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From Phil's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

Unknown Author Why Phil loves this book

I love crime fiction that has believable characters, no gratuitous violence/sex/gore, a strong plot and a positive outcome.

By Marsali Taylor ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Death at a Shetland Festival as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

'This series is a must-read for anyone who loves the sea, or islands, or joyous, intricate story-telling.'
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Crowds are gathered for a concert at Shetland's renowned folk music festival when there's a shocking discovery - international folk legend Fintan Foley has been stabbed backstage.

Sailing sleuth Cass Lynch and her partner DI Gavin Macrae are in the audience and must untangle a complicated case where nothing is quite what it seems. Cass soon discovers that Foley's smiling stage persona concealed links with Shetland. He'd worked here in the 80s, the days when oil brought wealth to the islands.…


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Aggressor by FX Holden,

It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…

Book cover of Heading Home

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From Phil's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

Unknown Author Why Phil loves this book

Naomi Reed is the author I find most helpful in thinking about my faith. I love the way she challenges me to consider where I get my sense of identity and my sense of home/belonging. This book helped me feel so much more grounded during uncertain times.

By Naomi Reed ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Heading Home as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

The third book in Naomi Reed's award-winning trilogy, following on from My Seventh Monsoon and No Ordinary View.

'In Nepal, whenever the water ran out, or the electricity cuts were worse than normal, or the monsoon seemed interminably long, or the motorbike stopped, or the Maoists forced another strike, or my home-school patience ran out, I would think about Australia. I would think about our real home with hot water and electricity and cheese and lettuce and chocolate and olives and friends ... where I would belong and be understood and known and everything would be alright again.

Then, in…


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