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ZOO by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge (2012)

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Review by CJ

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Page count:
395 pages

Format:
Paperback

ISBN:
978-1-846-05830-1

 

When the animals of the world start to behave out of character and make targeted attacks against humans, Jackson Oz takes notice. Oz is a biologist whose obsession with his discovery has cost him his PhD, relationships and at least part of his sanity.

Oz shares a profound experience involving lions and crocodiles with ecologist Chloe Tousignant. During this experience, Oz records indisputable evidence of the change in animal behaviour. Oz and Chloe must then work together to convince the government that the world is changing in ways humanity never expected.

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Witch Hunt by SM Reine (2014)

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Page count:
234 pages

Format:
Kindle ebook

ASIN:
B00I9IM9MW

 

Office of Preternatural Affairs Agent Cèsar Hawke wakes up after a night of drinking with a hangover and a dead waitress in his bathroom. Neither his agency or local law enforcement believe Cèsar is innocent and his own memory was compromised by alcohol. If he is to get out of this, Cèsar must team up with his partner Suzy and the necrocognitive Isobel to reveal what actually happened.

Witch Hunt is the first book in the Preternatural Affairs series.

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Asylum by Madeleine Roux (2013)

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Page count:
311

Format:
Paperback

ISBN:
978-0-00-753822-5

 

Dan Crawford is a 16-year-old outcast who is thrilled to escape to a college preparation summer program in New Hampshire. Upon arriving he befriends the artistic Abby and Jordan whose tongue is as sharp as his wits are quick.

When the trio discover that their dorm for the summer used to be an asylum, they start exploring forbidden areas. It’s while exploring these areas that each of them awaken insanities of their own. Can they band together to solve the mysteries posed by the asylum or will they succumb to its madness?

Asylum is the first novel in the Asylum series.

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The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (2015)

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Review by CJ

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Page count:
409 [excluding acknowledgments]

Format:
Paperback

ISBN:
978-0-552-77977-7

 

Rachel is an alcoholic who commutes to and from London every day on the train. On her commute she passes the house in which she lived with her now ex-husband. He still lives there with his new wife and baby. To distract herself from looking in on her old life, she creates an idealised fantasy world for the couple she often sees a couple of doors down. When the wife in this couple goes missing, Rachel finds herself inserted into the investigation both by circumstances and then through her own continued bad choices. But will Rachel find the truth or will her alcohol addled brain only show her what she thinks she knows?

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What Comes From The Earth by Kris Holt (2016)

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Page count:
240

Format:
eBook

ASIN:
B01EOR1PI0

 

Sithembile ‘Sithi’ Nzeogwu is a union representative for a platinum mining township in South Africa. After years of abuse at the hands of his father and older brother, current police chief Baako Nzeogwu, Sithi defends those who cannot defend themselves. But when corrupt police spark the powder keg of already disgruntled mine workers, who will be there to defend Sithi?

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