer wants his hands on a priceless ruby, a young woman disappears with the keys to the mystery, and a female insurgent fights for her life. The Past and the Present are on a collision course.

When a young Police Lieutenant is betrayed to the enemy, a series of events are set in train that echo through the years from the jungles of Malaya to London, Saint Petersburg, Malacca, Beijing and Hong Kong.

Lying low in Malaysia after the Dragon’s Claw case, Galahad Jones is approached to locate family heirlooms that went missing sixty-eight years before. It's a wild goose chase, Jones knows, but the commission is too good to pass up.

Meanwhile, an ageing MI5 agent vanishes with a classified file and the agent’s disappearance triggers alarms deep within a clandestine network – he must be stopped at all costs.

The hunt for the Dragon’s Eye is on. But what is it, where is it and what is the deadly secret it holds? Only one woman knows for sure and she will do anything to remain hidden, for the Dragon’s Eye is her protection.

As the past waits to exact its revenge, and the bodies begin to pile up, Galahad Jones is on the case and no secrets are safe.

BOOK INFORMATION
Author
ISBN
9781922992864
Year of Publication
BLURB

1911, on a winter's night in arid New South Wales wool country, mounted trooper Augustus Hawkins discovers the bodies of three young people. They are scions of the richest family in the district, savagely murdered on a road that Hawkins should have been patrolling, had he not been busy bedding the local schoolteacher.

Detectives arrive from Sydney and the disgraced Hawkins, a traumatised veteran of the Boer War, comes under fierce scrutiny. With his honour and sanity at stake, he becomes hell-bent on finding the murderer. But as ever darker secrets are revealed about the people he thinks of as friends, Hawkins is forced to confront an uncomfortable question: who is paying the price for the new nation's prosperity?

BOOK INFORMATION
ISBN
9781460760147
Year of Publication
BLURB

Nina and Simon are the perfect couple. Young, fun and deeply in love. Until they leave for a weekend at his family's cabin in Vermont, and only Simon comes home.

WHAT HAPPENED TO NINA?

Nobody knows. Simon's explanation about what happened in their last hours together doesn't add up. Nina's parents push the police for answers, and Simon's parents rush to protect him. They hire expensive lawyers and a PR firm that quickly ramps up a vicious, nothing-is-off-limits media campaign.

HOW FAR WILL HIS FAMILY GO TO KEEP HIM SAFE?

Soon, facts are lost in a swirl of accusation and counter-accusation. Everyone chooses a side, and the story goes viral, fuelled by armchair investigators and wild conspiracy theories and illustrated with pretty pictures taken from Nina's social media accounts. Journalists descend on their small Vermont town, followed by a few obsessive 'fans.'

HOW FAR WILL HER FAMILY GO TO GET TO THE TRUTH?

Nina's family is under siege, but they never lose sight of the only thing that really matters - finding their daughter. Out-gunned by Simon's wealthy, powerful family, Nina's parents recognize that if playing by the rules won't get them anywhere, it's time to break them.

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